High thermal stability of anti-ferromagnetic coupled molecules with FeCo layers

We propose the optimization of the magnetic remanence and the thermal stability of Mn phthalocyanine coupled with a ferromagnetic substrate, by exploiting interlayer exchange coupling within an advanced organic spin interface architecture, constituted by a FeCo film covered by a graphene membrane, hosting the MnPc molecular layer. The challenge to obtain magnetic remanence for molecular systems stable up to room temperature has been accomplished thanks to a super-exchange path, mediated by the π orbital of the organic ligands of the molecule and of the graphene sheet, favoring an antiferromagnetic (AFM) alignment for the MnPc molecules with the FeCo film. This spin interface with a strong AFM coupling mediated by a graphene spacer is optimized against thermal fluctuations, presenting a well defined remanence even at room temperature, as demonstrated by the persistent dichroic signal in temperature-dependent circularly polarized x-ray absorption spectra.

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