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η-氮化铁型铁氮化物的薄膜稳定化与磁性

Thin-Film Stabilization and Magnetism of η-Carbide Type Iron Nitrides

National Laboratory of the Rockies(落基山国家实验室);University of Michigan(密歇根大学);Stanford University(斯坦福大学)

Baptiste Julien, Abrar Rauf, Liam A. V. Nagle-Cocco, Rebecca W. Smaha, Wenhao Sun, Andriy Zakutayev, Sage R. Bauers

AI总结:

本研究通过薄膜合成探索了η-氮化物的相稳定性与磁性,发现Fe-Mo-N体系在更宽的组成和热力学范围内稳定,并揭示了磁性行为对化学计量比的敏感性。

摘要:

过渡金属氮化物在η-碳化物型结构中表现出异常的键合模式,并接近磁不稳定状态。然而,由于在竞争相中稳定氮贫三元化合物的难度较大,这些材料在薄膜形式中仍未被探索。本文报道了η-氮化物系统Fe-W-N和Fe-Mo-N的薄膜合成及相稳定性映射。通过反应共溅射沉积的非晶Fe-M-N(M=W,Mo)组合库,在快速热退火后结晶,从而系统地识别了组成和退火温度函数的合成窗口。利用实验室粉末X射线衍射和同步辐射掠入射宽角X射线散射,我们证实Fe3Mo3N基的η-碳化物相在组成和热力学范围上远比W基成分更广泛,其中η结构只有在薄膜富铁时才能稳定。这些趋势通过混合化学势与组成相图加以解释,该相图捕捉了η-氮化物的狭窄氮化学势稳定性。磁性测量显示,Fe-rich的Fe3.54Mo2.46N中诱导出铁磁性,具有小的交换偏置样响应,而在Fe3W3N基成分中则不存在,突显了磁性行为对偏离化学计量比的敏感性。本工作建立了η-氮化物材料的实用薄膜合成路线,并展示了如何通过调整组成来访问这些复杂氮化物中的新兴磁性现象。

英文摘要:

Transition-metal nitrides in η-carbide type structures exhibit unusual bonding motifs and proximity to magnetic instabilities. Yet they remain unexplored in thin-film form due to the difficulty of stabilizing nitrogen-poor ternaries among competing phases. Here, we report the thin-film synthesis and phase-stability mapping of the η-nitride systems Fe-W-N and Fe-Mo-N. Amorphous Fe-M-N (M = W, Mo) combinatorial libraries deposited by reactive co-sputtering crystallize upon rapid thermal annealing, enabling systematic identification of synthesis windows as a function of composition and annealing temperature. Using laboratory powder X-ray diffraction and synchrotron grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering, we establish that Fe3Mo3N-based η-carbide phases form over a substantially broader compositional and thermal range than W-based compositions, where η structures are stabilized only when the films are Fe-rich. These trends are rationalized using mixed chemical-potential vs. composition phase diagrams that capture the narrow nitrogen chemical-potential stability of η-nitrides. Magnetic measurements reveal that ferromagnetism is induced in Fe-rich Fe3.54Mo2.46N with a small exchange-bias-like response that is absent in Fe3W3N-based compositions, highlighting the sensitivity of magnetic behavior to modest deviations from stoichiometry. This work establishes practical thin-film synthesis routes for η-nitride materials and demonstrates how composition can be tuned to access emergent magnetic phenomena in these complex nitrides.

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