Magnetism

The magnetic moment of the electron, or spin, is used to store energy, process information or probe matter in a very fine way. The field of magnetism is extremely rich from a fundamental point of view, as the collective properties of a spin ensemble can vary according to the internal interactions it has and with the other degrees of freedom of the system (ferro-antiferro-magnetic interactions, short/long range, frustrated systems, spin-orbit coupling,…).

The IPCMS conducts particularly diversified research in this field by combining materials science with advanced theoretical, software and instrumental developments. This cutting-edge research covers very large spatial and temporal scales, from the magnetism of single molecules to that of macroscopic composites, and from the dynamics of magnetic walls to ultrafast demagnetization processes. For this, we rely on key competencies in the following fields: growth and synthesis of magnetic materials, nanofabrication, magnetometry, tunneling microscopy, use of synchrotron radiation, ultrafast optics, nuclear and electron magnetic resonance, spin-wave spectroscopy, magneto-transport, micromagnetic simulations, electronic structure calculations. Most of this research can be grouped into two main themes:

Nanomagnetism : Magnetic interactions at the nano- and micrometer scales

Magnetic interactions in molecules, two-dimensional materials and oxides; topological and three-dimensional magnetic structures; spin transport

Magnetization dynamics: microwave magnetism and femto-magnetism

Magnetic resonance, magnonics, THz spectroscopy; magnetoacoustics, ultrafast magnetic processes.

Selected publications

  • G. Avedissian, J. Arabski, J.A. Wytko, J. Weiss, V. Papaefthimiou, G. Schmerber, G. Rogez, E. Beaurepaire, C. Meny, Exchange bias at the organic/ferromagnet interface may not be a spinterface effect, Applied Physics Reviews. 9 (2022) 011417. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0054524.
  • R. Cheenikundil, R. Hertel, Switchable magnetic frustration in buckyball nanoarchitectures, Applied Physics Letters. 118 (2021) 212403. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0048936.
  • J.-F. Dayen, N. Konstantinov, M. Palluel, N. Daro, B. Kundys, M. Soliman, G. Chastanet, B. Doudin, Room temperature optoelectronic devices operating with spin crossover nanoparticles, Materials Horizons. 8 (2021) 2310–2315. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1mh00703c.
  • L. Desplat, S. Meyer, J. Bouaziz, P.M. Buhl, S. Lounis, B. Dupe, P.-A. Hervieux, Mechanism for ultrafast electric-field driven skyrmion nucleation, Physical Review B. 104 (2021) L060409. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L060409.
  • A.A. Dev, P. Dunne, T.M. Hermans, B. Doudin, Fluid Drag Reduction by Magnetic Confinement, Langmuir. 38 (2022) 719–726. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02617.
  • T. Ferté, G. Malinowski, E. Terrier, V. Halté, L.L. Guyader, K. Holldack, M. Hehn, C. Boeglin, N. Bergeard, Laser induced ultrafast 3d and 4f spin dynamics in CoDy ferrimagnetic alloys as a function of temperature, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 530 (2021) 167883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.167883.
  • A. Gloppe, M. Onga, R. Hisatomi, A. Imamoglu, Y. Nakamura, Y. Iwasa, K. Usami, Magnon-exciton proximity coupling at a van der Waals heterointerface, Physical Review B. 105 (2022) L121403. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.L121403.
  • M. Grassi, M. Geilen, K.A. Oukaci, Y. Henry, D. Lacour, D. Stoeffler, M. Hehn, P. Pirro, M. Bailleul, Higgs and Goldstone spin-wave modes in striped magnetic texture, Physical Review B. 105 (2022) 044444. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.094444.
  • S. Homkar, E. Martin, B. Meunier, A. Anadon-Barcelona, C. Bouillet, J. Gorchon, K. Dumesnil, C. Lefèvre, F. Roulland, O. Copie, D. Preziosi, S. Petit-Watelot, J.-C. Rojas-Sanchez, N. Viart, Spin Current Transport in Hybrid Pt/Multifunctional Magnetoelectric Ga0.6Fe1.4O3 Bilayers, ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 3 (2021) 4433–4440. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.1c00586.
  • C. Iacovita, R. Dudric, M. Vomir, O. Ersen, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M. Rastei V., Imaging Large Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle Clusters by Field-Dependent Magnetic Force Microscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125 (2021) 24001–24010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05426.
  • A. Jaafar, I. Rungger, S. Sanvito, M. Alouani, Effect of a ferromagnetic STM cobalt tip on a single Co-phthalocyanine molecule adsorbed on a ferromagnetic substrate, Physics Open. 9 (2021) 100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physo.2021.100088.
  • L. Joly, F. Scheurer, P. Ohresser, B. Kengni-Zanguim, J.-F. Dayen, P. Seneor, B. Dlubak, F. Godel, D. Halley, X-ray magnetic dichroism and tunnel magneto-resistance study of the magnetic phase in epitaxial CrVO x nanoclusters, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter. 34 (2022) 175801. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac4f5e.
  • K. Katcko, E. Urbain, F. Ngassam, L. Kandpal, B. Chowrira, F. Schleicher, U. Halisdemir, D. Wang, T. Scherer, D. Mertz, B. Leconte, N. Beyer, D. Spor, P. Panissod, A. Boulard, J. Arabski, C. Kieber, E. Sternitzky, V. Costa, M. Hehn, F. Montaigne, A. Bahouka, W. Weber, E. Beaurepaire, C. Kubel, D. Lacour, M. Alouani, S. Boukari, M. Bowen, Encoding Information on the Excited State of a Molecular Spin Chain, Advanced Functional Materials. 31 (2021) 2009467. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202009467.
  • N. Konstantinov, A. Tauzin, U.N. Noumbe, D. Dragoe, B. Kundys, H. Majjad, A. Brosseau, M. Lenertz, A. Singh, S. Berciaud, M.-L. Boillot, B. Doudin, T. Mallah, J.-F. Dayen, Electrical read-out of light-induced spin transition in thin film spin crossover/graphene heterostructures, Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9 (2021) 2712–2720. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc05202g.
  • S.A. Pathak, R. Hertel, Three-dimensional chiral magnetization structures in FeGe nanospheres, Physical Review B. 103 (2021) 104414. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.104414.
  • D. Preziosi, S. Homkar, C. Lefèvre, M. Salluzzo, N. Viart, Unusual anisotropic magnetic orbital moment obtained from x-ray magnetic circular dichroism in a multiferroic oxide system, Physical Review B. 103 (2021) 184420. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.184420.
  • J. Robert, P. Turek, M. Bailleul, A.K. Boudalis, Broadband electron paramagnetic resonance of a molecular spin triangle, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23 (2021) 20268–20274. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03295j.
  • F. Roulland, G. Roseau, A.P. Corredor, L. Wendling, G. Krieger, C. Lefèvre, M. Trassin, G. Pourroy, N. Viart, Promoting the magnetic exchanges in PLD deposited strained films of FeV2O4 thin films, Materials Chemistry and Physics. 276 (2022) 125360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125360.
  • B. Seng, D. Schönke, J. Yeste, R. M. Reeve, N. Kerber, D. Lacour, J.-L. Bello, N. Bergeard, F. Kammerbauer, M. Bhukta, T. Ferté, C. Boeglin, F. Radu, R. Abrudan, T. Kachel, S. Mangin, M. Hehn, and M. Kläui, Direct Imaging of Chiral Domain Walls and Néel-Type Skyrmionium in Ferrimagnetic Alloys, Adv. Funct. Mat. 31 ( 2021) 2102307. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202102307.
  • A. Thomas, E. Devaux, K. Nagarajan, G. Rogez, M. Seidel, F. Richard, C. Genet, M. Drillon, T.W. Ebbesen, Large Enhancement of Ferromagnetism under a Collective Strong Coupling of YBCO Nanoparticles, Nano Letters. 21 (2021) 4365–4370. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00973.

Ongoing Projects

The IPCMS magnetism axis is involved in two major France 2030 projects: the local Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire QMat and the national PEPR Spin. The related teams are also sponsors or partners in a dozen collaborative projects (Europe, ANR, Région Grand Est).