Skip to main content
Log in

Materials chemistry

A magnetic facelift for non-magnetic metals

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Copper and manganese have been engineered to show magnetism at room temperature in thin films interfaced with organic molecules. The findings show promise for developing new magnetic materials. See Letter p.69

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Figure 1: Magnetic copper–buckyball interfaces.

Karthik V. Raman

Notes

  1. See all news & views

References

  1. Moodera, J. S., Koopmans, B. & Oppeneer, P. M. MRS Bull. 39, 578–581 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Raman, K. V. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1, 031101 (2014).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Raman, K. V. et al. Nature 493, 509–513 (2013).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Bairagi, K. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 247203 (2015).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Al Ma'Mari, F. et al. Nature 524, 69–73 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Stoner, E. C. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 165, 372–414 (1938).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Drew, A. J. et al. Nature Mater. 8, 109–114 (2009).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Atodiresei, N. & Raman, K. V. MRS Bull. 39, 596–601 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Brede, J. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 047204 (2010).

    Article  ADS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Levitin, R. Z. & Markosyan, A. S. Sov. Phys. Usp. 31, 730 (1988).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Ibach, H. & Lüth, H. Solid-State Physics 4th edn (Springer, 2009).

    Book  MATH  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Karthik V. Raman.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Raman, K., Moodera, J. A magnetic facelift for non-magnetic metals. Nature 524, 42–43 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/524042a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/524042a

  • Springer Nature Limited

Navigation