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Contact induced magnetism in carbon nanotubes

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O Céspedes1, M S Ferreira, S Sanvito, M Kociak2 and J M D Coey

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Evidence is presented to show that carbon nanotubes can become magnetized when they are in contact with magnetic material. Spin-polarized charge transfer at the interface between a flat ferromagnetic metal substrate and a multiwalled carbon nanotube leads to a spin transfer of about 0.1 μB per contact carbon atom. The corresponding magnetization is detected by using magnetic force microscopy to probe the stray field in the neighbourhood of the nanotube. Magnetic contrast is observed for carbon nanotubes placed on cobalt or magnetite substrates, but it is absent on silicon, copper or gold substrates. This observation of contact-induced magnetism opens a new avenue for implementing spin-electronics at the molecular level, where the current leads can be separated from the electrodes producing spin polarization.


PACS

75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects

75.50.Cc Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys

75.50.Dd Nonmetallic ferromagnetic materials

61.46.-w Structure of nanoscale materials

75.30.Cr Saturation moments and magnetic susceptibilities

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 10 (17 March 2004)

Received 4 February 2004

Published 27 February 2004



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