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Two-dimensional Induced Ferromagnetism

M. K. Mukhopadhyay, M. K. Sanyal, M. D. Mukadam, S. M. Yusuf, J. K. Basu

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/0302516

Abstract

Magnetic properties of materials confined to nanometer length scales are providing important information regarding low dimensional physics. Using gadolinium based Langmuir-Blodgett films, we demonstrate that two-dimensional ferromagnetic order can be induced by applying magnetic field along the in-plane (perpendicular to growth) direction. Field dependent exchange coupling is evident in the in-plane magnetization data that exhibit absence of hysteresis loop and show reduction in field required to obtain saturation in measured moment with decreasing temperature.

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