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The increasing energy demand in information technologies requires novel low‐power procedures to store and process data. Magnetic materials, central to these technologies, are usually controlled through magnetic fields or spin‐polarized currents that are prone to the Joule heating effect. Magneto‐ionics is a unique energy‐efficient strategy to control magnetism that can induce large non‐volatile modulation of magnetization, coercivity and other properties through voltage‐driven ionic motion. Recent studies have shown promising magneto‐ionic effects using nitrogen ions. However, either liquid electrolytes or prior annealing procedures are necessary to induce the desired N‐ion motion. In this work, magneto‐ionic effects are voltage‐triggered at room temperature in solid state systems of Co
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10507035
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Volume:
- 34
- ISSN:
- 1616-301X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 2404487
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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