We report on the electronic properties of an artificial system obtained by the intercalation of equiatomic FeCo layers under graphene grown on Ir(111). Upon intercalation, the FeCo film grows epitaxially on Ir(111), resulting in a lattice-mismatched system. By performing density functional theory calculations, we show that the intercalated FeCo layer leads to a pronounced corrugation of the graphene film. At the same time, the FeCo intercalated layers induce a clear transition from a nearly undisturbed to a strongly hybridized graphene π-band, as measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A comparison of experimental results with the computed band structure and the projected density of states unveils a spin-selective hybridization between the π band of graphene and FeCo-3d states. Our results demonstrate that the reduced dimensionality, as well as the hybridization within the FeCo layers, induces a narrowing and a clear splitting of Fe 3d-up and Fe 3d-down-spin bands of the confined FeCo layers with respect to bulk Fe and Co.

Narrowing of d bands of FeCo layers intercalated under graphene / Pacile, D.; Cardoso, C.; Avvisati, G.; Vobornik, I.; Mariani, C.; Leon, D. A.; Bonfà, Pietro; Varsano, D.; Ferretti, A.; Betti, M. G.. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - 118:12(2021), p. 121602. [10.1063/5.0047266]

Narrowing of d bands of FeCo layers intercalated under graphene

Bonfà Pietro;
2021

Abstract

We report on the electronic properties of an artificial system obtained by the intercalation of equiatomic FeCo layers under graphene grown on Ir(111). Upon intercalation, the FeCo film grows epitaxially on Ir(111), resulting in a lattice-mismatched system. By performing density functional theory calculations, we show that the intercalated FeCo layer leads to a pronounced corrugation of the graphene film. At the same time, the FeCo intercalated layers induce a clear transition from a nearly undisturbed to a strongly hybridized graphene π-band, as measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A comparison of experimental results with the computed band structure and the projected density of states unveils a spin-selective hybridization between the π band of graphene and FeCo-3d states. Our results demonstrate that the reduced dimensionality, as well as the hybridization within the FeCo layers, induces a narrowing and a clear splitting of Fe 3d-up and Fe 3d-down-spin bands of the confined FeCo layers with respect to bulk Fe and Co.
2021
118
12
121602
Narrowing of d bands of FeCo layers intercalated under graphene / Pacile, D.; Cardoso, C.; Avvisati, G.; Vobornik, I.; Mariani, C.; Leon, D. A.; Bonfà, Pietro; Varsano, D.; Ferretti, A.; Betti, M. G.. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - 118:12(2021), p. 121602. [10.1063/5.0047266]
Pacile, D.; Cardoso, C.; Avvisati, G.; Vobornik, I.; Mariani, C.; Leon, D. A.; Bonfà, Pietro; Varsano, D.; Ferretti, A.; Betti, M. G.
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