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Atomic-scale origin of interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in Pt/Fe/Au
27 March 2026

A new paper has been published in the journal MRS Communications:

Recent results show remarkable interfacial-Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (i-DMI) effect in magnetic heterostructures composed of relatively thick Fe thin films (inferior to 1nm). To investigate its origin, we present a thorough magnetic characterization of the SiO2/57Fe(t)/Au and SiO2/Pt/57Fe(t)/Au heterostructures (t = 1.6–2.2 nm). An i-DMI constant DPt8= 0.43±0,02mJ/m2. is extracted for the Pt/Fe/Au system, as probed by wavevector-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy. Ferromagnetic resonance and conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy provide evidence that significant surface anisotropy is present in Pt/Fe/Au and an interfacial Fe fraction (~ 18%) exhibits tilted magnetization (~ 25° out of plane) and enhanced hyperfine field, correlating with the stronger i-DMI.

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Atomic-scale origin of interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in Pt/Fe/Au


Longo, Emanuele; Gubbiotti, Gianluca; Belli, Matteo; Wiemer, Claudia; Alia, Mario; Fanciulli, Marco; Mantovan, Roberto

MRS Communications, 2026, XX, XX
DOI: 10.1557/s43579-026-00935-w