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Canetta A, Volosheniuk S, Satheesh S, Alvarinhas Batista JP, Castellano A, Conte R, Chica DG, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Roy X, van der Zant HSJ, Burghard M, Verstraete MJ, Gehring P. Impact of Spin-Entropy on the Thermoelectric Properties of a 2D Magnet. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:6513-6520. [PMID: 38652810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Heat-to-charge conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials is closely linked to the entropy per charge carrier. Thus, magnetic materials are promising building blocks for highly efficient energy harvesters as their carrier entropy is boosted by a spin degree of freedom. In this work, we investigate how this spin-entropy impacts heat-to-charge conversion in the A-type antiferromagnet CrSBr. We perform simultaneous measurements of electrical conductance and thermocurrent while changing magnetic order using the temperature and magnetic field as tuning parameters. We find a strong enhancement of the thermoelectric power factor at around the Néel temperature. We further reveal that the power factor at low temperatures can be increased by up to 600% upon applying a magnetic field. Our results demonstrate that the thermoelectric properties of 2D magnets can be optimized by exploiting the sizable impact of spin-entropy and confirm thermoelectric measurements as a sensitive tool to investigate subtle magnetic phase transitions in low-dimensional magnets.
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- Alessandra Canetta
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Nanomat/Q-MAT/ and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, Université de Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2628CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Nanomat/Q-MAT/ and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility, Université de Liège, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
- ITP, Physics Department, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Tabataba-Vakili F, Nguyen HPG, Rupp A, Mosina K, Papavasileiou A, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Maletinsky P, Glazov MM, Sofer Z, Baimuratov AS, Högele A. Doping-control of excitons and magnetism in few-layer CrSBr. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4735. [PMID: 38830857 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49048-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Magnetism in two-dimensional materials reveals phenomena distinct from bulk magnetic crystals, with sensitivity to charge doping and electric fields in monolayer and bilayer van der Waals magnet CrI3. Within the class of layered magnets, semiconducting CrSBr stands out by featuring stability under ambient conditions, correlating excitons with magnetic order and thus providing strong magnon-exciton coupling, and exhibiting peculiar magneto-optics of exciton-polaritons. Here, we demonstrate that both exciton and magnetic transitions in bilayer and trilayer CrSBr are sensitive to voltage-controlled field-effect charging, exhibiting bound exciton-charge complexes and doping-induced metamagnetic transitions. Moreover, we demonstrate how these unique properties enable optical probes of local magnetic order, visualizing magnetic domains of competing phases across metamagnetic transitions induced by magnetic field or electrostatic doping. Our work identifies few-layer CrSBr as a rich platform for exploring collaborative effects of charge, optical excitations, and magnetism.
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- Farsane Tabataba-Vakili
- Fakultät für Physik, Munich Quantum Center, and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany.
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), 80799, München, Germany.
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- Fakultät für Physik, Munich Quantum Center, and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Munich Quantum Center, and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Fakultät für Physik, Munich Quantum Center, and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany.
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- Fakultät für Physik, Munich Quantum Center, and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, München, Germany.
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), 80799, München, Germany.
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Lin K, Li Y, Ghorbani-Asl M, Sofer Z, Winnerl S, Erbe A, Krasheninnikov AV, Helm M, Zhou S, Dan Y, Prucnal S. Probing the Band Splitting near the Γ Point in the van der Waals Magnetic Semiconductor CrSBr. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:6010-6016. [PMID: 38814350 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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This study investigates the electronic band structure of chromium sulfur bromide (CrSBr) through comprehensive photoluminescence (PL) characterization. We clearly identify low-temperature optical transitions between two closely adjacent conduction-band states and two different valence-band states. The analysis on the PL data robustly unveils energy splittings, band gaps, and excitonic transitions across different thicknesses of CrSBr, from monolayer to bulk. Temperature-dependent PL measurements elucidate the stability of the band splitting below the Néel temperature, suggesting that magnons coupled with excitons are responsible for the symmetry breaking and brightening of the transitions from the secondary conduction band minimum (CBM2) to the global valence band maximum (VBM1). Collectively, these results not only reveal splitting in both the conduction and valence bands but also highlight a significant advance in our understanding of the interplay between the optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic two-dimensional van der Waals crystals.
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- Kaiman Lin
- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 20024 Shanghai, P. R. China
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 20024 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Yang B, Bhujel B, Chica DG, Telford EJ, Roy X, Ibrahim F, Chshiev M, Cosset-Chéneau M, Wees BJV. Electrostatically controlled spin polarization in Graphene-CrSBr magnetic proximity heterostructures. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4459. [PMID: 38796433 PMCID: PMC11128003 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48809-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024] Open
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The magnetic proximity effect can induce a spin dependent exchange shift in the band structure of graphene. This produces a magnetization and a spin polarization of the electron/hole carriers in this material, paving the way for its use as an active component in spintronics devices. The electrostatic control of this spin polarization in graphene has however never been demonstrated so far. We show that interfacing graphene with the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr results in an unconventional manifestation of the quantum Hall effect, which can be attributed to the presence of counterflowing spin-polarized edge channels originating from the spin-dependent exchange shift in graphene. We extract an exchange shift ranging from 27 - 32 meV, and show that it also produces an electrostatically tunable spin polarization of the electron/hole carriers in graphene ranging from - 50% to + 69% in the absence of a magnetic field. This proof of principle provides a starting point for the use of graphene as an electrostatically tunable source of spin current and could allow this system to generate a large magnetoresistance in gate tunable spin valve devices.
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- Boxuan Yang
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec, Grenoble, 38000, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec, Grenoble, 38000, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, 75231, France
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Lu L, Wang Q, Duan H, Zhu K, Hu T, Ma Y, Shen S, Niu Y, Liu J, Wang J, Ekahana SA, Dreiser J, Soh Y, Yan W, Wang G, Xiong Y, Hao N, Lu Y, Tian M. Tunable Magnetism in Atomically Thin Itinerant Antiferromagnet with Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Order. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:5984-5992. [PMID: 38728101 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Addressing the need for modulated spin configurations is crucial, as they serve as the foundational building blocks for next-generation spintronics, particularly in atomically thin structures and at room temperature. In this work, we realize intrinsic ferromagnetism in monolayer flakes and tunable ferro-/antiferromagnetism in (Fe0.56Co0.44)5GeTe2 antiferromagnets. Remarkably, the ferromagnetic ordering (≥1 L) and antiferromagnetic ordering (≥4 L) remain discernible up to room temperature. The TC (∼310 K) of the monolayer flakes sets a record high for known exfoliated monolayer van der Waals magnets. Within the framework of A-type antiferromagnetism, a notable odd-even layer-number effect at elevated temperatures (T = 150 K) is observed. Of particular interest is the strong ferromagnetic order in even-layer flakes at low temperatures. The intricate interplay among magnetic field strength, layer number, and temperature gives rise to a diverse array of phenomena, holding promise not only for new physics but also for practical applications.
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- Longyu Lu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Low-Energy Quantum Materials and Devices, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
- Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230028, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Low-Energy Quantum Materials and Devices, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230028, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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Mosina K, Wu B, Antonatos N, Luxa J, Mazánek V, Söll A, Sedmidubsky D, Klein J, Ross FM, Sofer Z. Electrochemical Intercalation and Exfoliation of CrSBr into Ferromagnetic Fibers and Nanoribbons. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300609. [PMID: 38158388 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Recent studies dedicated to layered van der Waals crystals have attracted significant attention to magnetic atomically thin crystals offering unprecedented opportunities for applications in innovative magnetoelectric, magneto-optic, and spintronic devices. The active search for original platforms for the low-dimensional magnetism study has emphasized the entirely new magnetic properties of two dimensional (2D) semiconductor CrSBr. Herein, for the first time, the electrochemical exfoliation of bulk CrSBr in a non-aqueous environment is demonstrated. Notably, crystal cleavage governed by the structural anisotropy occurred along two directions forming atomically thin and few-layered nanoribbons. The exfoliated material possesses an orthorhombic crystalline structure and strong optical anisotropy, showing the polarization dependencies of Raman signals. The antiferromagnetism exhibited by multilayered CrSBr gives precedence to ferromagnetic ordering in the revealed CrSBr nanostructures. Furthermore, the potential application of CrSBr nanoribbons is pioneered for electrochemical photodetector fabrication and demonstrates its responsivity up to 30 µA cm-2 in the visible spectrum. Moreover, the CrSBr-based anode for lithium-ion batteries exhibited high performance and self-improving abilities. This anticipates that the results will pave the way toward the future study of CrSBr and practical applications in magneto- and optoelectronics.
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- Kseniia Mosina
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28, Czech Republic
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Shen L, Xiao D, Cao T. Proximity-Induced Exchange Interaction: A New Pathway for Quantum Sensing Using Spin Centers in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4359-4366. [PMID: 38619851 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a two-dimensional van der Waals material, have attracted a great deal of interest because of its potential in various quantum applications. Due to hBN's two-dimensional nature, the spin center in hBN can be engineered in the proximity of the target material, providing advantages over its three-dimensional counterparts, such as the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond. Here we propose a novel quantum sensing protocol driven by exchange interaction between the spin center in hBN and the underlying magnetic substrate induced by the magnetic proximity effect. By first-principles calculation, we demonstrate that the induced exchange interaction dominates over the dipole-dipole interaction by orders of magnitude when in the proximity. The interaction remains antiferromagnetic across all stacking configurations between the spin center in hBN and the target van der Waals magnets. Additionally, we explored the scaling behavior of the exchange field as a function of the spatial separation between the spin center and the targets.
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- Lingnan Shen
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, United States
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2120, United States
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2120, United States
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Ziebel ME, Feuer ML, Cox J, Zhu X, Dean CR, Roy X. CrSBr: An Air-Stable, Two-Dimensional Magnetic Semiconductor. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4319-4329. [PMID: 38567828 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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The discovery of magnetic order at the 2D limit has sparked new exploration of van der Waals magnets for potential use in spintronics, magnonics, and quantum information applications. However, many of these materials feature low magnetic ordering temperatures and poor air stability, limiting their fabrication into practical devices. In this Mini-Review, we present a promising material for fundamental studies and functional use: CrSBr, an air-stable, two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor. Our discussion highlights experimental research on bulk CrSBr, including quasi-1D semiconducting properties, A-type antiferromagnetic order (TN = 132 K), and strong coupling between its electronic and magnetic properties. We then discuss the behavior of monolayer and few-layer flakes and present a perspective on promising avenues for further studies on CrSBr.
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- Michael E Ziebel
- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Physics, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Jo J, Mañas-Valero S, Coronado E, Casanova F, Gobbi M, Hueso LE. Nonvolatile Electric Control of Antiferromagnet CrSBr. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4471-4477. [PMID: 38587318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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van der Waals magnets are emerging as a promising material platform for electric field control of magnetism, offering a pathway toward the elimination of external magnetic fields from spintronic devices. A further step is the integration of such magnets with electrical gating components that would enable nonvolatile control of magnetic states. However, this approach remains unexplored for antiferromagnets, despite their growing significance in spintronics. Here, we demonstrate nonvolatile electric field control of magnetoelectric characteristics in van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr. We integrate a CrSBr channel in a flash-memory architecture featuring charge trapping graphene multilayers. The electrical gate operation triggers a nonvolatile 200% change in the antiferromagnetic state of CrSBr resistance by manipulating electron accumulation/depletion. Moreover, the nonvolatile gate modulates the metamagnetic transition field of CrSBr and the magnitude of magnetoresistance. Our findings highlight the potential of manipulating magnetic properties of antiferromagnetic semiconductors in a nonvolatile way.
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- Junhyeon Jo
- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna 46980, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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Meineke C, Schlosser J, Zizlsperger M, Liebich M, Nilforoushan N, Mosina K, Terres S, Chernikov A, Sofer Z, Huber MA, Florian M, Kira M, Dirnberger F, Huber R. Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics in the Atomically Thin van der Waals Magnet CrSBr. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4101-4107. [PMID: 38507732 PMCID: PMC11010225 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c05010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Among atomically thin semiconductors, CrSBr stands out as both its bulk and monolayer forms host tightly bound, quasi-one-dimensional excitons in a magnetic environment. Despite its pivotal importance for solid-state research, the exciton lifetime has remained unknown. While terahertz polarization probing can directly trace all excitons, independently of interband selection rules, the corresponding large far-field foci substantially exceed the lateral sample dimensions. Here, we combine terahertz polarization spectroscopy with near-field microscopy to reveal a femtosecond decay of paramagnetic excitons in a monolayer of CrSBr, which is 30 times shorter than the bulk lifetime. We unveil low-energy fingerprints of bound and unbound electron-hole pairs in bulk CrSBr and extract the nonequilibrium dielectric function of the monolayer in a model-free manner. Our results demonstrate the first direct access to the ultrafast dielectric response of quasi-one-dimensional excitons in CrSBr, potentially advancing the development of quantum devices based on ultrathin van der Waals magnets.
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- Christian Meineke
- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Applied Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence, Dresden University of Technology, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence, Dresden University of Technology, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Institute
of Applied Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence, Dresden University of Technology, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Physics and Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy (RUN), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Hu Q, Huang Y, Wang Y, Ding S, Zhang M, Hua C, Li L, Xu X, Yang J, Yuan S, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Lu Y, Jin C, Wang D, Zheng Y. Ferrielectricity controlled widely-tunable magnetoelectric coupling in van der Waals multiferroics. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3029. [PMID: 38589456 PMCID: PMC11001967 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47373-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
Abstract
The discovery of various primary ferroic phases in atomically-thin van der Waals crystals have created a new two-dimensional wonderland for exploring and manipulating exotic quantum phases. It may also bring technical breakthroughs in device applications, as evident by prototypical functionalities of giant tunneling magnetoresistance, gate-tunable ferromagnetism and non-volatile ferroelectric memory etc. However, two-dimensional multiferroics with effective magnetoelectric coupling, which ultimately decides the future of multiferroic-based information technology, has not been realized yet. Here, we show that an unconventional magnetoelectric coupling mechanism interlocked with heterogeneous ferrielectric transitions emerges at the two-dimensional limit in van der Waals multiferroic CuCrP2S6 with inherent antiferromagnetism and antiferroelectricity. Distinct from the homogeneous antiferroelectric bulk, thin-layer CuCrP2S6 under external electric field makes layer-dependent heterogeneous ferrielectric transitions, minimizing the depolarization effect introduced by the rearrangements of Cu+ ions within the ferromagnetic van der Waals cages of CrS6 and P2S6 octahedrons. The resulting ferrielectric phases are characterized by substantially reduced interlayer magnetic coupling energy of nearly 50% with a moderate electric field of 0.3 V nm-1, producing widely-tunable magnetoelectric coupling which can be further engineered by asymmetrical electrode work functions.
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- Qifeng Hu
- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Physics, and State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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Boix-Constant C, Jenkins S, Rama-Eiroa R, Santos EJG, Mañas-Valero S, Coronado E. Multistep magnetization switching in orthogonally twisted ferromagnetic monolayers. NATURE MATERIALS 2024; 23:212-218. [PMID: 38036623 PMCID: PMC10837074 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01735-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Abstract
The advent of twist engineering in two-dimensional crystals enables the design of van der Waals heterostructures with emergent properties. In the case of magnets, this approach can afford artificial antiferromagnets with tailored spin arrangements. Here we fabricate an orthogonally twisted bilayer by twisting two CrSBr ferromagnetic monolayers with an easy-axis in-plane spin anisotropy by 90°. The magnetotransport properties reveal multistep magnetization switching with a magnetic hysteresis opening, which is absent in the pristine case. By tuning the magnetic field, we modulate the remanent state and coercivity and select between hysteretic and non-hysteretic magnetoresistance scenarios. This complexity pinpoints spin anisotropy as a key aspect in twisted magnetic superlattices. Our results highlight control over the magnetic properties in van der Waals heterostructures, leading to a variety of field-induced phenomena and opening a fruitful playground for creating desired magnetic symmetries and manipulating non-collinear magnetic configurations.
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- Carla Boix-Constant
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) - Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
- Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) - Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain.
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) - Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain.
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Lin K, Sun X, Dirnberger F, Li Y, Qu J, Wen P, Sofer Z, Söll A, Winnerl S, Helm M, Zhou S, Dan Y, Prucnal S. Strong Exciton-Phonon Coupling as a Fingerprint of Magnetic Ordering in van der Waals Layered CrSBr. ACS NANO 2024; 18:2898-2905. [PMID: 38240736 PMCID: PMC10832030 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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The layered, air-stable van der Waals antiferromagnetic compound CrSBr exhibits pronounced coupling among its optical, electronic, and magnetic properties. As an example, exciton dynamics can be significantly influenced by lattice vibrations through exciton-phonon coupling. Using low-temperature photoluminescence spectroscopy, we demonstrate the effective coupling between excitons and phonons in nanometer-thick CrSBr. By careful analysis, we identify that the satellite peaks predominantly arise from the interaction between the exciton and an optical phonon with a frequency of 118 cm-1 (∼14.6 meV) due to the out-of-plane vibration of Br atoms. Power-dependent and temperature-dependent photoluminescence measurements support exciton-phonon coupling and indicate a coupling between magnetic and optical properties, suggesting the possibility of carrier localization in the material. The presence of strong coupling between the exciton and the lattice may have important implications for the design of light-matter interactions in magnetic semiconductors and provide insights into the exciton dynamics in CrSBr. This highlights the potential for exploiting exciton-phonon coupling to control the optical properties of layered antiferromagnetic materials.
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- Kaiman Lin
- University
of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 20024 Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence
ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische
Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz
Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische
Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Technische
Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- University
of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, 20024 Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Peng Y, Shi L, Zhao G, Zhang J, Zhao J, Wang X, Deng Z, Jin C. Colossal Magnetoresistance in Layered Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Rb(Zn,Li,Mn) 4As 3 Single Crystals. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:263. [PMID: 38334534 PMCID: PMC10856780 DOI: 10.3390/nano14030263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
Diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) with tunable ferromagnetism are among the most promising materials for fabricating spintronic devices. Some DMS systems have sizeable magnetoresistances that can further extend their applications. Here, we report a new DMS Rb(Zn1-x-yLiyMnx)4As3 with a quasi-two-dimensional structure showing sizeable anisotropies in its ferromagnetism and transverse magnetoresistance (MR). With proper charge and spin doping, single crystals of the DMS display Curie temperatures up to 24 K. Analysis of the critical behavior via Arrott plots confirms the long-range ferromagnetic ordering in the Rb(Zn1-x-yLiyMnx)4As3 single crystals. We observed remarkable intrinsic MR effects in the single crystals (i.e., a positive MR of 85% at 0.4 T and a colossal negative MR of -93% at 7 T).
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- Yi Peng
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
- School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
- School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
- School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; (Y.P.); (G.Z.); (J.Z.)
- School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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Panda J, Sahu S, Haider G, Thakur MK, Mosina K, Velický M, Vejpravova J, Sofer Z, Kalbáč M. Polarization-Resolved Position-Sensitive Self-Powered Binary Photodetection in Multilayer Janus CrSBr. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:1033-1043. [PMID: 38147583 PMCID: PMC10788859 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Recent progress in polarization-resolved photodetection based on low-symmetry 2D materials has formed the basis of cutting-edge optoelectronic devices, including quantum optical communication, 3D image processing, and sensing applications. Here, we report an optical polarization-resolving photodetector (PD) fabricated from multilayer semiconducting CrSBr single crystals with high structural anisotropy. We have demonstrated self-powered photodetection due to the formation of Schottky junctions at the Au-CrSBr interfaces, which also caused the photocurrent to display a position-sensitive and binary nature. The self-biased CrSBr PD showed a photoresponsivity of ∼0.26 mA/W with a detectivity of 3.4 × 108 Jones at 514 nm excitation of fluency (0.42 mW/cm2) under ambient conditions. The optical polarization-induced photoresponse exhibits a large dichroic ratio of 3.4, while the polarization is set along the a- and the b-axes of single-crystalline CrSBr. The PD also showed excellent stability, retaining >95% of the initial photoresponsivity in ambient conditions for more than five months without encapsulation. Thus, we demonstrate CrSBr as a fascinating material for ultralow-powered optical polarization-resolving optoelectronic devices for cutting-edge technology.
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- Jaganandha Panda
- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Department
of Biophysics, Chemical and Macromolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics
and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Houmes MJA, Baglioni G, Šiškins M, Lee M, Esteras DL, Ruiz AM, Mañas-Valero S, Boix-Constant C, Baldoví JJ, Coronado E, Blanter YM, Steeneken PG, van der Zant HSJ. Magnetic order in 2D antiferromagnets revealed by spontaneous anisotropic magnetostriction. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8503. [PMID: 38129381 PMCID: PMC10739885 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44180-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The temperature dependent order parameter provides important information on the nature of magnetism. Using traditional methods to study this parameter in two-dimensional (2D) magnets remains difficult, however, particularly for insulating antiferromagnetic (AF) compounds. Here, we show that its temperature dependence in AF MPS3 (M(II) = Fe, Co, Ni) can be probed via the anisotropy in the resonance frequency of rectangular membranes, mediated by a combination of anisotropic magnetostriction and spontaneous staggered magnetization. Density functional calculations followed by a derived orbital-resolved magnetic exchange analysis confirm and unravel the microscopic origin of this magnetization-induced anisotropic strain. We further show that the temperature and thickness dependent order parameter allows to deduce the material's critical exponents characterising magnetic order. Nanomechanical sensing of magnetic order thus provides a future platform to investigate 2D magnetism down to the single-layer limit.
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- Maurits J A Houmes
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, c/Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
- Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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Ruta FL, Zhang S, Shao Y, Moore SL, Acharya S, Sun Z, Qiu S, Geurs J, Kim BSY, Fu M, Chica DG, Pashov D, Xu X, Xiao D, Delor M, Zhu XY, Millis AJ, Roy X, Hone JC, Dean CR, Katsnelson MI, van Schilfgaarde M, Basov DN. Hyperbolic exciton polaritons in a van der Waals magnet. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8261. [PMID: 38086835 PMCID: PMC10716151 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44100-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Exciton polaritons are quasiparticles of photons coupled strongly to bound electron-hole pairs, manifesting as an anti-crossing light dispersion near an exciton resonance. Highly anisotropic semiconductors with opposite-signed permittivities along different crystal axes are predicted to host exotic modes inside the anti-crossing called hyperbolic exciton polaritons (HEPs), which confine light subdiffractionally with enhanced density of states. Here, we show observational evidence of steady-state HEPs in the van der Waals magnet chromium sulfide bromide (CrSBr) using a cryogenic near-infrared near-field microscope. At low temperatures, in the magnetically-ordered state, anisotropic exciton resonances sharpen, driving the permittivity negative along one crystal axis and enabling HEP propagation. We characterize HEP momentum and losses in CrSBr, also demonstrating coupling to excitonic sidebands and enhancement by magnetic order: which boosts exciton spectral weight via wavefunction delocalization. Our findings open new pathways to nanoscale manipulation of excitons and light, including routes to magnetic, nonlocal, and quantum polaritonics.
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- Francesco L Ruta
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Columbia Nano Initiative, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Theory and Simulation of Condensed Matter, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Xie K, Zhang XW, Xiao D, Cao T. Engineering Magnetic Phases of Layered Antiferromagnets by Interfacial Charge Transfer. ACS NANO 2023; 17:22684-22690. [PMID: 37961983 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Van der Waals heterostructures composed of distinct layered materials can display behaviors entirely different from those of each individual layer due to interfacial coupling. Here we investigate the manipulation of magnetic phases in two-dimensional magnets through interfacial charge transfer in heterostructures of magnetic and nonmagnetic layers. This is demonstrated by first-principles calculations, which unveil a transition toward the ferromagnetic phase by stacking antiferromagnetic bilayer CrSBr on graphene. Using an effective model consisting of two electronically coupled single layers, we show that the antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic magnetic phase transition occurs due to interfacial charge transfer, which enhances ferromagnetism. We further reveal that the magnetic phase transition can also be induced by electron and hole carriers and demonstrate that the phase transition is a spin-canting process. This allows for precise gate-control of noncollinear magnetism on demand. Our work predicts interfacial charge transfer as a potent mechanism to tune magnetic phases in van der Waals heterostructures and creates opportunities for spintronic applications.
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- Kaichen Xie
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Lubert-Perquel D, Acharya S, Johnson JC. Optically Addressing Exciton Spin and Pseudospin in Nanomaterials for Spintronics Applications. ACS APPLIED OPTICAL MATERIALS 2023; 1:1742-1760. [PMID: 38037653 PMCID: PMC10683369 DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.3c00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Oriented exciton spins that can be generated and manipulated optically are of interest for a range of applications, including spintronics, quantum information science, and neuromorphic computing architectures. Although materials that host such excitons often lack practical coherence times for use on their own, strategic transduction of the magnetic information across interfaces can combine fast modulation with longer-term storage and readout. Several nanostructure systems have been put forward due to their interesting magneto-optical properties and their possible manipulation using circularly polarized light. These material systems are presented here, namely two-dimensional (2D) systems due to the unique spin-valley coupling properties and quantum dots for their exciton fine structure. 2D magnets are also discussed for their anisotropic spin behavior and extensive 2D magnetic states that are not yet fully understood but could pave the way for emergent techniques of magnetic control. This review also details the experimental and theoretical tools to measure and understand these systems along with a discussion on the progress of optical manipulation of spins and magnetic order transitions.
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- Daphné Lubert-Perquel
- Materials, Chemical, and
Computational Science Directorate, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Materials, Chemical, and
Computational Science Directorate, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Materials, Chemical, and
Computational Science Directorate, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Jo J, Peisen Y, Yang H, Mañas-Valero S, Baldoví JJ, Lu Y, Coronado E, Casanova F, Bergeret FS, Gobbi M, Hueso LE. Local control of superconductivity in a NbSe 2/CrSBr van der Waals heterostructure. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7253. [PMID: 37945570 PMCID: PMC10636142 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43111-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Two-dimensional magnets and superconductors are emerging as tunable building-blocks for quantum computing and superconducting spintronic devices, and have been used to fabricate all two-dimensional versions of traditional devices, such as Josephson junctions. However, novel devices enabled by unique features of two-dimensional materials have not yet been demonstrated. Here, we present NbSe2/CrSBr van der Waals superconducting spin valves that exhibit infinite magnetoresistance and nonreciprocal charge transport. These responses arise from a unique metamagnetic transition in CrSBr, which controls the presence of localized stray fields suitably oriented to suppress the NbSe2 superconductivity in nanoscale regions and to break time reversal symmetry. Moreover, by integrating different CrSBr crystals in a lateral heterostructure, we demonstrate a superconductive spin valve characterized by multiple stable resistance states. Our results show how the unique physical properties of layered materials enable the realization of high-performance quantum devices based on novel working principles.
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- Junhyeon Jo
- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Paterna, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), E-20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
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Zur Y, Noah A, Boix-Constant C, Mañas-Valero S, Fridman N, Rama-Eiroa R, Huber ME, Santos EJG, Coronado E, Anahory Y. Magnetic Imaging and Domain Nucleation in CrSBr Down to the 2D Limit. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2307195. [PMID: 37702506 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Recent advancements in 2D materials have revealed the potential of van der Waals magnets, and specifically of their magnetic anisotropy that allows applications down to the 2D limit. Among these materials, CrSBr has emerged as a promising candidate, because its intriguing magnetic and electronic properties have appeal for both fundamental and applied research in spintronics or magnonics. In this work, nano-SQUID-on-tip (SOT) microscopy is used to obtain direct magnetic imaging of CrSBr flakes with thicknesses ranging from monolayer (N = 1) to few-layer (N = 5). The ferromagnetic order is preserved down to the monolayer, while the antiferromagnetic coupling of the layers starts from the bilayer case. For odd layers, at zero applied magnetic field, the stray field resulting from the uncompensated layer is directly imaged. The progressive spin reorientation along the out-of-plane direction (hard axis) is also measured with a finite applied magnetic field, allowing evaluation of the anisotropy constant, which remains stable down to the monolayer and is close to the bulk value. Finally, by selecting the applied magnetic field protocol, the formation of Néel magnetic domain walls is observed down to the single-layer limit.
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- Yishay Zur
- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
- Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
- Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
- Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20018, Spain
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH93FD, UK
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- Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 80217, USA
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20018, Spain
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH93FD, UK
- Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH93FD, UK
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
- Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Liu S, Malik IA, Zhang VL, Yu T. Lightning the Spin: Harnessing the Potential of 2D Magnets in Opto-Spintronics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2306920. [PMID: 37905890 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Since the emergence of 2D magnets in 2017, the diversity of these materials has greatly expanded. Their 2D nature (atomic-scale thickness) endows these magnets with strong magnetic anisotropy, layer-dependent and switchable magnetic order, and quantum-confined quasiparticles, which distinguish them from conventional 3D magnetic materials. Moreover, the 2D geometry facilitates light incidence for opto-spintronic applications and potential on-chip integration. In analogy to optoelectronics based on optical-electronic interactions, opto-spintronics use light-spin interactions to process spin information stored in the solid state. In this review, opto-spintronics is divided into three types with respect to the wavelengths of radiation interacting with 2D magnets: 1) GHz (microwave) to THz (mid-infrared), 2) visible, and 3) UV to X-rays. It is focused on the recent research advancements on the newly discovered mechanisms of light-spin interactions in 2D magnets and introduces the potential design of novel opto-spintronic applications based on these interactions.
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- Sheng Liu
- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China
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Pawbake A, Pelini T, Mohelsky I, Jana D, Breslavetz I, Cho CW, Orlita M, Potemski M, Measson MA, Wilson NP, Mosina K, Soll A, Sofer Z, Piot BA, Zhitomirsky ME, Faugeras C. Magneto-Optical Sensing of the Pressure Driven Magnetic Ground States in Bulk CrSBr. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9587-9593. [PMID: 37823538 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Competition between exchange interactions and magnetocrystalline anisotropy may bring new magnetic states that are of great current interest. An applied hydrostatic pressure can further be used to tune their balance. In this work, we investigate the magnetization process of a biaxial antiferromagnet in an external magnetic field applied along the easy axis. We find that the single metamagnetic transition of the Ising type observed in this material under ambient pressure transforms under hydrostatic pressure into two transitions, a first-order spin-flop transition followed by a second-order transition toward a polarized ferromagnetic state near saturation. This reversible tuning into a new magnetic phase is obtained in layered bulk CrSBr at low temperature by varying the interlayer distance using high hydrostatic pressure, which efficiently acts on the interlayer magnetic exchange and is probed by magneto-optical spectroscopy.
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- Amit Pawbake
- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
- CENTERA Laboratories, Institute of High Pressure Physics, PAS, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland
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- Walter Schottky Institut, Physics Department and MCQST, Technische Universitat Munchen, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Grenoble INP, IRIG, Pheliqs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Institut Laue-Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS, EMFL, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Kryzhanovsky B, Egorov V, Litinskii L. Characteristics of an Ising-like Model with Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Interactions. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:1428. [PMID: 37895549 PMCID: PMC10606106 DOI: 10.3390/e25101428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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In the framework of mean field approximation, we consider a spin system consisting of two interacting sub-ensembles. The intra-ensemble interactions are ferromagnetic, while the inter-ensemble interactions are antiferromagnetic. We define the effective number of the nearest neighbors and show that if the two sub-ensembles have the same effective number of the nearest neighbors, the classical form of critical exponents (α=0, β=1/2, γ=γ'=1, δ=3) gives way to the non-classical form (α=0, β=3/2, γ=γ'=0, δ=1), and the scaling function changes simultaneously. We demonstrate that this system allows for two second-order phase transitions and two first-order phase transitions. We observe that an external magnetic field does not destroy the phase transitions but only shifts their critical points, allowing for control of the system's parameters. We discuss the regime when the magnetization as a function of the magnetic field develops a low-magnetization plateau and show that the height of this plateau abruptly rises to the value of one when the magnetic field reaches a critical value. Our analytical results are supported by a Monte Carlo simulation of a three-dimensional layered model.
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- Boris Kryzhanovsky
- Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis RAS, Moscow 117218, Russia; (B.K.); (V.E.)
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- Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis RAS, Moscow 117218, Russia; (B.K.); (V.E.)
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Cham TMJ, Dorrian RJ, Zhang XS, Dismukes AH, Chica DG, May AF, Roy X, Muller DA, Ralph DC, Luo YK. Exchange Bias Between van der Waals Materials: Tilted Magnetic States and Field-Free Spin-Orbit-Torque Switching. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2305739. [PMID: 37800466 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Magnetic van der Waals heterostructures provide a unique platform to study magnetism and spintronics device concepts in the 2D limit. Here, studies of exchange bias from the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr acting on the van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3 GeTe2 (FGT) are reported. The orientation of the exchange bias is along the in-plane easy axis of CrSBr, perpendicular to the out-of-plane anisotropy of the FGT, inducing a strongly tilted magnetic configuration in the FGT. Furthermore, the in-plane exchange bias provides sufficient symmetry breaking to allow deterministic spin-orbit torque switching of the FGT in CrSBr/FGT/Pt samples at zero applied magnetic field. A minimum thickness of the CrSBr of >10 nm is needed to provide a non-zero exchange bias at 30 K.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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Long F, Ghorbani-Asl M, Mosina K, Li Y, Lin K, Ganss F, Hübner R, Sofer Z, Dirnberger F, Kamra A, Krasheninnikov AV, Prucnal S, Helm M, Zhou S. Ferromagnetic Interlayer Coupling in CrSBr Crystals Irradiated by Ions. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8468-8473. [PMID: 37669544 PMCID: PMC10540254 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Layered magnetic materials are becoming a major platform for future spin-based applications. Particularly, the air-stable van der Waals compound CrSBr is attracting considerable interest due to its prominent magneto-transport and magneto-optical properties. In this work, we observe a transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic behavior in CrSBr crystals exposed to high-energy, non-magnetic ions. Already at moderate fluences, ion irradiation induces a remanent magnetization with hysteresis adapting to the easy-axis anisotropy of the pristine magnetic order up to a critical temperature of 110 K. Structure analysis of the irradiated crystals in conjunction with density functional theory calculations suggests that the displacement of constituent atoms due to collisions with ions and the formation of interstitials favors ferromagnetic order between the layers.
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- Fangchao Long
- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU
Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU
Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- University
of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry
and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Applied Physics and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence
ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Condensed
Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC) and Departamento de Física Teórica
de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria
de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
- TU
Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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Wang T, Zhang D, Yang S, Lin Z, Chen Q, Yang J, Gong Q, Chen Z, Ye Y, Liu W. Magnetically-dressed CrSBr exciton-polaritons in ultrastrong coupling regime. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5966. [PMID: 37749106 PMCID: PMC10520032 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41688-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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Over the past few decades, exciton-polaritons have attracted substantial research interest due to their half-light-half-matter bosonic nature. Coupling exciton-polaritons with magnetic orders grants access to rich many-body phenomena, but has been limited by the availability of material systems that exhibit simultaneous exciton resonances and magnetic ordering. Here we report magnetically-dressed microcavity exciton-polaritons in the van der Waals antiferromagnetic (AFM) semiconductor CrSBr coupled to a Tamm plasmon microcavity. Using angle-resolved spectroscopy, we reveal an exceptionally high exciton-photon coupling strength, up to 169 meV, demonstrating ultrastrong coupling that persists up to room temperature. By performing temperature-dependent spectroscopy, we show the magnetic nature of the exciton-polaritons in CrSBr microcavity as the magnetic order changes from AFM to paramagnetic. By applying an out-of-plane magnetic field, we achieve effective tuning of the polariton energy while maintaining the ultrastrong exciton-photon coupling strength. We attribute this to the spin canting process that modulates the interlayer exciton interaction.
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- Tingting Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Semiconductor Science and Technology, South China Normal University, Foshan, 528225, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Peking University, Nantong, 226010, China
- Liaoning Academy of Materials, Shenyang, 110167, China
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- School of Semiconductor Science and Technology, South China Normal University, Foshan, 528225, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Peking University, Nantong, 226010, China.
- Liaoning Academy of Materials, Shenyang, 110167, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Peking University, Nantong, 226010, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.
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Wu F, Gibertini M, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Gutiérrez-Lezama I, Ubrig N, Morpurgo AF. Magnetism-Induced Band-Edge Shift as the Mechanism for Magnetoconductance in CrPS 4 Transistors. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8140-8145. [PMID: 37610296 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Transistors realized on the 2D antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrPS4 exhibit large magnetoconductance due to magnetic-field-induced changes in the magnetic state. The microscopic mechanism coupling the conductance and magnetic state is not understood. We identify it by analyzing the evolution of the parameters determining the transistor behavior─carrier mobility and threshold voltage─with temperature and magnetic field. For temperatures T near the Néel temperature TN, the magnetoconductance originates from a mobility increase due to the applied magnetic field that reduces spin fluctuation induced disorder. For T ≪ TN, instead, what changes is the threshold voltage, so that increasing the field at fixed gate voltage increases the density of accumulated electrons. The phenomenon is explained by a conduction band-edge shift correctly predicted by the ab initio calculations. Our results demonstrate that the band structure of CrPS4 depends on its magnetic state and reveal a mechanism for magnetoconductance that had not been identified earlier.
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- Fan Wu
- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT-41125 Modena, Italy
- Centro S3, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze, IT-41125 Modena, Italy
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Yao F, Multian V, Wang Z, Ubrig N, Teyssier J, Wu F, Giannini E, Gibertini M, Gutiérrez-Lezama I, Morpurgo AF. Multiple antiferromagnetic phases and magnetic anisotropy in exfoliated CrBr 3 multilayers. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4969. [PMID: 37591960 PMCID: PMC10435511 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40723-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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In twisted two-dimensional (2D) magnets, the stacking dependence of the magnetic exchange interaction can lead to regions of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interlayer order, separated by non-collinear, skyrmion-like spin textures. Recent experimental searches for these textures have focused on CrI3, known to exhibit either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic interlayer order, depending on layer stacking. However, the very strong uniaxial anisotropy of CrI3 disfavors smooth non-collinear phases in twisted bilayers. Here, we report the experimental observation of three distinct magnetic phases-one ferromagnetic and two antiferromagnetic-in exfoliated CrBr3 multilayers, and reveal that the uniaxial anisotropy is significantly smaller than in CrI3. These results are obtained by magnetoconductance measurements on CrBr3 tunnel barriers and Raman spectroscopy, in conjunction with density functional theory calculations, which enable us to identify the stackings responsible for the different interlayer magnetic couplings. The detection of all locally stable magnetic states predicted to exist in CrBr3 and the excellent agreement found between theory and experiments, provide complete information on the stacking-dependent interlayer exchange energy and establish twisted bilayer CrBr3 as an ideal system to deterministically create non-collinear magnetic phases.
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- Fengrui Yao
- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Advanced Materials Nonlinear Optical Diagnostics lab, Institute of Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 46 Nauky pr., 03028, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT-41125, Modena, Italy
- Centro S3, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, IT-41125, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Wang B, Wu Y, Bai Y, Shi P, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Liu C. Origin and regulation of triaxial magnetic anisotropy in the ferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr monolayer. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:13402-13410. [PMID: 37540039 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr02518g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Magnetic anisotropy plays a vital role in stabilizing the long-range magnetic order of two-dimensional ferromagnetic systems. In this work, using the first-principles method, we systematically explored the triaxial magnetic anisotropic properties of a ferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr monolayer, which is recently exfoliated from its bulk. Further analysis shows that the triaxial magnetic anisotropic properties originate from the coexistence of the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction (shape anisotropy) and the spin-orbit coupling interaction (magnetocrystalline anisotropy). Interestingly, the shape anisotropy, which has been neglected in most previous works, dominates over the magnetocrystalline anisotropy. Besides, the experimental Curie temperature of the CrSBr monolayer is well reproduced using Monte Carlo simulations. What is more, the easy magnetic axes and ferromagnetism in the CrSBr monolayer can be manipulated by strains and are relatively more susceptible to the uniaxial strain in the x direction. Our study not only explains the mechanism of triaxial magnetic anisotropy of the CrSBr monolayer, but also sheds light on how to tune the magnetic anisotropy and Curie temperature in ferromagnetic monolayers.
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- Bing Wang
- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
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Marques-Moros F, Boix-Constant C, Mañas-Valero S, Canet-Ferrer J, Coronado E. Interplay between Optical Emission and Magnetism in the van der Waals Magnetic Semiconductor CrSBr in the Two-Dimensional Limit. ACS NANO 2023; 17:13224-13231. [PMID: 37442121 PMCID: PMC10863932 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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The van der Waals semiconductor metamagnet CrSBr offers an ideal platform for studying the interplay between optical and magnetic properties in the two-dimensional limit. Here, we carried out an exhaustive optical characterization of this material by means of temperature- and magnetic-field-dependent photoluminescence (PL) on flakes of different thicknesses down to the monolayer. We found a characteristic emission peak that is quenched upon switching the ferromagnetic layers from an antiparallel to a parallel configuration and exhibits a temperature dependence different from that of the peaks commonly ascribed to excitons. The contribution of this peak to the PL is boosted around 30-40 K, coinciding with the hidden order magnetic transition temperature. Our findings reveal the connection between the optical and magnetic properties via the ionization of magnetic donor vacancies. This behavior enables a useful tool for the optical reading of the magnetic states in atomically thin layers of CrSBr and shows the potential of the design of 2D heterostructures with magnetic and excitonic properties.
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
(ICMol), Universitat de València, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
(ICMol), Universitat de València, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
(ICMol), Universitat de València, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular
(ICMol), Universitat de València, 46980, Paterna, Spain
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Klein J, Pingault B, Florian M, Heißenbüttel MC, Steinhoff A, Song Z, Torres K, Dirnberger F, Curtis JB, Weile M, Penn A, Deilmann T, Dana R, Bushati R, Quan J, Luxa J, Sofer Z, Alù A, Menon VM, Wurstbauer U, Rohlfing M, Narang P, Lončar M, Ross FM. The Bulk van der Waals Layered Magnet CrSBr is a Quasi-1D Material. ACS NANO 2023; 17:5316-5328. [PMID: 36926838 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Correlated quantum phenomena in one-dimensional (1D) systems that exhibit competing electronic and magnetic order are of strong interest for the study of fundamental interactions and excitations, such as Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids and topological orders and defects with properties completely different from the quasiparticles expected in their higher-dimensional counterparts. However, clean 1D electronic systems are difficult to realize experimentally, particularly for magnetically ordered systems. Here, we show that the van der Waals layered magnetic semiconductor CrSBr behaves like a quasi-1D material embedded in a magnetically ordered environment. The strong 1D electronic character originates from the Cr-S chains and the combination of weak interlayer hybridization and anisotropy in effective mass and dielectric screening, with an effective electron mass ratio of mXe/mYe ∼ 50. This extreme anisotropy experimentally manifests in strong electron-phonon and exciton-phonon interactions, a Peierls-like structural instability, and a Fano resonance from a van Hove singularity of similar strength to that of metallic carbon nanotubes. Moreover, because of the reduced dimensionality and interlayer coupling, CrSBr hosts spectrally narrow (1 meV) excitons of high binding energy and oscillator strength that inherit the 1D character. Overall, CrSBr is best understood as a stack of weakly hybridized monolayers and appears to be an experimentally attractive candidate for the study of exotic exciton and 1D-correlated many-body physics in the presence of magnetic order.
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- Julian Klein
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
- QuTech, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334 Bremen, Germany
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
- College of Letters and Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 United States
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- Center for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- MIT.nano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Photonics Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10026, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Photonics Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10026, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörpertheorie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
- College of Letters and Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Zhang D, Li A, Zhang B, Zhou W, Duan H, Ouyang F. Combined piezoelectricity, valley splitting and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in Janus GdXY (X, Y = Cl, Br, I) magnetic semiconductors. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:8600-8607. [PMID: 36891810 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04482j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Janus materials, as a family of multifunctional materials with broken mirror symmetry, have played a great role in piezoelectric, valley-related, and Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC) applications. Using first-principles calculations, it is predicted that monolayer 2H-GdXY (X, Y = Cl, Br, I) will combine giant piezoelectricity, intrinsic valley splitting and a strong Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), resulting from the intrinsic electric polarization, spontaneous spin polarization and strong spin-orbit coupling. Opposite Berry curvatures and unequal Hall conductivities at the K- and K'-valleys of monolayer GdXY are promising for storing information through the anomalous valley Hall effect (AVHE). Through construction of the spin Hamiltonian and micromagnetic model, we obtained the primary magnetic parameters of monolayer GdXY as a function of the biaxial strain. Due to the dimensionless parameter κ having strong tunability, monolayer GdClBr is promising to host isolated skyrmions. The present results are expected to enable the application of Janus materials in piezoelectricity, spin- and valley-tronics and the formation of chiral magnetic structures.
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- Dehe Zhang
- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory for Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, and Hunan Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Devices, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, and Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, and Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory for Super-Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, and Hunan Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Devices, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, and Powder Metallurgy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
- School of Physics and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, People's Republic of China.
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Jiang S, Lebedev D, Andrews L, Gish JT, Song TW, Hersam MC, Balogun O. Quantitative Characterization of the Anisotropic Thermal Properties of Encapsulated Two-Dimensional MoS 2 Nanofilms. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:10123-10132. [PMID: 36753465 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors exhibit unique physical properties at the limit of a few atomic layers that are desirable for optoelectronic, spintronic, and electronic applications. Some of these materials require ambient encapsulation to preserve their properties from environmental degradation. While encapsulating 2D semiconductors is essential to device functionality, they also impact heat management due to the reduced thermal conductivity of the 2D material. There are limited experimental reports on in-plane thermal conductivity measurements in encapsulated 2D semiconductors. These measurements are particularly challenging in ultrathin films with a lower thermal conductivity than graphene since it may be difficult to separate the thermal effects of the sample from the encapsulating layers. To address this challenge, we integrated the frequency domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) and optothermal Raman spectroscopy (OTRS) techniques in the same experimental platform. First, we use the FDTR technique to characterize the cross-plane thermal conductivity and thermal boundary conductance. Next, we measure the in-plane thermal conductivity by model-based analysis of the OTRS measurements, using the cross-plane properties obtained from the FDTR measurements as input parameters. We provide experimental data for the first time on the thickness-dependent in-plane thermal conductivity of ultrathin MoS2 nanofilms encapsulated by alumina (Al2O3) and silica (SiO2) thin films. The measured thermal conductivity increased from 26.0 ± 10.0 W m-1 K-1 for monolayer MoS2 to 39.8 ± 10.8 W m-1 K-1 for the six-layer films. We also show that the thickness-dependent cross-plane thermal boundary conductance of the Al2O3/MoS2/SiO2 interface is limited by the low thermal conductance (18.5 MW m-2 K-1) of the MoS2/SiO2 interface, which has important implications on heat management in SiO2-supported and encased MoS2 devices. The measurement methods can be generalized to other 2D materials to study their anisotropic thermal properties.
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- Shizhou Jiang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 04240, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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He R, Wang D, Luo N, Zeng J, Chen KQ, Tang LM. Nonrelativistic Spin-Momentum Coupling in Antiferromagnetic Twisted Bilayers. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:046401. [PMID: 36763438 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.046401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Spin-momentum coupling, which depends strongly on the relativistic effect of heavy elements in solids, is the basis of many phenomena in spintronics. In this Letter, we theoretically predict nonrelativistic spin-momentum coupling in two-dimensional materials. By proposing magnetic symmetry requirements for spin splitting in two-dimensional systems, we find that a simple twisting operation can realize nonrelativistic spin splitting in antiferromagnetic bilayers. Through first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that momentum-dependent spin splitting exists extensively in antiferromagnetic twisted bilayers with different crystal structures and twist angles. The size of the spin splitting caused by twisting is of the same order of magnitude as that arising from spin-orbit coupling. In particular, a transverse spin current with an extremely high charge-spin conversion ratio can be generated in twisted structures under an external electric field. The findings demonstrate the potential for achieving electrically controlled magnetism in materials without spin-orbit coupling.
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- Ran He
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410018, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Klein J, Song Z, Pingault B, Dirnberger F, Chi H, Curtis JB, Dana R, Bushati R, Quan J, Dekanovsky L, Sofer Z, Alù A, Menon VM, Moodera JS, Lončar M, Narang P, Ross FM. Sensing the Local Magnetic Environment through Optically Active Defects in a Layered Magnetic Semiconductor. ACS NANO 2023; 17:288-299. [PMID: 36537371 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Atomic-level defects in van der Waals (vdW) materials are essential building blocks for quantum technologies and quantum sensing applications. The layered magnetic semiconductor CrSBr is an outstanding candidate for exploring optically active defects because of a direct gap, in addition to a rich magnetic phase diagram, including a recently hypothesized defect-induced magnetic order at low temperature. Here, we show optically active defects in CrSBr that are probes of the local magnetic environment. We observe a spectrally narrow (1 meV) defect emission in CrSBr that is correlated with both the bulk magnetic order and an additional low-temperature, defect-induced magnetic order. We elucidate the origin of this magnetic order in the context of local and nonlocal exchange coupling effects. Our work establishes vdW magnets like CrSBr as an exceptional platform to optically study defects that are correlated with the magnetic lattice. We anticipate that controlled defect creation allows for tailor-made complex magnetic textures and phases with direct optical access.
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- Julian Klein
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts02138, United States
- College of Letters and Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, California90095, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts02138, United States
- QuTech, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GADelft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York10031, United States
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- Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
- U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland20783, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts02138, United States
- College of Letters and Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, California90095, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York10016, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas78712, United States
- Photonics Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, New York10031, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York10031, United States
- Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York10026, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas78712, United States
- Photonics Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, New York10031, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York10031, United States
- Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York10026, United States
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- Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York10031, United States
- Department of Physics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York10016, United States
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- Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts02138, United States
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts02138, United States
- College of Letters and Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, California90095, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139, United States
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Diederich GM, Cenker J, Ren Y, Fonseca J, Chica DG, Bae YJ, Zhu X, Roy X, Cao T, Xiao D, Xu X. Tunable interaction between excitons and hybridized magnons in a layered semiconductor. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 18:23-28. [PMID: 36577852 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01259-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The interaction between distinct excitations in solids is of both fundamental interest and technological importance. One such interaction is the coupling between an exciton, a Coulomb bound electron-hole pair, and a magnon, a collective spin excitation. The recent emergence of van der Waals magnetic semiconductors1 provides a platform to explore these exciton-magnon interactions and their fundamental properties, such as strong correlation2, as well as their photospintronic and quantum transduction3 applications. Here we demonstrate the precise control of coherent exciton-magnon interactions in the layered magnetic semiconductor CrSBr. We varied the direction of an applied magnetic field relative to the crystal axes, and thus the rotational symmetry of the magnetic system4. Thereby, we tuned not only the exciton coupling to the bright magnon, but also to an optically dark mode via magnon-magnon hybridization. We further modulated the exciton-magnon coupling and the associated magnon dispersion curves through the application of uniaxial strain. At a critical strain, a dispersionless dark magnon band emerged. Our results demonstrate an unprecedented level of control of the opto-mechanical-magnonic coupling, and a step towards the predictable and controllable implementation of hybrid quantum magnonics5-11.
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- Geoffrey M Diederich
- Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Esteras D, Rybakov A, Ruiz AM, Baldoví JJ. Magnon Straintronics in the 2D van der Waals Ferromagnet CrSBr from First-Principles. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8771-8778. [PMID: 36162813 PMCID: PMC9650781 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The recent isolation of two-dimensional (2D) magnets offers tantalizing opportunities for spintronics and magnonics at the limit of miniaturization. One of the key advantages of atomically thin materials is their outstanding deformation capacity, which provides an exciting avenue to control their properties by strain engineering. Herein, we investigate the magnetic properties, magnon dispersion, and spin dynamics of the air-stable 2D magnetic semiconductor CrSBr (TC = 146 K) under mechanical strain using first-principles calculations. Our results provide a deep microscopic analysis of the competing interactions that stabilize the long-range ferromagnetic order in the monolayer. We showcase that the magnon dynamics of CrSBr can be modified selectively along the two main crystallographic directions as a function of applied strain, probing the potential of this quasi-1D electronic system for magnon straintronics applications. Moreover, we predict a strain-driven enhancement of TC by ∼30%, allowing the propagation of spin waves at higher temperatures.
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Böhm B, Hellwig O. Tailoring Exchange-Dominated Synthetic Layered Antiferromagnets: From Collective Magnetic Reversal to Exchange Bias. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2204804. [PMID: 36228100 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Not only since the progressive reduction of structure sizes in modern micro- and nanotechnology, surface and interface effects have played an ever-increasing role and nowadays often dominate the behavior of entire systems. Therefore, understanding the nature of surface and interface effects and being able to fully control them is of fundamental importance, in particular in modern thin-film technology. In this study, it is revealed how Co/Pt multilayer-based synthetic antiferromagnets (SAFs) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in the regime of dominating antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange can be employed to control the collective magnetic reversal via systematically altering surface and interface effects. The specifically designed samples and experiments highlight the superior tunability of synthetic systems as compared to their intrinsic stoichiometric counterparts, where the antiferromagnetism is directly tied to the indivisible discrete atomic nature and crystal structure of the materials. Thus, it is demonstrated that in SAFs, it becomes possible to energetically heal the broken magnetic symmetry at the surface, thereby enabling either on demand suppression or controlled enhancement of respective surface and interface effects, as demonstrated here in this study for the surface spin-flop and the exchange bias effect.
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- Benny Böhm
- Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107, Chemnitz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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Liu W, Guo X, Schwartz J, Xie H, Dhale NU, Sung SH, Kondusamy ALN, Wang X, Zhao H, Berman D, Hovden R, Zhao L, Lv B. A Three-Stage Magnetic Phase Transition Revealed in Ultrahigh-Quality van der Waals Bulk Magnet CrSBr. ACS NANO 2022; 16:15917-15926. [PMID: 36149801 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c02896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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van der Waals (vdW) magnets are receiving ever-growing attention nowadays due to their significance in both fundamental research on low-dimensional magnetism and potential applications in spintronic devices. The high crystalline quality of vdW magnets is the key to maintaining intrinsic magnetic and electronic properties, especially when exfoliated down to the two-dimensional limit. Here, ultrahigh-quality air-stable vdW CrSBr crystals are synthesized using the direct solid-vapor synthesis method. The high single crystallinity and spatial homogeneity have been thoroughly evidenced at length scales from submm to atomic resolution by X-ray diffraction, second harmonic generation, and scanning transmission electron microscopy. More importantly, specific heat measurements of ultrahigh-quality CrSBr crystals show three thermodynamic anomalies at 185, 156, and 132 K, revealing a stage-by-stage development of the magnetic order upon cooling, which is also corroborated with the magnetization and transport results. Our ultrahigh-quality CrSBr can further be exfoliated down to monolayers and bilayers easily, providing the building blocks of heterostructures for spintronic and magneto-optoelectronic applications.
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- Wenhao Liu
- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080 United States
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Boix-Constant C, Mañas-Valero S, Ruiz AM, Rybakov A, Konieczny KA, Pillet S, Baldoví JJ, Coronado E. Probing the Spin Dimensionality in Single-Layer CrSBr Van Der Waals Heterostructures by Magneto-Transport Measurements. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2204940. [PMID: 36008364 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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2D magnetic materials offer unprecedented opportunities for fundamental and applied research in spintronics and magnonics. Beyond the pioneering studies on 2D CrI3 and Cr2 Ge2 Te6 , the field has expanded to 2D antiferromagnets exhibiting different spin anisotropies and textures. Of particular interest is the layered metamagnet CrSBr, a relatively air-stable semiconductor formed by antiferromagnetically-coupled ferromagnetic layers (Tc ∼150 K) that can be exfoliated down to the single-layer. It presents a complex magnetic behavior with a dynamic magnetic crossover, exhibiting a low-temperature hidden-order below T*∼40 K. Here, the magneto-transport properties of CrSBr vertical heterostructures in the 2D limit are inspected. The results demonstrate the marked low-dimensional character of the ferromagnetic monolayer, with short-range correlations above Tc and an Ising-type in-plane anisotropy, being the spins spontaneously aligned along the easy axis b below Tc . By applying moderate magnetic fields along a and c axes, a spin-reorientation occurs, leading to a magnetoresistance enhancement below T*. In multilayers, a spin-valve behavior is observed, with negative magnetoresistance strongly enhanced along the three directions below T*. These results show that CrSBr monolayer/bilayer provides an ideal platform for studying and controlling field-induced phenomena in two-dimensions, offering new insights regarding 2D magnets and their integration into vertical spintronic devices.
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- Carla Boix-Constant
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, Paterna, 46980, Spain
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Klein J, Pham T, Thomsen JD, Curtis JB, Denneulin T, Lorke M, Florian M, Steinhoff A, Wiscons RA, Luxa J, Sofer Z, Jahnke F, Narang P, Ross FM. Control of structure and spin texture in the van der Waals layered magnet CrSBr. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5420. [PMID: 36109520 PMCID: PMC9478124 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32737-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Controlling magnetism at nanometer length scales is essential for realizing high-performance spintronic, magneto-electric and topological devices and creating on-demand spin Hamiltonians probing fundamental concepts in physics. Van der Waals (vdW)-bonded layered magnets offer exceptional opportunities for such spin texture engineering. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale structural control in the layered magnet CrSBr with the potential to create spin patterns without the environmental sensitivity that has hindered such manipulations in other vdW magnets. We drive a local phase transformation using an electron beam that moves atoms and exchanges bond directions, effectively creating regions that have vertical vdW layers embedded within the initial horizontally vdW bonded exfoliated flakes. We calculate that the newly formed two-dimensional structure is ferromagnetically ordered in-plane with an energy gap in the visible spectrum, and weak antiferromagnetism between the planes, suggesting possibilities for creating spin textures and quantum magnetic phases.
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- J Klein
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, 10027, NY, USA
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Exciton-coupled coherent magnons in a 2D semiconductor. Nature 2022; 609:282-286. [PMID: 36071189 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05024-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The recent discoveries of two-dimensional (2D) magnets1-6 and their stacking into van der Waals structures7-11 have expanded the horizon of 2D phenomena. One exciting application is to exploit coherent magnons12 as energy-efficient information carriers in spintronics and magnonics13,14 or as interconnects in hybrid quantum systems15-17. A particular opportunity arises when a 2D magnet is also a semiconductor, as reported recently for CrSBr (refs. 18-20) and NiPS3 (refs. 21-23) that feature both tightly bound excitons with a large oscillator strength and potentially long-lived coherent magnons owing to the bandgap and spatial confinement. Although magnons and excitons are energetically mismatched by orders of magnitude, their coupling can lead to efficient optical access to spin information. Here we report strong magnon-exciton coupling in the 2D A-type antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr. Coherent magnons launched by above-gap excitation modulate the exciton energies. Time-resolved exciton sensing reveals magnons that can coherently travel beyond seven micrometres, with a coherence time of above five nanoseconds. We observe these exciton-coupled coherent magnons in both even and odd numbers of layers, with and without compensated magnetization, down to the bilayer limit. Given the versatility of van der Waals heterostructures, these coherent 2D magnons may be a basis for optically accessible spintronics, magnonics and quantum interconnects.
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Scheie A, Ziebel M, Chica DG, Bae YJ, Wang X, Kolesnikov AI, Zhu X, Roy X. Spin Waves and Magnetic Exchange Hamiltonian in CrSBr. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2202467. [PMID: 35798311 PMCID: PMC9443475 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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CrSBr is an air-stable two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals semiconducting magnet with great technological promise, but its atomic-scale magnetic interactions-crucial information for high-frequency switching-are poorly understood. An experimental study is presented to determine the CrSBr magnetic exchange Hamiltonian and bulk magnon spectrum. The A-type antiferromagnetic order using single crystal neutron diffraction is confirmed here. The magnon dispersions are also measured using inelastic neutron scattering and rigorously fit the excitation modes to a spin wave model. The magnon spectrum is well described by an intra-plane ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchange model with seven nearest in-plane exchanges. This fitted exchange Hamiltonian enables theoretical predictions of CrSBr behavior: as one example, the fitted Hamiltonian is used to predict the presence of chiral magnon edge modes with a spin-orbit enhanced CrSBr heterostructure.
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- Allen Scheie
- Neutron Scattering DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTN37831USA
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- Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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- Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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- Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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- Neutron Scattering DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTN37831USA
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- Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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- Department of ChemistryColumbia UniversityNew YorkNY10027USA
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Cham TMJ, Karimeddiny S, Dismukes AH, Roy X, Ralph DC, Luo YK. Anisotropic Gigahertz Antiferromagnetic Resonances of the Easy-Axis van der Waals Antiferromagnet CrSBr. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:6716-6723. [PMID: 35925774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report measurements of antiferromagnetic resonances in the van der Waals easy-axis antiferromagnet CrSBr. The interlayer exchange field and magnetocrystalline anisotropy fields are comparable to laboratory magnetic fields, allowing a rich variety of gigahertz-frequency dynamical modes to be accessed. By mapping the resonance frequencies as a function of the magnitude and angle of applied magnetic field, we identify the different regimes of antiferromagnetic dynamics. The spectra show good agreement with a Landau-Lifshitz model for two antiferromagnetically coupled sublattices, accounting for interlayer exchange and triaxial magnetic anisotropy. Fits allow us to quantify the parameters governing the magnetic dynamics: At 5 K, the interlayer exchange field is μ0HE = 0.395(2) T, and the hard and intermediate-axis anisotropy parameters are μ0Hc = 1.30(2) T and μ0Ha = 0.383(7) T. The existence of within-plane anisotropy makes it possible to control the degree of hybridization between the antiferromagnetic resonances using an in-plane magnetic field.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
- Kavli Institute at Cornell, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
- Kavli Institute at Cornell, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Ye C, Wang C, Wu Q, Liu S, Zhou J, Wang G, Söll A, Sofer Z, Yue M, Liu X, Tian M, Xiong Q, Ji W, Renshaw Wang X. Layer-Dependent Interlayer Antiferromagnetic Spin Reorientation in Air-Stable Semiconductor CrSBr. ACS NANO 2022; 16:11876-11883. [PMID: 35588189 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c01151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Magnetic van der Waals (vdW) materials possess versatile spin configurations stabilized in reduced dimensions. One magnetic order is the interlayer antiferromagnetism in A-type vdW antiferromagnet, which may be effectively modified by the magnetic field, stacking order, and thickness scaling. However, atomically revealing the interlayer spin orientation in the vdW antiferromagnet is highly challenging, because most of the material candidates exhibit an insulating ground state or instability in ambient conditions. Here, we report the layer-dependent interlayer antiferromagnetic spin reorientation in air-stable semiconductor CrSBr using magnetotransport characterization and first-principles calculations. We reveal an odd-even layer effect of interlayer spin reorientation, which originates from the competitions among interlayer exchange, magnetic anisotropy energy, and extra Zeeman energy of uncompensated magnetization. Furthermore, we quantitatively constructed the layer-dependent magnetic phase diagram with the help of a linear-chain model. Our work uncovers the layer-dependent interlayer antiferromagnetic spin reorientation engineered by magnetic field in the air-stable semiconductor.
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- Chen Ye
- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Micro-Nano Devices, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa Prefecture 904-0412, Japan
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 6 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 6 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
- Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chips, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Micro-Nano Devices, Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798
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Healey AJ, Rahman S, Scholten SC, Robertson IO, Abrahams GJ, Dontschuk N, Liu B, Hollenberg LCL, Lu Y, Tetienne JP. Varied Magnetic Phases in a van der Waals Easy-Plane Antiferromagnet Revealed by Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Microscopy. ACS NANO 2022; 16:12580-12589. [PMID: 35866839 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Interest in van der Waals materials often stems from a desire to miniaturize existing technologies by exploiting their intrinsic layered structures to create near-atomically thin components that do not suffer from surface defects. One appealing property is an easily switchable yet robust magnetic order, which is only sparsely demonstrated in the case of in-plane anisotropy. In this work, we use widefield nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center magnetic imaging to measure the properties of individual flakes of CuCrP2S6, a multiferroic van der Waals magnet known to exhibit weak easy-plane anisotropy in the bulk. We chart the crossover between the in-plane ferromagnetism in thin flakes down to the trilayer and the bulk behavior dominated by a low-field spin-flop transition. Further, by exploiting the directional dependence of NV center magnetometry, we are able to observe an instance of a predominantly out-of-plane ferromagetic phase near zero field, in contrast with our expectation and previous experiments on the bulk material. We attribute this to the presence of surface anisotropies caused by the sample preparation process or exposure to the ambient environment, which is expected to have more general implications for a broader class of weakly anisotropic van der Waals magnets.
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- Alexander J Healey
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
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López-Paz SA, Guguchia Z, Pomjakushin VY, Witteveen C, Cervellino A, Luetkens H, Casati N, Morpurgo AF, von Rohr FO. Dynamic magnetic crossover at the origin of the hidden-order in van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4745. [PMID: 35961970 PMCID: PMC9374657 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32290-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The van-der-Waals material CrSBr stands out as a promising two-dimensional magnet. Here, we report on its detailed magnetic and structural characteristics. We evidence that it undergoes a transition to an A-type antiferromagnetic state below TN ≈ 140 K with a pronounced two-dimensional character, preceded by ferromagnetic correlations within the monolayers. Furthermore, we unravel the low-temperature hidden-order within the long-range magnetically-ordered state. We find that it is associated to a slowing down of the magnetic fluctuations, accompanied by a continuous reorientation of the internal field. These take place upon cooling below Ts ≈ 100 K, until a spin freezing process occurs at T* ≈ 40 K. We argue this complex behavior to reflect a crossover driven by the in-plane uniaxial anisotropy, which is ultimately caused by its mixed-anion character. Our findings reinforce CrSBr as an important candidate for devices in the emergent field of two-dimensional magnetic materials.
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- Sara A López-Paz
- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation - Condensed Matter, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation - Condensed Matter, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Telford EJ, Dismukes AH, Dudley RL, Wiscons RA, Lee K, Chica DG, Ziebel ME, Han MG, Yu J, Shabani S, Scheie A, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Xiao D, Zhu Y, Pasupathy AN, Nuckolls C, Zhu X, Dean CR, Roy X. Coupling between magnetic order and charge transport in a two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor. NATURE MATERIALS 2022; 21:754-760. [PMID: 35513502 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Semiconductors, featuring tunable electrical transport, and magnets, featuring tunable spin configurations, form the basis of many information technologies. A long-standing challenge has been to realize materials that integrate and connect these two distinct properties. Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a platform to realize this concept, but known 2D magnetic semiconductors are electrically insulating in their magnetic phase. Here we demonstrate tunable electron transport within the magnetic phase of the 2D semiconductor CrSBr and reveal strong coupling between its magnetic order and charge transport. This provides an opportunity to characterize the layer-dependent magnetic order of CrSBr down to the monolayer via magnetotransport. Exploiting the sensitivity of magnetoresistance to magnetic order, we uncover a second regime characterized by coupling between charge carriers and magnetic defects. The magnetoresistance within this regime can be dynamically and reversibly tuned by varying the carrier concentration using an electrostatic gate, providing a mechanism for controlling charge transport in 2D magnets.
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- Evan J Telford
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Avsar A. Highly anisotropic van der Waals magnetism. NATURE MATERIALS 2022; 21:731-733. [PMID: 35768597 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01299-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Ahmet Avsar
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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