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Mustafa GM, Ullah Z, Ameer MA, Noor NA, Mumtaz S, Al-Sadoon MK. Exploring half-metallic ferromagnetism and thermoelectric properties of Tl 2WX 6 (X = Cl and Br) double perovskites. RSC Adv 2024; 14:18385-18394. [PMID: 38860251 PMCID: PMC11163412 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra02465f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Half-metallic semiconductors typically exhibit 100% spin polarization at the Fermi level which makes them desired materials for spintronic applications. In this study, we reported a half-metallic ferromagnetic nature in vacancy-ordered double perovskites Tl2WX6 (X = Cl and Br). The magnetic, electronic, and thermoelectric properties of the material are studied by the use of density functional theory (DFT). For the calculations of exchange-correlation potential, PBE-sol is employed while more accurate electronic band structure and density of states (DOS) are calculated by the mBJ potential. Both materials exhibited structural stability in the cubic structure with Fm3̄m space-group. The mechanical stability is confirmed by their computed elastic constants while their thermodynamic stability is attested by negative formation energy. The spin-based volume optimization suggested the ferromagnetic nature of the materials which is further confirmed by the negative value of the exchange energy Δ x(pd). Moreover, computed magnetic moment value for Tl2WCl6 and Tl2WBr6 is 2 μB and the majority of this comes from W. The spin-polarized band structure and DOS confirmed that both materials are half-metallic and at the Fermi level they exhibit 100% spin polarization. Furthermore, in the spin-down state, materials behave as semiconductors with wide bandgaps. Lastly, the thermoelectric properties are evaluated by the BoltzTrap code. The thermoelectric parameters which include the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, power factor, and figure of merit (ZT) are investigated in the range of temperatures from 200 to 800 K. The half-metallic ferromagnetic and thermoelectric characteristics make these materials desired for spintronics and thermoelectric applications.
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- Ghulam M Mustafa
- Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore Punjab 54770 Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore Punjab 54770 Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore Punjab 54770 Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, Riphah International University Campus Lahore 53700 Pakistan
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- Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University Seoul 01897 South Korea
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Chen J, Wang X, An Y, Gong SJ. Recent progress in 2D bipolar magnetic semiconductors. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 36:083001. [PMID: 37956444 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad0bff] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Bipolar magnetic semiconductor (BMS) is a class of magnetic semiconductors, whose valence band maximum and conduction band minimum are fully spin-polarized with opposite spin directions. Due to the special energy band, half-metallicity can be easily obtained in BMS by gate voltage, and the spin polarization can be reversed between spin-up and down when the gate voltage switches from positive to negative. BMSs have great potential applications in spintronic devices, such as the field-effect spin valves, spin filters and spin transistors,etc. With the rapid progress of the two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials, researchers have identified a series of potential intrinsic 2D BMS materials using high-throughput computational methods. Additionally, methods such as doping, application of external stress, introduction of external fields, stacking of interlayer antiferromagnetic semiconductors, and construction of Janus structures have endowed existing materials with BMS properties. This paper reviews the research progress of 2D BMS. These advancements provide crucial guidance for the design and synthesis of BMS materials and offer innovative pathways for the future development of spintronics.
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- Ju Chen
- Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 30006, People's Republic of China
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Khanh Nguyen D, Ponce-Pérez R, Guerrero-Sanchez J, Hoat DM. Surface functionalization of graphene-like boron arsenide monolayer: a first-principles study. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 36:055001. [PMID: 37871594 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad05fa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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In this work, the effects of hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) adsorption on the electronic and magnetic properties of graphene-like boron arsenide (BAs) monolayer are investigated using first-principles calculations. Pristine monolayer is a non-magnetic two-dimensional (2D) material, exhibiting direct gap semiconductor character with band gap of 0.75 (1.18) eV as calculated by generalized gradient approximation with Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (HSE06) functional. Four high-symmetry adsorption sites are considered, including on-top of B atom (TB), on-top of As atom (TAs), on-top of hollow site (TH), and on-top of bridge site (Tbridge). Using the criterion of adsorption energy, it is found thatTBandTbridgesites are favorable adsorption sites for H and O adatom, respectively. The analysis of electronic interactions indicate the charge transfer from host BAs monolayer to both adatoms. H adsorption conducts to the emergence of magnetic semiconductor nature in BAs monolayer with a total magnetic moment of 1.00 μB. Herein, the magnetism is originated mainly from H adatom and its neighbor As atoms. In contrast, the non-magnetic nature of BAs monolayer is preserved upon absorbing O atoms. In this case, the energy gap exhibits a slight reduction of 4%. Further, the effects of adatom coverage are also analyzed. The presented results suggest an effective modification of ground state electronic properties, as well as induction of new feature-rich properties to make new multifunctional 2D materials from non-magnetic BAs monolayer.
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- Duy Khanh Nguyen
- Laboratory for Computational Physics, Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Faculty of Mechanical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Apartado Postal 14, Ensenada, Baja California Código Postal 22800, Mexico
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Apartado Postal 14, Ensenada, Baja California Código Postal 22800, Mexico
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research, Duy Tan University, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
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Sun JL, Dong MM, Niu Y, Li ZL, Zhang GP, Wang CK, Fu XX. Regulating the electronic properties of the WGe 2N 4 monolayer by adsorption of 4d transition metal atoms towards spintronic devices. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:26270-26277. [PMID: 37743842 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02686h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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We study the regulation of the electronic and spin transport properties of the WGe2N4 monolayer by adsorbing 4d transition metal atoms (Y-Cd) using density functional theory combined with non-equilibrium Green's function. It is found that the adsorption of transition metal atoms (except Pd, Ag and Cd atoms) can introduce a magnetic moment into the WGe2N4 monolayer. Among the transition metal atoms, the adsorption of Nb and Rh atoms transforms WGe2N4 from a semiconductor to a half-metal and a highly spin-polarized semiconductor, respectively. The half-metallic Nb-adsorbed WGe2N4 system is selected to investigate the spin transport properties, and a high magnetoresistance ratio of 107% is achieved. In both parallel and antiparallel magnetization configurations, the spin filtering efficiency reaches close to 100% in the whole bias range, and the antiparallel magnetization configuration exhibits a dual spin filtering effect with a rectification ratio of up to 104. Our study predicts that the adsorption of 4d transition metal heteroatoms is an effective method to regulate the electronic and magnetic properties of WGe2N4 towards high-performance spintronic devices.
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- Jin-Lan Sun
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Image Processing & Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China.
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Ding S, Yan X, Bergara A, Zhang X, Liu Y, Yang G. Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in 2D Fe 2H with a High Curie Temperature. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:44745-44752. [PMID: 36130179 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10504] [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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The rational design of ferromagnetic materials is crucial for the development of spintronic devices. Using first-principles structural search calculations, we have identified 73 two-dimensional transition metal hydrides. Some of them show interesting magnetic properties, even when combined with the characteristics of the electrides. In particular, the P3̅m1 Fe2H monolayer is stabilized in a 1T-MoS2-type structure with a local magnetic moment of 3 μB per Fe atom, whose robust ferromagnetism is attributed to the exchange interaction between neighboring Fe atoms within and between sublayers, leading to a remarkably high Curie temperature of 340 K. On the other hand, it has a large magnetic anisotropic energy and spin-polarization ratio. Interestingly, the above room-temperature ferromagnetism of the Fe2H monolayer is well preserved within a biaxial strain of 5%. The structure and electron property of surface-functionalized Fe2H are also explored. All of these interesting properties make the Fe2H monolayer an attractive candidate for spintronic nanodevices.
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- Shicong Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia, Spain
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials, Research and Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials, Research and Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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Yu C, Li X, Li X, Yang J. High Curie Temperature and Intrinsic Ferromagnetic Half-Metallicity in Mn 2X 3 (X = S, Se, Te) Nanosheets. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11790-11794. [PMID: 34860522 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) intrinsic half-metallic materials with room-temperature ferromagnetism, sizable magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE), and wide half-metallic gap are excellent candidates for pure spin generation, injection, and transport in nanospintronic applications. However, until now, such 2D half metallicity has been rarely observed in experiment. In this work, by using first-principles calculations, we design a series of such materials, namely, Mn2X3 (X = S, Se, Te) nanosheets, which could be obtained by controlling the thickness of synthesized α-MnX(111) nanofilm to a quintuple X-Mn-X-Mn-X layer. All these nanosheets are dynamically and thermally stable. Electronic and magnetic studies reveal they are intrinsic half metals with high Curie temperatures between 718 and 820 K, sizable MAEs with -1.843 meV/Mn for Mn2Te3 nanosheet, and wide half-metallic gaps from 1.55 to 1.94 eV. Above all, the outstanding features of Mn2X3 nanosheets make them promising in fabricating nanospintronic devices working at room temperature.
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- Cuiju Yu
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Gao P, Li X, Yang J. Thickness Dependent Magnetic Transition in Few Layer 1T Phase CrTe 2. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:6847-6851. [PMID: 34279945 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Room temperature two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetism is highly desired in practical spintronics applications. Recently, 1T phase CrTe2 (1T-CrTe2) nanosheets with 5 and thicker layers have been successfully synthesized, which all exhibit the properties of ferromagnetic (FM) metals with Curie temperatures around 305 K. However, whether the ferromagnetism therein can be maintained when continuously reducing the nanosheet's thickness to monolayer limit remains unknown. Here, through first-principles calculations, we explore the evolution of magnetic properties of 1 to 6 layer CrTe2 nanosheets and several interesting points are found: First, unexpectedly, monolayer CrTe2 prefers a zigzag antiferromagnetic (AFM) state with its energy much lower than that of FM state. Second, in 2 to 4 layer CrTe2, both the intralayer and interlayer magnetic coupling are AFM. Last, when the number of layers is equal to or greater than 5, the intralayer and interlayer magnetic coupling become FM. Such highly thickness dependent magnetism provides a new perspective to control the magnetic properties of 2D materials.
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- Pengfei Gao
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Miao N, Sun Z. Computational design of two‐dimensional magnetic materials. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Naihua Miao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beihang University Beijing China
- Center for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beihang University Beijing China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Beihang University Beijing China
- Center for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beihang University Beijing China
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Wu D, Lv H, Zhuo Z, Li X, Wu X, Yang J. Orbital Design of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Peroxide Kagome Crystals with Anionogenic Dirac Half-Metallicity. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3528-3534. [PMID: 33797241 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Assembling p orbital ferromagnetic half-metallicity and a topological element, such as a Dirac point at the Fermi level, in a single nanomaterial is of particular interest for long-distance, high-speed, and spin-coherent transportation in nanoscale spintronic devices. On the basis of the tight-binding model, we present an orbital design of a two-dimensional (2D) anionogenic Dirac half-metal (ADHM) by patterning cations with empty d orbitals and anions with partially filled p-type orbitals into a kagome lattice. Our first-principles calculations show that 2D transition-metal peroxides h-TM2(O2)3 (TMO3, TM = Ti, Zr, Hf), containing group IVB transition-metal cations [TM]4+ bridged with dioxygen anions [O2]8/3- in a kagome structure, are stable ADHMs with a Curie temperature over 103 K. The 2/3 filled π* orbitals of dioxygen anions are ferromagnetically coupled, leading to p orbital ferromagnetism and a half-metallic Dirac point right at the Fermi level with a Fermi velocity reaching 2.84 × 105 m/s. We proposed that 2D h-TM2(O2)3 crystals may be extracted from ABO3 bulk materials containing 2D TMO3 layers.
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- Daoxiong Wu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Synergetic Innovation of Quantum Information & Quantum Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, and School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- Synergetic Innovation of Quantum Information & Quantum Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Li BG, Zheng YF, Cui H, Wang P, Zhou TW, Wang DD, Chen H, Yuan HK. First-principles investigation of a new 2D magnetic crystal: Ferromagnetic ordering and intrinsic half-metallicity. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:244704. [PMID: 32610998 DOI: 10.1063/5.0013393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The development of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials with half-metallic characteristics is of great interest because of their promising applications in spintronic devices with high circuit integration density and low energy consumption. Here, by using density functional theory calculations, ab initio molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo simulation, we study the stability, electronic structure, and magnetic properties of a OsI3 monolayer, of which crystalline bulk is predicted to be a van der Waals layered ferromagnetic (FM) semiconductor. Our results reveal that the OsI3 monolayer can be easily exfoliated from the bulk phase with small cleavage energy and is energetically and thermodynamically stable at room temperature. Intrinsic half-metallicity with a wide bandgap and FM ordering with an estimated TC = 35 K are found for the OsI3 monolayer. Specifically, the FM ordering can be maintained under external biaxial strain from -2% to 5%. The in-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of the 2D OsI3 monolayer reaches up to 3.89 meV/OsI3, which is an order larger than that of most magnetic 2D materials such as the representative monolayer CrI3. The excellent magnetic features of the OsI3 monolayer therefore render it a promising 2D candidate for spintronic applications.
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- B G Li
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Industrial Automation, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Yang Q, Kou L, Hu X, Wang Y, Lu C, Krasheninnikov AV, Sun L. Strain robust spin gapless semiconductors/half-metals in transition metal embedded MoSe 2monolayer. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:365305. [PMID: 32369800 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab9052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The realization of spin gapless semiconductor (SGS) and half-metal (HM) behavior in two-dimensional (2D) transition metal (TM) dichalcogenides is highly desirable for their applications in spintronic devices. Here, using density functional theory calculations, we demonstrate that Fe, Co, Ni substitutional impurities can not only induce magnetism in MoSe2monolayer, but also convert the semiconducting MoSe2to SGS/HM system. We also study the effects of mechanical strain on the electronic and magnetic properties of the doped monolayer. We show that for all TM impurities we considered, the system exhibits the robust SGS/HM behavior regardless of biaxial strain values. Moreover, it is found that the magnetic properties of TM-MoSe2can effectively be tuned under biaxial strain by controlling the spin polarization of the 3dorbitals of Fe, Co, Ni atoms. Our findings offer a new route to designing the SGS/HM properties and modulating magnetic characteristics of the TM-MoSe2system and may also facilitate the implementation of SGS/HM behavior and realization of spintronic devices based on other 2D materials.
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- Qiang Yang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Garden Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01314 Dresden, Germany
- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, PO Box 11100, 00076 Aalto, Finland
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- SEU-FEI Nano-Pico Center, Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Micro/Nano Fabrication, Device and System, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, Ding G, Cheng Z, Yuan H, Wang XL, Yang T, Khenata R, Wang W. R3 c-type LnNiO 3 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Pm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Lu) half-metals with multiple Dirac cones: a potential class of advanced spintronic materials. IUCRJ 2019; 6:990-995. [PMID: 31709054 PMCID: PMC6830210 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252519012570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the past three years, Dirac half-metals (DHMs) have attracted considerable attention and become a high-profile topic in spintronics becuase of their excellent physical properties such as 100% spin polarization and massless Dirac fermions. Two-dimensional DHMs proposed recently have not yet been experimentally synthesized and thus remain theoretical. As a result, their characteristics cannot be experimentally confirmed. In addition, many theoretically predicted Dirac materials have only a single cone, resulting in a nonlinear electromagnetic response with insufficient intensity and inadequate transport carrier efficiency near the Fermi level. Therefore, after several attempts, we have focused on a novel class of DHMs with multiple Dirac crossings to address the above limitations. In particular, we direct our attention to three-dimensional bulk materials. In this study, the discovery via first principles of an experimentally synthesized DHM LaNiO3 with many Dirac cones and complete spin polarization near the Fermi level is reported. It is also shown that the crystal structures of these materials are strongly correlated with their physical properties. The results indicate that many rhombohedral materials with the general formula LnNiO3 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Pm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Lu) in the space group R 3 c are potential DHMs with multiple Dirac cones.
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- Xiaotian Wang
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia
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- Institute for Quantum Information and Spintronics (IQIS), School of Science, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique de la Matière et de Modélisation Mathématique (LPQ3M), Université de Mascara, Mascara 29000, Algeria
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- State Key Laboratory for Magnetism, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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Li X, Yang J. Computational Design of One‐Dimensional Ferromagnetic Semiconductors in Transition Metal Embedded Stannaspherene Nanowires. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xingxing Li
- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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Mukherjee T, Chowdhury S, Jana D, Voon LCLY. Strain induced electronic and magnetic properties of 2D magnet CrI 3: a DFT approach. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:335802. [PMID: 31063981 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab1fcf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the post-graphene era, out of several monolayer 2D materials, Chromium triiodide ([Formula: see text]) has triggered an exotic platform for studying the intrinsic ferromagnetism and large anisotropy at the nanoscale regime. Apart from that, its strong spin-orbit coupling of I also plays a key role in tailoring the electronic properties. In this work, the composition of compressive and tensile strain (uniaxial as well as biaxial) upto 12% have been applied to study the variation of the electronic and magnetic properties of [Formula: see text] employing density functional theory in (LDA+U) exchange correlation scheme. The stability limits of the structures under the influence of strains have been carried out via the deformation potential (DP) and stress-strain relation. For compressive strains in specific directions, the down-spin band gap is seen to be decreasing steadily. The magnetic moment computed from the density of states (DOS) is enhanced significantly under the influence of compressive strain. However, it has been observed that after the application of strain in some specific crystal directions, the magnetic moment of monolayer [Formula: see text] remains almost unchanged. Thus, with the help of strain, the tunning band gap along with underlying characteristic ferromagnetism of this material can unfold a new avenue for potential usage in spintronic devices.
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- Tista Mukherjee
- Department of Physics, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, W.B., India
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Li X, Yang J. Toward Room-Temperature Magnetic Semiconductors in Two-Dimensional Ferrimagnetic Organometallic Lattices. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2439-2444. [PMID: 31034233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Obtaining room-temperature magnetically ordered two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors is urgently needed for high-speed nanospintronic devices but remains a big challenge. Here, we propose a potential route to solve this issue by constructing ferrimagnetic semiconductors in 2D metal organic frameworks, taking advantage of the high Curie temperature of ferrimagnetic semiconductors and easy tunability of metal organic frameworks. The proposal is confirmed by first-principles design of 2D metal organic frameworks with conjugated electron acceptors diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) as organic linkers and transition metal Cr (V) as nodes. The robust ferrimagnetic ordering comes from the strong direct exchange interaction between d-electron magnetic moments on transition metals and charge transfer-induced p-electron magnetic moments on DPPs, which can be modulated facilely by reducing the d-p orbital interaction distance via moderate compressive strain or increasing the d-p orbital charge transfer through introducing electron-withdrawing groups into the DPP moiety.
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- Xingxing Li
- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , People's Republic of China
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Theoretical prediction of two-dimensional CrOF sheet as a ferromagnetic semiconductor or a half-metal. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wu Q, Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Wang J, Zeng XC. Transition-Metal Dihydride Monolayers: A New Family of Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Materials with Intrinsic Room-Temperature Half-Metallicity. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4260-4266. [PMID: 30001619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic materials with intrinsic half-metallicity are highly desirable for nanoscale spintronic applications. Here, we predict a new and stable family of 2D transition-metal dihydride (MH2; M = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni) monolayers with novel properties. Our density functional theory computation shows that CoH2 and ScH2 monolayers are ferromagnetic metals, while the others are antiferromagnetic semiconductors. In particular, the CoH2 monolayer is a perfect half-metal with a wide spin gap of 3.48 eV. The ScH2 monolayer can also possess half-metallicity through hole doping. Most importantly, our Monte Carlo simulations show that the CoH2 monolayer possesses an above-room-temperature Curie point (339 K), while that of the ScH2 monolayer can also reach 160 K. A synthetic approach is proposed to realize CoH2 and ScH2 monolayers in the laboratory. Notably, their half-metallicity can be well maintained on substrates. The new family of MH2 monolayers are promising functional materials for spintronic applications due to their novel magnetic properties.
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- Qisheng Wu
- School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing 211189 , People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States
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- School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing 211189 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing 211189 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics , Southeast University , Nanjing 211189 , People's Republic of China
- Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications (SICQEA) , Hunan Normal University , Changsha , Hunan 410081 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States
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Zhang X, Chen A, Zhou Z. High‐throughput computational screening of layered and two‐dimensional materials. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Xu Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Computational Centre for Molecular Science, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University Tianjin China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Computational Centre for Molecular Science, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University Tianjin China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, Computational Centre for Molecular Science, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University Tianjin China
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Wu M, Jena P. The rise of two‐dimensional van der Waals ferroelectrics. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Menghao Wu
- School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field CenterHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
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- Department of PhysicsVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginia
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Pan H, Han Y, Li J, Zhang H, Du Y, Tang N. Half-metallicity in a honeycomb–kagome-lattice Mg3C2 monolayer with carrier doping. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:14166-14173. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01727a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A transition from an anti-ferromagnetic semiconductor to a ferromagnetic half metal can be induced by carrier doping in the honeycomb–kagome-lattice Mg3C2 monolayer.
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- Hongzhe Pan
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering
- Linyi University
- Linyi 276005
- China
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- Department of Physics
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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