1. Intrinsic 2D Ferromagnetism in V 5 Se 8 Epitaxial Thin Films.
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Nakano M, Wang Y, Yoshida S, Matsuoka H, Majima Y, Ikeda K, Hirata Y, Takeda Y, Wadati H, Kohama Y, Ohigashi Y, Sakano M, Ishizaka K, and Iwasa Y
- Abstract
The discoveries of intrinsic ferromagnetism in atomically thin van der Waals crystals have opened a new research field enabling fundamental studies on magnetism at two-dimensional (2D) limit as well as development of magnetic van der Waals heterostructures. Currently, a variety of 2D ferromagnetism has been explored mainly by mechanically exfoliating "originally ferromagnetic (FM)" van der Waals crystals, while a bottom-up approach by thin-film growth technique has demonstrated emergent 2D ferromagnetism in a variety of "originally non-FM" van der Waals materials. Here we demonstrate that V
5 Se8 epitaxial thin films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy exhibit emergent 2D ferromagnetism with intrinsic spin polarization of the V 3d electrons despite that the bulk counterpart is "originally antiferromagnetic". Moreover, thickness-dependence measurements reveal that this newly developed 2D ferromagnet could be classified as an itinerant 2D Heisenberg ferromagnet with weak magnetic anisotropy, broadening a lineup of 2D magnets to those potentially beneficial for future spintronics applications.- Published
- 2019
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