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We report on first-principle calculations on magnetic proximity effect in a van der Waals heterostructure formed by a graphene monolayer induced by its interaction with a two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnet (chromium tribromide, CrBr3). We…
The study of atomically thin ferromagnetic crystals has led to the discovery of unusual magnetic behaviour and provided insight into the magnetic properties of bulk materials. However, the experimental techniques that have been used to…
Twist engineering of magnetic van der Waals (vdW) moir\'e superlattices provides an attractive way to achieve precise nanoscale control over the spin degree of freedom on two-dimensional flatland. Despite the very recent demonstrations of…
Magnetic layered van der Waals crystals are an emerging class of materials giving access to new physical phenomena, as illustrated by the recent observation of 2D ferromagnetism in Cr2Ge2Te6 and CrI3. Of particular interest in…
Two-dimensional materials can be combined by placing individual layers on top of each other, so that they are bound only by their van der Waals interaction. The sequence of layers can be chosen arbitrarily, enabling an essentially…
The study of novel 2D platforms implementing magnetism in tunable van der Waals (vdW) homo- and hetero-structures paves the way to innovative spintronics and magnetic devices. In this study, we unravel the intriguing properties of few-layer…
We propose a new class of magnetic proximity effects based on the spin dependent hybridization between the electronic states at the Fermi energy in a non-magnetic conductor and the narrow spin split bands of a ferromagnetic insulator.…
Intercalation is a robust method for tuning the physical properties of a vast number of van der Waals (vdW) materials. However, the prospects of using intercalation to modify magnetism in vdWs systems and the associated mechanisms have not…
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials are promising candidates for spintronics and quantum technologies. One extensively studied example is the ferromagnetic (FM) CrI$_3$ monolayer with the honeycomb Cr$^{3+}$ ($t_{2g}^3$, $S$ = 3/2) spin…
Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic (FM) semiconductors with high Curie temperature have long been pursued for electronic and spintronic applications. Here we provide a general strategy to achieve robust FM state in bilayer CrI3 of the…
Electrical manipulation of magnetic order by current-induced spin torques lays the foundation for spintronics. One promising approach is encoding information in the N\'eel vector of antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials, particularly to…
The study of magnetic phenomena in low-dimensional systems has largely explored after the discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials, such as CrI3 and Cr2Ge2Te6 in 2017. These materials presents intrinsic magnetic order,…
The van der Waals layered semiconductor CrSBr, which exhibits A-type antiferromagnetism and a relatively high N\'{e}el temperature, has been successfully exfoliated into atomically thin sheets. In this study, we investigate the structural,…
The newly discovered 2D magnetic materials provide new opportunities for basic physics and device applications. However, their low Curie temperature (TC) is a common weakness. In this paper, by combining magnetic Hamiltonian, Wannier…
In layered magnetic materials, the magnetic coupling between neighboring van der Waals layers is challenging to understand and anticipate, although the exchange interaction inside a layer can be well rationalized for example by the…
We have grown a series of nickel substituted single crystals of the layered ferromagnet (FM) Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$. The large single crystalline samples of (Fe$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$)$_3$GeTe$_2$ with $x = 0-0.84$ were characterized with single crystal…
Chromium oxychloride is a van der Waals magnet with intrinsic competing exchange interactions, including a strong antiferromagnetic one, source of a very rich magnetic phase diagram, with ferrimagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and canted states,…
A complex interplay of different energy scales involving Coulomb repulsion, spin-orbit coupling and Hund's coupling energy in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) material produces novel emerging physical state. For instance,…
Certain two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit intriguing properties such as valley polarization, ferroelectricity, superconductivity and charge-density waves. Many of these materials can be manually assembled into atomic-scale multilayer…
A ferromagnetic insulating (FM-I) state in Pr0.75Ca0.25MnO3 has been studied by neutron scattering experiment and theoretical calculation. The insulating behavior is robust against an external magnetic field, and is ascribed to neither the…