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For two-dimensional (2D) material, piezoelectric ferromagnetism (PFM) with large out-of-plane piezoresponse is highly desirable for multifunctional ultrathin piezoelectric device application. Here, we predict that Janus monolayer CrSCl is…
To obtain room temperature ferromagnetic semiconductors is one of big challenges in science, and also premises essentially to realize room temperature quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), both of which are quite expected for a long time.…
2D van der Waals ferroelectric semiconductors have emerged as an attractive building block with immense potential to provide multifunctionality in nanoelectronics. Although several accomplishments have been reported in ferroelectric…
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal di-chalcogenide layers with high electrical conductivity and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) can find huge potential in spintronic devices. With limited success of 2D spin Hall material development, we…
Monolayer 1T-VSe2 has been reported as a room-temperature ferromagnet. In this work, by using first-principles calculations, we unveil that the ferromagnetism in monolayer 1T-VSe2 is originated from its intrinsic huge Stoner instability…
Thermoelectric materials offer a promising route for efficient heat-to-power conversion. In search of materials functional at high and low operating temperatures, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional lead halide…
Enhancement of Curie temperature ($T_\mathrm{C}$) of two-dimensional (2D) magnets is immensely desirable for room temperature spintronic applications. Fe$_{5}$GeTe$_{2}$ is an exceptional van der Waals metallic ferromagnet due to its…
The recent development of MBE techniques for growth of III-V ferromagnetic semiconductors has created materials with exceptional promise in spintronics, i.e. electronics that exploit carrier spin polarization. Among the most carefully…
Sliding ferroelectricity is emerging as a distinct and promising mechanism for realizing ferroelectricity in low-dimensional systems, offering new design principles beyond the conventional ferroelectric mechanism. Further, the coexistence…
We demonstrate the manipulation of the Curie temperature of buried layers of the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As using nanolithography to enhance the effect of annealing. Patterning the GaAs-capped ferromagnetic layers into nanowires…
Two-dimensional (2D) magnets exhibit unique physical properties for potential applications in spintronics. To date, most 2D ferromagnets are obtained by mechanical exfoliation of bulk materials with van der Waals interlayer interactions,…
Two-dimensional transition metal di-chalcogenides (TMDCs) have shown great potential as good quality thermoelectric materials at high temperature since past few years due to their suitable band gap tunabilty, low dimensionality and…
Ferroelectricity usually fades away when materials are thinned down below a critical value. Employing the first-principles density functional theory and modern theory of polarization, we show that the unique ionic-potential anharmonicity…
(2D) lateral heterostructures (LH) combining Ti$_2$C and Ta$_2$C MXenes were investigated by means of first-principles calculations. Our structural and elastic properties calculations show that the lateral Ti$_2$C/Ta$_2$C heterostructure…
In this paper, the electrical transport, thermal transport, and thermoelectric properties of three new Janus STe$_{2}$, SeTe$_{2}$, and Se$_{2}$Te monolayers are systematically studied by first-principles calculations, as well as the…
Achieving robust ferromagnetism and high conductivity in atomically thin oxide materials is critical for advancing spintronic technologies. Here, we report the growth of a highly conductive and ferromagnetic single monolayer SrRuO3 having a…
Two-dimensional thermoelectric materials with a figure of merit $ZT$, which is greater than 2.0 at room temperature, would be highly desirable in energy conversion since the efficiency is competitive to conventional energy conversion…
Recent materials research has advanced the maximum ferromagnetic transition temperature in semiconductors containing magnetic elements toward room temperature. Reaching this goal would make information technology applications of these…
Using nonequilibrium Monte Carlo simulations of the phonon Boltzmann transport equation, we study transient heat transfer in five indium-based two-dimensional monolayers: Janus monolayers In$_2$SeTe and In$_2$SSe, pristine InSe, and InSe…
We predict bistability in the Curie temperature-voltage characteristic of double barrier resonant-tunneling structures with dilute ferromagnetic semiconductor quantum wells. Our conclusions are based on simulations of electrostatics and…