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Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets provide an ideal platform for exploring, on the fundamental side, new microscopic mechanisms and for developing, on the technological side, ultra-compact spintronic applications. So far,…
We employ density functional theory within a non-collinear framework to investigate the magnetic properties of the octanuclear molecular rings Cr$_8$ and V$_8$. Our aim is to generalize the evaluation of the effective magnetic interactions…
In this report we review the method of explicit calculations of interatomic exchange interactions of magnetic materials. This involves exchange mechanisms normally referred to as Heisenberg exchange, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and…
A spin Hamiltonian, which characterizes interatomic interactions between spin moments, is highly valuable in predicting and comprehending the magnetic properties of materials. A deeper understanding of the microscopic origin of magnetic…
The two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials MPS_3(M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) display antiferromagnetic ordering of the magnetic moments at the transition metal ions. The possibility to exfoliate thin layers that preserve the magnetic order…
It is demonstrated that the magnetic interactions can be drastically different for nano-sized systems compared to those of bulk or surfaces. Using a real-space formalism we have developed a method to calculate non-collinear magnetization…
The Mermin-Wagner theorem states that long-range magnetic order does not exist in one- or two-dimensional (2D) isotropic magnets with short-ranged interactions. The theorem has been a milestone in magnetism and has been driving the research…
Isotropic Heisenberg exchange naturally appears as the main interaction in magnetism, usually favouring long-range spin-ordered phases. The anisotropic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction arises from relativistic corrections and is a priori…
We use ab initio electronic structure calculations within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA+U) to density functional theory (DFT) to determine the microscopic exchange interactions in the series of orthorhombic rare-earth…
Two-dimensional van der Waals compounds with magnetic ions on a honeycomb lattice are hosts to a variety of exotic behavior. The magnetic interactions in one such compound, MnPSe$_3$, are investigated with elastic and inelastic neutron…
The icosahedron has a ground state magnetization discontinuity in an external magnetic field when classical spins mounted on its vertices are coupled according to the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model. This is so even if there is no…
Materials with strong spin-orbit interactions are presently a main target in the search for systems with novel magnetic properties. Magnetic anisotropies can be very large in such compounds, ranging from strongly frustrated Kitaev exchange…
Magnetic interactions underpin a plethora of magnetic states of matter, hence playing a central role both in fundamental physics and for future spintronic and quantum computation devices. The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, being chiral…
Higher-order exchange interactions and quantum effects are widely known to play an important role in describing the properties of low-dimensional magnetic compounds. Here we identify the recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) van der…
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction, as well as symmetric anisotropic exchange, are important ingredients for stabilizing topologically non-trivial magnetic textures, such as, e.g., skyrmions, merons and hopfions. These types of…
Despite serious effort, the nature of the magnetic interactions and the role of electron-correlation effects in magnetic two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials remain elusive. Using CrI$_3$ as a model system, we show that the…
Standard microscopic approach to magnetic orders is based on assuming a Heisenberg form for inter-atomic exchange interactions. These interactions are considered as a driving force for the ordering transition with magnetic moments serving…
An extension of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian is discussed, that allows to go beyond the standard bilinear spin Hamiltonian taking into account various contributions due to multispin interactions having both chiral and non-chiral character.…
Theoretical prediction of the 2nd-order magnetic transition temperature (TM) used to be arduous. Here, we develop a first principle-based, fully automatic structure-to-TM method for two-dimensional (2D) magnets whose effective Hamiltonians…
Chirality, an intrinsic preference for a specific handedness, is a fundamental characteristic observed in nature. In magnetism, magnetic chirality arises from the anti-symmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in competition with the…