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A ferroelectric tunnel barrier in between two ferromagnetic electrodes (multiferroic tunnel junction, MFTJ), is one of the most promising concepts for future microelectronic devices. In parallel, Hafnia based ferroelectrics are showing…

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) have already been proved to be promising candidates for application in spintronics devices. The coupling between tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) and tunnel electroresistance (TER) in MFTJs can provide…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-25 Q. Liu , J. Miao , Z. D. Xu , P. F. Liu , Q. H. Zhang , L. Gu , K. K. Meng , X. G. Xu , J. K. Chen , Y. Wu , Y. Jiang

The recent emergence of van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets has opened new opportunities for designing spintronic devices. We theoretically investigate the coherent spin-dependent transport properties of the vdW ferromagnet Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$, by…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-18 Anita Halder , Declan Nell , Antik Sihi , Akash Bajaj , Stefano Sanvito , Andrea Droghetti

Multiferroic materials provide robust and efficient routes for the control of magnetism by electric fields, which has been diligently sought after for a long time. The two-dimensional (2D) vdW multiferroics is a more exciting endeavour. To…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-18 Yangliu Wu , Deju Zhang , Yanning Zhang , Longjiang Deng , Bo Peng

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials provide the possibility of realizing heterostructures with coveted properties. Here, we report a theoretical investigation of the vdW magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based on VSe2/MoS2…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-07 Jiaqi Zhou , Junfeng Qiao , Chun-Gang Duan , Arnaud Bournel , Kang L. Wang , Weisheng Zhao

Multiferroic van der Waals (vdW) heterostrucutres offers an exciting route towards novel nanoelectronics and spintronics device technology. Here we investigate the electronic and transport properties of multiferroic vdW heterostructure…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-20 Liemao Cao , Xiaohui Deng , Guanghui Zhou , Shi-Jun Liang , Chuong V. Nguyen , L. K. Ang , Yee Sin Ang

Utilizing ab initio simulations, we study the spin-dependent electronic transport characteristics within Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$-based van der Waals heterostructures. The electronic density of states for both free-standing and device-configured…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Masoumeh Davoudiniya , Biplab Sanyal

Presently a lot of efforts are devoted to the investigation of new two-dimensional magnetic materials, which are considered as promising for the realization of the future electronics and spintronics devices. However, the utilization of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-05-02 Yichen Jin , Mouhui Yan , Yuriy Dedkov , Elena Voloshina

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs), integrating ferroelectric and ferromagnetic functionalities within a single nanoscale device, hold significant promise for non-volatile, multi-state memory and innovative computing paradigms. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-25 Wei Yang , Yibo Xu , Shen Li , Jiangchao Han , Jiayou Chen , Juan-Carlos Rojas-Sánchez , Stéphane Mangin , Xiaoyang Lin , Weisheng Zhao

Van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials are rapidly establishing themselves as effective building blocks for next generation spintronic devices. When layered with non-magnetic vdW materials, such as graphene and/or topological…

Magnetic multilayer devices that exploit magnetoresistance are the backbone of magnetic sensing and data storage technologies. Here we report novel multiple-spin-filter magnetic tunnel junctions (sf-MTJs) based on van der Waals (vdW)…

We present a systematic first-principles investigation of linear-response spin-dependent quantum transport in the van der Waals ferromagnets Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$, Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$, Fe$_5$GeTe$_2$, and Fe$_3$GaTe$_2$. Using density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-09 Anita Halder , Declan Nell , Akash Bajaj , Stefano Sanvito , Andrea Droghetti

The field of 2D magnetic materials has paved the way for the development of spintronics and nanodevices with new functionalities. Utilizing antiferromagnetic materials, in addition to layered van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials, has…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-05 Lishu Zhang , Hui Li , Yanyan Jiang , Zishen Wang , Tao Li , Sumit Ghosh

Altermagnets with nonrelativistic momentum-dependent spin splitting and compensated net magnetic moments have recently garnered significant interest in spintronics, particularly as pinning layers in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs).…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-10 Long Zhang , Guangxin Ni , Junjie He , Guoying Gao

Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) harness the unique combination of ferroelectricity and quantum tunneling, and thus herald new opportunities in next-generation nonvolatile memory technologies. Recent advancements in the fabrication of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-25 King-Fa Luo , Zhijun Ma , Daniel Sando , Qi Zhang , Nagarajan Valanoor

My research is dedicated to the electronic properties of functional oxides. My activity specifically focuses on ferroelectric tunnel junctions in which an ultrathin layer of ferroelectric material is intercalated between two metallic…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-17 Vincent Garcia

Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) leverage polarization-dependent tunneling through ultrathin barriers to enable two-terminal, non-volatile memory and logic. Although conceptually appealing, the practical implementation of conventional…

Organic multiferroic tunnel junctions (OMFTJs) with multi-resistance states have been proposed and drawn intensive interests due to their potential applications, for examples of memristor and spintronics based synapse devices. The…

Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) based Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory (STT-MRAM) is poised to replace embedded Flash for advanced applications such as automotive microcontroller units. To achieve deeper technological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Nicholas A. Lanzillo , Sergey Faleev , Aakash Pushp

In ferroelectric materials, spontaneous symmetry breaking leads to a switchable electric polarization, which offers significant promise for nonvolatile memories. In particular, ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) have emerged as a new…