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We study the effect of pressure on the localized magnetic moments induced by vacancies in bilayer graphene in the presence of topological defects breaking the bipartite nature of the lattice. By using a mean-field Hubbard model we address…
We investigate the electronic structure of tungsten ditelluride (WTe$_2$) flakes with different thicknesses in magneto-transport studies. The temperature-dependent resistance and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements both confirm the breaking…
We report on a comprehensive study of the magnetic coupling between soft magnetic Fe layers and hard magnetic Dysprosium (Dy) layers at low temperatures (4.2 - 120K). For our experiments we prepared thin films of Fe and Dy and multilayers…
Motivated by growing interest in atomically-thin van der Waals magnetic materials, we present an {\it ab initio} theoretical study of the dependence of their magnetic properties on the electron/hole density $\rho$ induced via the electrical…
Stacking order in bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) controls structural symmetry and layer-to-layer interactions, offering a direct route to tune their electronic properties and enable optoelectronic applications. The work…
Magnetoresistance and Hall coefficient of a graphene layer are investigated in the presence of a tilted magnetic field. We consider the graphene layer is assembled by either another graphene layer or a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)…
Stacking order can significantly influence the physical properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials. The recent isolation of atomically thin magnetic materials opens the door for control and design of magnetism via stacking…
MXene-based heterostructures have received considerable interest owing to their unique properties. Herein, we examine various heterostructures of a prototypical MXene and graphene using density functional theory. We find that the adhesion…
We use magneto-conductivity to study the magnetic proximity effect on surface states of doped topological insulators. Our bilayers consist of a layer of Fe$_7$Se$_8$, which is a metallic ferrimagnet and a layer of…
Hard/soft magnetic bilayer thin films have been widely used in data storage technologies and permanent magnet applications. The magnetic configuration and response to temperatures and magnetic fields in these heterostructures are considered…
The electronic band structure of crystals is generally influenced by the periodic arrangement of their constituent atoms. Specifically, the emerging two-dimensional (2D) layered structures have shown different band structures with respect…
Antimony shows promise as a two-dimensional (2D) mono-elemental crystal, referred to as antimonene. When exposed to ambient conditions, antimonene layers react with oxygen, forming new crystal structures, leading significant changes in…
Employing $\textit{ab-initio}$ density functional theory (DFT), we performed a systematic investigation of the electronic structures and the magnetic properties of atomic bilayers composed of a 4$d$ transition-metal layer (Rh, Pd and Ru)…
The electronic properties of few-layer graphene grown on the carbon-face of silicon carbide (SiC) are found to be strongly dependent on the number of layers. The carrier mobility is larger in thicker graphene because substrate-related…
We studied the structural and magnetic properties of \FeC~thin films deposited by co-sputtering of Fe and C targets in a direct current magnetron sputtering (dcMS) process at a substrate temperature (\Ts) of 300, 523 and 773\,K. The…
It is well established that some kinds of lattice deformations in graphene monolayer, which change electron hopping in sublattice and affect in-plane motion of electrons, may induce out-of-plane pseudo-magnetic fields as large as 100 T.…
We analyze, within a minimal model that allows analytical calculations, the electronic structure and Landau levels of graphene multi-layers with different stacking orders. We find, among other results, that electrostatic effects can induce…
We have explored the electronic properties of stacked graphene flakes with the help of the quantum chemistry methods. We found that the behavior of a bilayer system is governed by the strength of the repulsive interactions that arise…