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Given the paucity of single phase multiferroic materials (with large ferromagnetic moment), composite systems seem an attractive solution in the quest to realize magnetoelectric cou-pling between ferromagnetic and ferroelectric order…
The expanded phthalocyanine (EPc) single-layer sheets with double transition metals (labeled as TM2EPc, TM = Sc-Zn) are predicted to be a new class of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic materials with a series of favorable functional…
The discovery of archetypal two-dimensional (2D) materials provides enormous opportunities in both fundamental breakthroughs and device applications, as evident by the research booming in graphene, atomically thin transition-metal…
Specific heat studies of the Sr$_{1-x}$Ba$_x$Mn$_{1-y}$Ti$_y$O$_3$ polycrystalline samples performed by the relaxation and DSC methods over the temperature range 2 - 450 K are reported. Anomalies accompanying the…
We propose through first-principles investigation that GaTeCl monolayer is an excellent two-dimensional multiferroics with giant mechanical anisotropy and ferroelasticity. The calculated phonon spectrum, molecular dynamic simulations, and…
Spin-1 condensed matter systems characterized by the combination of a Dirac-like dispersion and flat bands are ideal for realizing high-temperature electronics and spintronic technologies in the absence of external magnetic field. In this…
Two-dimensional chromium ditelluride (CrTe2) is a promising ferromagnetic layered material that exhibits long-range ferromagnetic ordering in the monolayer limit. The formation energies of the different possible structural phases (1T, 1H,…
Displacive martensitic phase transition is potentially promising in semiconductor based data storage applications with fast switching speed. In addition to traditional phase transition materials, the recently discovered two-dimensional…
The search for a two-dimensional material that simultaneously fulfills some properties for its use in spintronics and optoelectronics, i.e., a suitable bandgap with high in-plane carrier mobility and good environmental stability, is the…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials enable new types of magnetic and electronic phases mediated by their reduced dimensionality like magic-angle induced phase transitions, 2D Ising antiferromagnets and ferromagnetism in 2D atomic layers and…
Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides can exhibit markedly different electronic properties compared to their bulk counterparts. In the case of NbSe$_2$, the question of whether its charge density wave (CDW) phase is enhanced in…
We study a holographic D3/probe-D5-brane model of a double monolayer Dirac semimetal in a magnetic field and in the presence of a nonzero temperature. Intra- and inter-layer exciton condensates can form by varying the balanced charge…
The discovery of monolayer graphene has initiated two fertile fields in modern condensed matter physics, Dirac semimetals and atomically-thin layered materials. When these trends meet again in transition metal compounds, which possess spin…
Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic materials with high Curie temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) and large magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) are critical for nanoscale spintronics but remain rare. We propose, via first-principles calculations, that…
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials are of current great interest for their promising applications in spintronics. Strong magnetic coupling and anisotropy are both highly desirable for the achievement of a high temperature magnetic…
Layered van der Waals materials have risen as powerful platforms to artificially engineer correlated states of matter. Here we show the emergence of a multiferroic order in a twisted dichalcogenide bilayer superlattice at quarter-filling.…
We propose a mechanism where the valley splitting is caused by an in-plane electric polarization and the coupling between the two makes it possible for an electric field to control the valley degree of freedom. We demonstrate this by…
Matters Arising in Nature on "Evidence for a single layer van der Waals multiferroic". The search for two dimensional multiferroic materials is an exciting yet challenging endeavor. Recently, Song reported the exciting discovery of type II…
Correlated electron systems that host multiple electronic orders offer routes to multifunctional quantum materials, but strong competition between these orders often prevents their coexistence. Here we show that nanoscale, metastable…
Searching for novel two-dimensional (2D) materials is crucial for the development of the next generation technologies such as electronics, optoelectronics, electrochemistry and biomedicine. In this work, we designed a series of 2D materials…