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Twisted van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have recently emerged as an attractive platform to study tunable correlated electron systems. However, the quantum mechanical nature of vdW heterostructures makes their theoretical and…
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The discovery of van der Waals magnets has established a new domain in the field of magnetism, opening novel pathways for the electrical control of magnetic properties. In this context, Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) emerges as an exemplary candidate owing…
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