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Metal-to-insulator transitions (MITs), particularly near room temperature, have been extensively studied in nonmagnetic and conventional ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems, yet the co-emergence of MIT and altermagnetism (AM)…

Altermagnets represent a novel class of magnetic materials that integrate the advantages of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, providing a rich platform for exploring the physical properties of multiferroic materials.This work…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-21 Yao Yang

Multiferroic materials, characterized by the coexisting of ferroelectric polarization (breaking spatial inversion symmetry) and magnetism (breaking time-reversal symmetry), with strong magnetoelectric coupling, are highly sought after for…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-14 Wei Sun , Wenxuan Wang , Changhong Yang , Ying Liu , Xiaotian Wang , Shifeng Huang , Zhenxiang Cheng

Altermagnetism has recently emerged as a third fundamental branch of magnetism, combining the vanishing net magnetization of antiferromagnets with the high-momentum-dependent spin splitting of ferromagnets. This study provides a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Manuel Calixto

Two-dimensional (2D) metallic altermagnets present exciting opportunities for both fundamental research and practical innovations. Their ability to enhance tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions, combined with the direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Raghottam M. Sattigeri , Xujia Gong , Amar Fakhredine , Carmine Autieri , Giuseppe Cuono

Altermagnets host an array of magnetic multipoles, which are often visualized and studied in the reciprocal space. In the real space, the relative phase of the multipoles of the spin-density around atoms determines whether a system is an…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-01 Luca Buiarelli , Rafael M. Fernandes , Turan Birol

Two-dimensional topological materials (TMs) have a variety of properties that make them attractive for applications including spintronics and quantum computation. However, there are only a few such experimentally known materials. To help…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-05-08 Kamal Choudhary , Kevin F. Garrity , Jie Jiang , Ruth Pachter , Francesca Tavazza

We introduce a universal methodology for generating and manipulating altermagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) magnetic van der Waals (MvdW) materials through twisting. We find that a key in-plane 2-fold rotational operation can be achieved in…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-19 Yichen Liu , Junxi Yu , Cheng-Cheng Liu

Altermagnetism, a newly discovered magnetic order, combines zero net magnetization with non-relativistic spin splitting of electronic bands. Its ability to utilize the advantages of both antiferromagnets and ferromagnets is highly promising…

Electronic states in quasiperiodic crystals generally preclude a Bloch description, rendering them simultaneously fascinating and enigmatic. Owing to their complexity and relative scarcity, quasiperiodic crystals are underexplored relative…

We establish a unified, symmetry-driven framework that combines the alternating spin splitting of altermagnets with valley topology to realize and electrically interconvert helical and chiral topological phases within a single material…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Xianzhang Chen , Jiayong Zhang , Bowen Hao , Jiahui Qian , Ziye Zhu , Igor Zutic , Zhenyu Zhang , Tong Zhou

The emergence of altermagnets establishes a new paradigm for multiferroics. Unlike conventional multiferroics relying on direct magnetoelectric coupling, multiferroic altermagnets host a crystal-symmetry-mediated magnetoelectric interaction…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-12 Zhou Cui , Ziye Zhu , Xunkai Duan , Bowen Hao , Xianzhang Chen , Jiayong Zhang , Tong Zhou

Here, we explore the role of inherent altermagnetic topology in transverse transport phenomena (such as crystal/anomalous Hall, Nernst, and thermal Hall effects) in several famous altermagnets, including tetragonal…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-11 Xiuxian Yang , Xiaodong Zhou , Jingming Shi , Shifeng Qian , Xiaotian Wang , Wenhong Wang , Yinwei Li

Altermagnetism refers to a wide class of magnetic orders featuring magnetic sublattices with opposite spins related by rotational symmetries, resulting in non-trivial spin splitting and magnetic multipoles. However, the direct observation…

We present a survey of the structural and magnetic properties of submonolayer transition metal dioxides on the (001) surfaces of the heavy face-centered cubic (fcc) noble metals Ir and Pt performed by spin-averaged scanning tunneling…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-08 M. Schmitt , C. H. Park , P. Weber , A. Jäger , J. Kemmer , M. Vogt , M. Bode

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-27 Chenqiang Hua , Feng Sheng , Qifeng Hu , Zhu-An Xu , Yunhao Lu , Yi Zheng

Altermagnets constitute a new class of magnetic materials that combine properties previously thought to be exclusive to either antiferromagnets or ferromagnets, and have unique properties of their own. In particular, a combination of…

Electronic correlations could have significant impact on the material properties. They are typically pronounced for localized orbitals and enhanced in low-dimensional systems, so two-dimensional (2D) transition metal compounds could be a…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-01 Si Li , Qianqian Wang , Chunmei Zhang , Ping Guo , Shengyuan A. Yang

Altermagnets (AMs) are an emergent class of magnetic materials that combine properties of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, exhibiting spin-polarized Fermi surfaces and zero net magnetic moment due to combined time-reversal and crystal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Zesen Fu , Mengli Hu , Aolin Li , Haiming Duan , Junwei Liu , Fangping Ouyang

Two-dimensional (2D) materials can host stable, long-range magnetic phases in the presence of underlying magnetic anisotropy. The ability to realize the full potential of 2D magnets necessitates systematic investigation of the role of…