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Altermagnets (AM) are a recently discovered third class of collinear magnets, and have been attracting significant interest in the field of condensed matter physics. Here, based on first-principles calculations and theoretical analysis, we…
Single layers of transition-metal thiophosphates (2D-TMPS$_{3}$) van der Waals magnets are an ideal platform for studying antiferromagnetic interactions in two dimensions. However, the magnetic coupling mechanism between two or more…
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Demonstration of ultra-low energy switching mechanisms is an imperative for continued improvements in computing devices. Ferroelectric (FE) and multiferroic (MF) orders and their manipulation promises an ideal combination of state variables…
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Altermagnets are a novel class of materials that combine antiferromagnetic spin ordering with non-relativistic spin splitting (NRSS) in their band structure, making them promising candidates for spintronics applications without requiring…
A recent experiment reported type-II multiferroicity in monolayer (ML) NiI$_{2}$ based on a presumed spiral magnetic configuration (Spiral-B), which is, as we found here, under debate in the ML limit. Freestanding ML NiI$_{2}$ breaks its…
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