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We experimentally investigate spin-polarized transport between a ferromagnetic Ni electrode and a surface of Weyl semimetal, realized in a thick WTe$_2$ single crystal. For highly-transparent Ni-WTe$_2$ planar junctions, we observe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 A. Kononov , O. O. Shvetsov , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

2D van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets have emerged as promising materials for spintronic applications due to their unique magnetic properties and tunability. Controlling ferromagnetism via external stimuli is critical for both fundamental…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-12 Riku Iimori , Yuta Kodani , Shaojie Hu , Takashi Kimura

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures combining layered ferromagnets and other two-dimensional (2D) crystals are promising building blocks for the realization of ultra-compact devices with integrated magnetic, electronic and optical…

The recent emergence of van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets has opened new opportunities for designing spintronic devices. We theoretically investigate the coherent spin-dependent transport properties of the vdW ferromagnet Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$, by…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-18 Anita Halder , Declan Nell , Antik Sihi , Akash Bajaj , Stefano Sanvito , Andrea Droghetti

Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, stacking different two-dimensional materials, have opened up unprecedented opportunities to explore new physics and device concepts. Especially interesting are recently discovered two-dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-04 Xinlu Li , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal , Jing-Tao Lü , Jia Zhang , Long You , Yurong Su

Magnetic skyrmions $-$ localized chiral spin structures $-$ show great promise for spintronic applications. The recent discovery of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials opened new opportunities for exploring such topological spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-30 Dongzhe Li , Soumyajyoti Haldar , Stefan Heinze

Recent observations of large unconventional spin-orbit torques in van der Waals (vdW) materials are driving intense interest for energy-efficient spintronic applications. A key limitation of ferromagnet (FM)/vdW heterostructures is their…

Identifying intrinsic low-dimensional ferromagnets with high transition temperature and electrically tunable magnetism is crucial for the development of miniaturized spintronics and magnetoelectrics. Recently long-range 2D ferromagnetism…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-27 Hua Wang , Jingshan Qi , Xiaofeng Qian

Motivated by advances in spintronic devices, an extensive exploration is underway to uncover materials that host topologically protected spin textures, exemplified by skyrmions. One critical challenge involved in the potential application…

Iron-based van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets with relatively high ordering temperatures are a current research focus due to their significance in fundamental physics and potential applications in spintronics. Competing magnetic interactions…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-11 Alapan Bera , Soumik Mukhopadhyay

The recent discovery of ferromagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials holds promises for novel spintronic devices with exceptional performances. However, in order to utilize 2D vdW magnets for building spintronic…

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets with spin-phonon coupling are crucial for next-generation spintronics. Among them, Fe3GaTe2 has attracted widespread attention due to above-room-temperature intrinsic ferromagnetism and large…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-02 Gaojie Zhang , Hao Wu , Li Yang , Wen Jin , Bichen Xiao , Wenfeng Zhang , Haixin Chang

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have been widely applied in spintronic devices for efficient spin detection through the imbalance of spin polarization at the Fermi level. The van der Waals (vdW) nature of two-dimensional (2D) magnets with…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-31 Wen Jin , Xinlu Li , Gaojie Zhang , Hao Wu , Xiaokun Wen , Li Yang , Jie Yu , Bichen Xiao , Wenfeng Zhang , Jia Zhang , Haixin Chang

The exceptional properties of two-dimensional (2D) magnet materials present a novel approach to fabricate functional magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) by constructing full van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures with atomically sharp and clean…

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) materials have gathered a lot of attention recently. However, the majority of these materials have Curie temperatures that are well below room temperature, making it challenging to incorporate them…

Two-dimensional (2D) multiferroic heterostructures present a promising platform for advanced spin devices by leveraging the coexisting ferromagnetic (FM) and ferroelectric (FE) orders. Through first-principles calculations and micromagnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-14 Zheng Chen , Hongliang Hu , Wenjun Zhang , Xiaoping Wu , Ping Li , Changsheng Song

One of the key challenges for spintronic and novel quantum technologies is to achieve active control of the spin angular momentum of electrons in nanoscale materials on ultrafast, femtosecond timescales. While conventional ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-13 Benito Arnoldi , Sara L. Zachritz , Sebastian Hedwig , Martin Aeschlimann , Oliver L. A. Monti , Benjamin Stadtmüller

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) based on all-two dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures with sharp and clean interfaces in atomic scale are essential for the application of next-generation spintronics. However, the lack of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Wen Jin , Gaojie Zhang , Hao Wu , Li Yang , Wenfeng Zhang , Haixin Chang

Ferromagnetic van der Waals (vdW) materials are in demand for spintronic devices with all-two-dimensional-materials heterostructures. Here, we demonstrate mechanical exfoliation of magnetic-atom-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 Yuji Yamasaki , Rai Moriya , Miho Arai , Satoru Masubuchi , Sunseng Pyon , Tsuyoshi Tamegai , Keiji Ueno , Tomoki Machida

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) van der Waals (vdW) materials provide a novel platform for synthetic AFM spintronics, in which the spin-related functionalities are derived from manipulating spin configurations between the layers. Metallic vdW…