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Title: | Single-layer metal halides MX2 (X = Cl, Br, I): Stability and tunable magnetism from first principles and Monte Carlo simulations | Authors: | Kulish V.V. Huang W. |
Keywords: | Calculations Intelligent systems Ising model Magnetic properties Magnetism Metal halides Antiferromagnetics First principles First-principles calculation Magnetic transitions Nanospintronics Nearest neighbors Single-layer metal Thermal dependences Monte Carlo methods |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Citation: | Kulish V.V., Huang W. (2017). Single-layer metal halides MX2 (X = Cl, Br, I): Stability and tunable magnetism from first principles and Monte Carlo simulations. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5 (34) : 8734-8741. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc02664a | Abstract: | Based on first-principles calculations, we investigate a novel class of 2D materials-MX2 metal dihalides (X = Cl, Br, I). Our results show that single-layer dihalides are energetically and dynamically stable and can be potentially exfoliated from their bulk layered forms. We found that 2D FeX2, NiX2, CoCl2 and CoBr2 monolayers are ferromagnetic (FM), while VX2, CrX2, MnX2 and CoI2 are antiferromagnetic (AFM). The magnetic properties of 2D dihalides originate from the competition between AFM direct nearest-neighbor d-d exchange and FM superexchange via halogen p states, which leads to a variety of magnetic states. The thermal dependence of magnetic properties and the Curie temperature of magnetic transition are evaluated using statistical Monte Carlo simulations based on the Ising model with classical Heisenberg Hamiltonian. The magnetic properties of single-layer dihalides can be further tuned by strain and carrier doping. Our study broadens the family of existing 2D materials with promising applications in nanospintronics. © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. | Source Title: | Journal of Materials Chemistry C | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/173959 | ISSN: | 20507534 | DOI: | 10.1039/c7tc02664a |
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