ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF 2D MAGNETIC MATERIALS

Abstract

The field of 2D magnetism has attracted much interest within the scientific community in the recent years due to its potential breakthroughs in both the theoretical and experimental domains. If it comes to fruition, there are hopes of future novel application in spintronic devices, quantum computing, memory and logic devices, and more. Currently, the challenges faced by scientists and researchers are the unstable and vanishing magnetic order at the 2D limit and controllable large-scale production of 2D materials. Many current promising studies come from theoretical predictions or 2D magnets isolated by mechanical exfoliation methods, which are not relevant for industrial large-scale manufacturing. Furthermore, there are still conflicting results within the scientific community, such as the magnetism of vanadium diselenide (VSe2). As such, this thesis aims to provide a comprehensive study of 2D magnetic materials, in particular VSe2 and Chromium Telluride (Cr3Te4).