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Multiferroic Two-Dimensional Materials

arXiv:1601.06438 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.206803

Abstract

The relation between unusual Mexican-hat band dispersion, ferromagnetism and ferroelasticity is investigated using a combination of analytical, first-principles and phenomenological methods. The class of material with Mexican-hat band edge is studied using the -SnO monolayer as a prototype. Such band edge causes a van Hove singularity diverging with , and in p-type material leads to spatial and/or time-reversal spontaneous symmetry breaking. We show that an unexpected multiferroic phase is obtained in a range of hole density for which the material presents ferromagnetism and ferroelasticity simultaneously.

5 pages, 5 figures

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