Prediction of novel two-dimensional rare-earth material with room-temperature ferromagnetism and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
arXiv:2203.10969 · doi:10.1016/j.mtphys.2022.100700
Abstract
Novel 2D ferromagnets with high Curie temperature and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are especially attractive owing to the future promising application in modern spintronics, but meanwhile the 2D ferromagnetic materials with high Curie temperature and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are rarely reported. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we predict a new kind of 2D ferromagnetic materials - GdB2N2, which possesses large magnetic moment, high Curie temperature (335 K) and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (10.38 meV/f.u.). Biaxial strain ranging from -0.5% to 5% and different concentrations of charge-carrier doping are applied to reveal the influence on the Curie temperature and magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE). Besides, magnetic coupling process within GdB2N2 is found to be via a Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) mechanism. In summary, our work here predicts a novel 2D rare-earth material GdB2N2, which not only enriches the category of 2D room-temperature ferromagnets, but also proposes a new possibility of combining traditional 2D materials and rare-earth materials to achieve more intriguing magnetic properties, finally it carves out the path for the next-generation spintronic devices and sensors.
arXiv comment18 pages, 4 figures
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