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Switching intrinsic magnetic skyrmions with controllable magnetic anisotropy in van der Waals multiferroic heterostructures
Ze-quan Wang, Feng Xue, Liang Qiu +3
Magnetic skyrmions, topologically nontrivial whirling spin textures at nanometer scales, have emerged as potential information carriers for spintronic devices. The ability to effic…
Room-temperature antiferromagnetic CrSe monolayer with tunable metal-insulator transition in ferroelectric heterostructures
Xiao-Sheng Ni, Yue-Yu Zhang, Dao-Xin Yao +1
Recently, there has been a rapidly growing interest in two-dimensional (2D) transition metal chalcogenide monolayers (MLs) due to their unique magnetic and electronic properties. B…
The discovery of three-dimensional Van Hove singularity
Wenbin Wu, Zeping Shi, Mykhaylo Ozerov +20
Arising from the extreme/saddle point in electronic bands, Van Hove singularity (VHS) manifests divergent density of states (DOS) and induces various new states of matter such as u…
Electrically tunable Gilbert damping in van der Waals heterostructures of two-dimensional ferromagnetic metals and ferroelectrics
Liang Qiu, Zequan Wang, Xiao-Sheng Ni +2
Tuning the Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic (FM) metals via a nonvolatile way is of importance to exploit and design next-generation novel spintronic devices. Through systematical…
Chern insulators and high Curie temperature Dirac half-metal in two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks
Cui-Qun Chen, Xiao-Sheng Ni, Dao-Xin Yao +1
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials with nontrivial topological states have drawn considerable attention recently. Among them, 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are standing o…
Multifunctional Two-dimensional van der Waals Janus Magnet Cr-based Dichalcogenide Halides
Yusheng Hou, Feng Xue, Liang Qiu +2
Two-dimensional van der Waals Janus materials and their heterostructures offer fertile platforms for designing fascinating functionalities. Here, by means of systematic first-princ…
Origin of the Type-II Weyl state in topological antiferromagnetic YbMnBi2
Xiao-Sheng Ni, Cui-Qun Chen, Dao-Xin Yao +1
Recently, the topological nature of an antiferromagnet YbMnBi2 has been controversial. YbMnBi2 is regarded as a candidate of Type-II Weyl semimetals with magnetic moments of Mn ato…
Nanodevices engineering and spin transport properties of MnBi2Te4 monolayer
Yipeng An, Kun Wang, Shijing Gong +9
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials are essential for the development of the next-generation spintronic technologies. Recently, layered van der Waals (vdW) compound MnBi2Te4 (M…
Multifunctional Lateral Transition-Metal Disulfides Heterojunctions
Yipeng An, Yusheng Hou, Kun Wang +7
The intrinsic spin-dependent transport properties of two types of lateral VS2|MoS2 heterojunctions are systematically investigated using first-principles calculations, and their va…
Evaluating the exfoliation of two-dimensional materials with a Green's function surface model
Yipeng An, Yusheng Hou, Shijing Gong +6
Previous methods for the evaluation of the exfoliation of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have drawbacks in computational efficiency and are unable to describe cases with se…
MoB2:a new multifunctional transition metal diboride monolayer
Yipeng An, Shijing Gong, Yusheng Hou +5
Several layered transition metal borides can now be realized by a simple and general fabrication method [Fokwa et al.,Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1704181],inspiring our interest to trans…
First-principles studies of spin-phonon coupling in Cr2Ge2Te6 monolayer
B. H. Zhang, Y. S. Hou, Z. Wang +1
We perform systematic first-principles calculations to investigate the spin-phonon coupling (SPC) of Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT) monolayer (ML). It is found that the Eg phonon mode at 211.8 cm…
Two-dimensional Ferromagnetic van der Waals CrX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) Monolayers with Enhanced Anisotropy and Curie Temperature
Feng Xue, Yusheng Hou, Zhe Wang +1
Among the recently widely studied van der Waals layered magnets CrX3 (X=Cl, Br, I), CrCl3 monolayer (ML) is particularly puzzling as it is solely shown by experiments to have an in…
Strongly Enhanced Gilbert Damping in 3d Transition Metal Ferromagnet Monolayers in Contact with Topological Insulator Bi2Se3
Y. S. Hou, R. Q. Wu
Engineering Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic metal films is of great importance to exploit and design spintronic devices that are operated with an ultrahigh speed. Based on scatter…
Axion Insulator State with ferromagnetic ordering in CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 Heterostructure
Y. S. Hou, R. Q. Wu
Realizing axion insulator state with a uniform magnetization considerably facilitates experimental explorations of the intriguing topological magnetoelectric effect, a hallmark of…
Axion Insulator State in a Ferromagnet/Topological Insulator/Antiferromagnet Heterostructure
Y. S. Hou, R. Q. Wu
We propose to use ferromagnetic insulator MnBi2Se4/Bi2Se3/antiferromagnetic insulator Mn2Bi2Se5 heterostructures for the realization of the axion insulator state. Importantly, the…
How does the electric current propagate through the fully-hydrogenated borophene?
Yipeng An, Jutao Jiao, Yusheng Hou +6
We study the electronic transport properties of two-dimensional (2D) fully-hydrogenated borophene (namely, borophane), using the density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green…
Novel Self-passivation Rule and Structure of CdTe sigma3 (112) Grain Boundary
Cheng-yan Liu, Yue-yu Zhang, Yu-sheng Hou +3
The theoretical study of grain boundaries (GBs) in polycrystalline semiconductors is currently stalemated by their complicated nature, which is difficult to extract from any direct…
Understanding the Magnetic Puzzles of Double Perovskites A2FeOsO6 (A=Ca, Sr)
Yusheng Hou, Hongjun Xiang, Xingao Gong
Double perovskites Sr2FeOsO6 and Ca2FeOsO6 show puzzling magnetic properties, the former a low-temperature antiferromagnet while the later a high-temperature insulating ferrimagnet…
A New Multiferroic State with Large Electric Polarization in Tensile Strained TbMnO3
Yusheng Hou, Jihui Yang, Xingao Gong +1
By performing first-principles calculations, we systematically explore the effect of epitaxial strain on the structure and properties of multiferroic TbMnO3. We show that, although…