Matters Arising in Nature on "Evidence for a single layer van der Waals multiferroic". The search for two dimensional multiferroic materials is an exciting yet challenging endeavor. Recently, Song reported the exciting discovery of type II multiferroic order in an antiferromagnetic (AFM) NiI2 single layer and concluded the ferroelectric (FE) polarization induced by a helical magnetic order1. Their finding was presented from all optical experimental evidence, based on the methods of second harmonic generation (SHG) and linear dichroism (LD). However, the all optical characterizations cannot serve as unanimous evidence of the FE existence, particularly in conjunction with magnetic orders in a single layer NiI2 multiferroic. We have designed and built a Magneto-Optical-Electric Joint-measurement Scanning Imaging system (MOEJSI) for identification of two-dimensional vdW multiferroic.
Magnetic-Field-Dependent Raman Scattering in Multiferroic Bilayer Films: Evidence for Stress-Mediated Magnetoelectric Coupling
首次报道了Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3-CoFe_2 O_4双层多铁体系的磁场相关拉曼散射研究。纳米双层膜的声子频率随着磁场的变化而发生明显的变化,而单层Pb(Zr,Ti)O3膜则没有这种变化。CoFe 2 O 4层的磁致伸缩产生机械传递到Pb(Zr,Ti)O3层的应力,导致模式变化。观察到的磁场诱导软化的软模式的Pb(Zr,Ti)O3层承担着一个惊人的相似的直接磁电输出的双层,提供证据的应力介导的磁电耦合机制的多铁性双层。
Phase transitions in multiferroic BiFeO3 crystals, thin-layers, and ceramics: Enduring potential for a single phase, room-temperature magnetoelectric 'holy grail'
Cavity control of multiferroic order in single-layer NiI$_2$
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter(马普结构与动力学物质研究所);RWTH Aachen University(亚琛工业大学);Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU(巴斯克大学);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学)
Comment on "Using Dipole Interaction to Achieve Nonvolatile Voltage Control of Magnetism in Multiferroic Heterostructures" [Adv. Mater., 2021, 2105902]
The role of ferroelectric-ferromagnetic layers on the properties of superlattice-based multiferroics
利用脉冲激光沉积技术在(100)SrTiO_3上生长了一系列由铁磁层、铁电层或顺电层组成的超晶格和三层结构。研究了它们的结构和磁电性能。由铁磁Pr 0.85 Ca 0.15 MnO 3(PCMO)和铁电体即Ba 0.6 Sr 0.4 TiO 3(BST)或BaTiO 3制成的超晶格在高施加的磁场下显示出增强的磁阻(MR),而在Pr 0.85 Ca 0.15 MnO 3/SrTiO 3超晶格中不存在这种增强,这清楚地证明了铁电体层在这种增强的MR中的优势作用。在PCMO/BST的三层中没有增强的MR表明在这些系统中导致MR的磁电耦合在多层中比在它们的三层对应物中更强。
Altermagnetic type-II Multiferroics with Néel-order-locked Electric Polarization
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University(南京大学固体微结构物理学院);Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials and Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Nanjing University(南京大学材料科学与工程系);Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University(南京大学先进微结构协同创新中心);Center for Quantum Transport and Thermal Energy Science, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University(南京师范大学物理科学与技术学院)
Machine-learning-identified two-dimensional van der Waals multiferroics for four-state nonvolatile memory
College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University(深圳大学物理与光电工程学院);International School of Microelectronics, Dongguan University of Technology(东莞理工学院微电子学院)
Altermagnetic Signatures and Topological Textures in Ultrathin Multiferroic BiFeO$_3$
Brown University(布朗大学);Cornell University(康奈尔大学);Rice University(莱斯大学);Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Rice University(莱斯大学先进材料研究所);MAX IV Laboratory(MAX IV实验室);University of Arkansas(阿肯色大学);Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz(美因茨约翰内斯·古腾堡大学);Oak Ridge National Laboratory(橡树岭国家实验室);Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems(马克斯·普朗克复杂系统物理研究所);University of Augsburg(奥格斯堡大学);Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);Tel Aviv University(特拉维夫大学);Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids(马克斯·普朗克固体化学物理研究所);Czech Academy of Sciences(捷克科学院);Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University(康奈尔纳米科学卡弗里研究所);Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung(莱布尼兹晶体生长研究所);Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University(莱斯大学斯莫利-柯尔研究所);Northeastern University(东北大学)
Multiferroic properties of oxygen functionalized magnetic i-MXene
二维多铁性材料继承了低维材料和磁电材料的优良物理性质,并以其独特的结构超越了三维材料。这里,基于密度泛函理论计算,MXene衍生物,即,i-MXene(Ta $_{2/3}$ Fe $_{1/3}$)$_2$ CO $_2$被预测为I型多铁性材料。源自可靠的$5d^0$规则,其铁电性是稳健的,具有沿a轴高达$\sim12.33$ $μ$ C/cm $^2$的中等极化,其可以容易地切换并且可以在室温以上持续。其磁基态为层状反铁磁性。尽管它是I型多铁性材料,但它的Néel温度可以通过顺电-铁电转变显着调节,表现出一种固有的磁电耦合。这种磁电效应源于传统的磁致伸缩效应,但交换阻挫却意外地放大了这种效应。我们的工作不仅揭示了非平凡的磁电机制,而且为在二维极限下寻找更多的多铁性材料提供了一种策略。
Symmetry-Driven Unconventional Magnetoelectric Coupling in Perovskite Altermagnets: From Bulk to the Two-Dimensional Limit
Eastern Institute of Technology(宁波东方理工大学);Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin, Eastern Institute of Technology(宁波东方理工大学数字孪生研究院);Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology(宁波东方理工大学高等研究院);School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学物理与天文学院);School of Physical Science and Technology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology(苏州科技大学物理科学与技术学院)
Pressure-induced charge orders and their coupling to magnetism in hexagonal multiferroic LuFe2O4
六方晶系LuFe_2 O_4是一种具有高电荷和自旋有序温度的CO驱动的多铁性材料。Fe 3 +/Fe 2+位置上电荷和自旋序的共存导致了新颖的磁电行为,但电荷和自旋序之间的耦合机制仍不清楚。在这里,通过调节外压,我们揭示了三个相关的自旋电荷有序相LuFe 2 O 4:i)一个中心对称的无公度三维CO亚铁磁性,ii)一个非中心对称的无公度准二维CO亚铁磁性,和iii)一个中心对称的公度CO反铁磁性。结合密度泛函理论计算的X射线单晶衍射和X射线磁性圆二色性测量结果表明,在受抑双层[Fe 2 O 4]团簇中,压力诱导压缩引起的电荷密度重新分布是导致相关自旋-电荷相变的原因. Fe-Fe键间的有效库仑作用使(1/3,1/3)阻挫CO转变为阻挫较小的(1/4,1/4)CO,从而引起亚铁磁到反铁磁的转变。我们的结果不仅阐明了LuFe 2 O 4中电荷、自旋和晶格自由度之间的耦合机制,而且提供了一种新的方法来以高度可控的方式调节自旋-电荷有序。
Block antiferromagnetism and possible ferroelectricity in KFe$_2$Se$_2$
超导体和多铁性是凝聚态物理中最热门的两个分支。这两个场之间的联系对于统一关联电子的物理规律具有根本意义。最近,预测BaFe $_2$ Se $_3$是多铁性的[Phys.Rev.Lett. 113,187204(2014)],这是由于其独特的一维块型反铁磁性。在这里,另一种铁硒化物KFe $_2$ Se $_2$,铁基超导体的母态,被预测为多铁性。它的二维块状反铁磁性可以通过Fe-Se-Fe交换伸缩在每个Fe-Se层上产生一个中等的电偶极子。这些磁性块的不同堆叠配置给出非常接近的能量,因此KFe $_2$ Se $_2$的基态可以在反铁电相和铁电相之间切换。