本文发现新型层状三元铁磁体 FePd2Te2,其含沿 b 轴的一维 Fe 锯齿链,可剥离至 5 nm,具有 183 K 易面铁磁性、强面内各向异性及孪晶诱导自旋织构。
摘要:
近年来,二维(2D)磁体因其在基础物理研究和自旋电子学应用中的重要性而受到广泛关注。在此,我们报道了一种新型三元化合物 FePd2Te2 的发现。它具有层状准二维晶体结构,在解理面内存在沿 b 轴延伸的一维 Fe 锯齿形链。该材料可生长出厘米尺寸的 FePd2Te2 单晶。对这些晶体进行的密度泛函理论计算、机械剥离和原子力显微镜研究表明,它们是可减薄至 5 nm 的二维材料。磁性表征显示,FePd2Te2 是一种易面铁磁体,居里温度 Tc 为 183 K,并具有强烈的面内单轴磁各向异性。磁阻和反常霍尔效应表明,FePd2Te2 薄片中的铁磁性能够保持,并具有较大的矫顽力。扫描隧道显微镜观察到晶体孪晶效应,该效应使 Fe 链在解理面内呈直角弯曲,并产生引人关注的自旋织构。我们的结果表明,FePd2Te2 是一种关联的各向异性二维磁体,可能吸引多学科研究兴趣。
英文摘要:
Two-dimensional (2D) magnets have attracted significant attentions in recent years due to their importance in the research on both fundamental physics and spintronic applications. Here, we report the discovery of a new ternary compound FePd2Te2. It features a layered quasi-2D crystal structure with one-dimensional Fe zigzag chains extending along the b-axis in the cleavage plane. Single crystals of FePd2Te2 with centimeter-size could be grown. Density functional theory calculations, mechanical exfoliation and atomic force microscopy on these crystals reveal that they are 2D materialsthat can be thinned down to 5 nm. Magnetic characterization shows that FePd2Te2 is an easy-plane ferromagnet with Tc 183 K and strong in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Magnetoresistance and anomalous Hall effect demonstrate that ferromagnetism could maintain in FePd2Te2 flakes with large coercivity. A crystal twinning effect is observed by scanning tunneling microscopy which makes the Fe chains right-angle bent in the cleavage plane and creates an intriguing spin texture. Our results show that FePd2Te2 is a correlated anisotropic 2D magnets that may attract multidisciplinary research interests.
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