Tunable magnetic anisotropy, Curie temperature and band alignment of two-dimensional ferromagnet VSiSnN4 via non-volatile ferroelectrical control

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Autori principali: Li, Kang-Jie, Wang, Ze-Quan, Chen, Zu-Xin, Hou, Yusheng
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author Li, Kang-Jie
Wang, Ze-Quan
Chen, Zu-Xin
Hou, Yusheng
author_facet Li, Kang-Jie
Wang, Ze-Quan
Chen, Zu-Xin
Hou, Yusheng
contents The emergence of multiferroic materials, which possess both ferromagnetic (FM) and ferroelectric (FE) properties, drive advancements in magnetoelectric applications and the next generation of spintronics. Based on first-principles calculations, we investigate an engineered two-dimensional multiferroic van der Waals heterostructures consisting of FM VSiSnN4 monolayer (ML) and fully hydrogenated FE AlN bilayer. We find that the magnetic anisotropy of VSiSnN4 ML is tunable between out-of-plane and in-plane and a phase transition between semiconductor and metal is induced in VSiSnN4/AlN bilayer when the FE polarization direction of AlN bilayer is reversed. Surprisingly, when the FE polarization of AlN bilayer is upward, the Curie temperature of VSiSnN4/AlN bilayer can be significantly increased from 204K to 284K. Such non-volatile and tunable magnetic anisotropy, Curie temperature and band alignment in VSiSnN4/AlN multiferroic heterostructure are highly promising for future low-current operation of data storage and logic devices.
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spellingShingle Tunable magnetic anisotropy, Curie temperature and band alignment of two-dimensional ferromagnet VSiSnN4 via non-volatile ferroelectrical control
Li, Kang-Jie
Wang, Ze-Quan
Chen, Zu-Xin
Hou, Yusheng
Materials Science
The emergence of multiferroic materials, which possess both ferromagnetic (FM) and ferroelectric (FE) properties, drive advancements in magnetoelectric applications and the next generation of spintronics. Based on first-principles calculations, we investigate an engineered two-dimensional multiferroic van der Waals heterostructures consisting of FM VSiSnN4 monolayer (ML) and fully hydrogenated FE AlN bilayer. We find that the magnetic anisotropy of VSiSnN4 ML is tunable between out-of-plane and in-plane and a phase transition between semiconductor and metal is induced in VSiSnN4/AlN bilayer when the FE polarization direction of AlN bilayer is reversed. Surprisingly, when the FE polarization of AlN bilayer is upward, the Curie temperature of VSiSnN4/AlN bilayer can be significantly increased from 204K to 284K. Such non-volatile and tunable magnetic anisotropy, Curie temperature and band alignment in VSiSnN4/AlN multiferroic heterostructure are highly promising for future low-current operation of data storage and logic devices.
title Tunable magnetic anisotropy, Curie temperature and band alignment of two-dimensional ferromagnet VSiSnN4 via non-volatile ferroelectrical control
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09139