Stacking-engineered ferroelectricity and multiferroic order in van der Waals magnets
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| author | Bennett, Daniel Martínez-Carracedo, Gabriel He, Xu Ferrer, Jaime Ghosez, Philippe Comin, Riccardo Kaxiras, Efthimios |
| author_facet | Bennett, Daniel Martínez-Carracedo, Gabriel He, Xu Ferrer, Jaime Ghosez, Philippe Comin, Riccardo Kaxiras, Efthimios |
| contents | Two-dimensional (2D) materials that exhibit spontaneous magnetization, polarization or strain (referred to as ferroics) have the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology by enhancing the multifunctionality of nanoscale devices. However, multiferroic order is difficult to achieve, requiring complicated coupling between electron and spin degrees of freedom. We propose a universal method to engineer multiferroics from van der Waals magnets by taking advantage of the fact that changing the stacking between 2D layers can break inversion symmetry, resulting in ferroelectricity and possibly magnetoelectric coupling. We illustrate this concept using first-principles calculations in bilayer NiI$_2$, which can be made ferroelectric upon rotating two adjacent layers by $180^{\circ}$ with respect to the bulk stacking. Furthermore, we discover a novel multiferroic order induced by interlayer charge transfer which couples the interlayer spin order and electronic polarization. Our approach is not only general but also systematic, and can enable the discovery of a wide variety of 2D multiferroics. |
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| spellingShingle | Stacking-engineered ferroelectricity and multiferroic order in van der Waals magnets Bennett, Daniel Martínez-Carracedo, Gabriel He, Xu Ferrer, Jaime Ghosez, Philippe Comin, Riccardo Kaxiras, Efthimios Materials Science Two-dimensional (2D) materials that exhibit spontaneous magnetization, polarization or strain (referred to as ferroics) have the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology by enhancing the multifunctionality of nanoscale devices. However, multiferroic order is difficult to achieve, requiring complicated coupling between electron and spin degrees of freedom. We propose a universal method to engineer multiferroics from van der Waals magnets by taking advantage of the fact that changing the stacking between 2D layers can break inversion symmetry, resulting in ferroelectricity and possibly magnetoelectric coupling. We illustrate this concept using first-principles calculations in bilayer NiI$_2$, which can be made ferroelectric upon rotating two adjacent layers by $180^{\circ}$ with respect to the bulk stacking. Furthermore, we discover a novel multiferroic order induced by interlayer charge transfer which couples the interlayer spin order and electronic polarization. Our approach is not only general but also systematic, and can enable the discovery of a wide variety of 2D multiferroics. |
| title | Stacking-engineered ferroelectricity and multiferroic order in van der Waals magnets |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20069 |