Quantum-Confined Tunable Ferromagnetism on the Surface of a van der Waals Antiferromagnet NaCrTe2
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| author | Li, Yidian Du, Xian Wang, Junjie Xu, Runzhe Zhao, Wenxuan Zhai, Kaiyi Liu, Jieyi Chen, Houke Yang, Yiheng Plumb, Nicolas C. Ju, Sailong Shi, Ming Liu, Zhongkai Guo, Jiangang Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Yulin Yang, Lexian |
| author_facet | Li, Yidian Du, Xian Wang, Junjie Xu, Runzhe Zhao, Wenxuan Zhai, Kaiyi Liu, Jieyi Chen, Houke Yang, Yiheng Plumb, Nicolas C. Ju, Sailong Shi, Ming Liu, Zhongkai Guo, Jiangang Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Yulin Yang, Lexian |
| contents | The surface of three-dimensional materials provides an ideal and versatile platform to explore quantum-confined physics. Here, we systematically investigate the electronic structure of Na-intercalated CrTe2, a van der Waals antiferromagnet, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and ab-initio calculations. The measured band structure deviates from the calculation of bulk NaCrTe2 but agrees with that of ferromagnetic monolayer CrTe2. Consistently, we observe an unexpected exchange splitting of the band dispersions, persisting well above the Néel temperature of bulk NaCrTe2. We argue that NaCrTe2 features a quantum-confined 2D ferromagnetic state in the topmost surface layer due to strong ferromagnetic correlation in the CrTe2 layer. Moreover, the exchange splitting and the critical temperature can be controlled by surface doping of alkali-metal atoms, suggesting a feasible tunability of the surface ferromagnetism. Our work not only presents a simple platform to explore tunable 2D ferromagnetism but also provides important insights into the quantum-confined low-dimensional magnetic states. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum-Confined Tunable Ferromagnetism on the Surface of a van der Waals Antiferromagnet NaCrTe2 Li, Yidian Du, Xian Wang, Junjie Xu, Runzhe Zhao, Wenxuan Zhai, Kaiyi Liu, Jieyi Chen, Houke Yang, Yiheng Plumb, Nicolas C. Ju, Sailong Shi, Ming Liu, Zhongkai Guo, Jiangang Chen, Xiaolong Chen, Yulin Yang, Lexian Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons The surface of three-dimensional materials provides an ideal and versatile platform to explore quantum-confined physics. Here, we systematically investigate the electronic structure of Na-intercalated CrTe2, a van der Waals antiferromagnet, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and ab-initio calculations. The measured band structure deviates from the calculation of bulk NaCrTe2 but agrees with that of ferromagnetic monolayer CrTe2. Consistently, we observe an unexpected exchange splitting of the band dispersions, persisting well above the Néel temperature of bulk NaCrTe2. We argue that NaCrTe2 features a quantum-confined 2D ferromagnetic state in the topmost surface layer due to strong ferromagnetic correlation in the CrTe2 layer. Moreover, the exchange splitting and the critical temperature can be controlled by surface doping of alkali-metal atoms, suggesting a feasible tunability of the surface ferromagnetism. Our work not only presents a simple platform to explore tunable 2D ferromagnetism but also provides important insights into the quantum-confined low-dimensional magnetic states. |
| title | Quantum-Confined Tunable Ferromagnetism on the Surface of a van der Waals Antiferromagnet NaCrTe2 |
| topic | Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14196 |