Twist-modulated magnetic interactions in bilayer van der Waals materials

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Main Authors: Osterholt, Tomas T., Oriekhov, D. O., Eek, Lumen, Smith, Cristiane Morais, Duine, Rembert A.
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Published: 2025
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author Osterholt, Tomas T.
Oriekhov, D. O.
Eek, Lumen
Smith, Cristiane Morais
Duine, Rembert A.
author_facet Osterholt, Tomas T.
Oriekhov, D. O.
Eek, Lumen
Smith, Cristiane Morais
Duine, Rembert A.
contents The ability to control magnetic interactions at the nanoscale is crucial for the development of next-generation spintronic devices and functional magnetic materials. In this work, we investigate theoretically, by means of many-body perturbation theory, how interlayer twisting modulates magnetic interactions in bilayer van der Waals systems composed of two ferromagnetic layers. We demonstrate that the relative strengths of the interlayer Heisenberg exchange interaction, the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and the anisotropic exchange interaction can be significantly altered by varying the twist angle between the layers, thus leading to tunable magnetic textures. We further show that these interactions are strongly dependent on the chemical potential, enabling additional control via electrostatic gating or doping. Importantly, our approach is applicable to arbitrary twist angles and does not rely on the construction of a Moiré supercell, making it particularly efficient even at small twist angles.
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spellingShingle Twist-modulated magnetic interactions in bilayer van der Waals materials
Osterholt, Tomas T.
Oriekhov, D. O.
Eek, Lumen
Smith, Cristiane Morais
Duine, Rembert A.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The ability to control magnetic interactions at the nanoscale is crucial for the development of next-generation spintronic devices and functional magnetic materials. In this work, we investigate theoretically, by means of many-body perturbation theory, how interlayer twisting modulates magnetic interactions in bilayer van der Waals systems composed of two ferromagnetic layers. We demonstrate that the relative strengths of the interlayer Heisenberg exchange interaction, the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and the anisotropic exchange interaction can be significantly altered by varying the twist angle between the layers, thus leading to tunable magnetic textures. We further show that these interactions are strongly dependent on the chemical potential, enabling additional control via electrostatic gating or doping. Importantly, our approach is applicable to arbitrary twist angles and does not rely on the construction of a Moiré supercell, making it particularly efficient even at small twist angles.
title Twist-modulated magnetic interactions in bilayer van der Waals materials
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14122