Magnetic properties manipulation of CrTe2 bilayer through strain and self-intercalation
- 18 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 119 (16), 162402
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068018
Abstract
Two-dimensional van der Waals magnetic crystals have been attracting significant research interest in recent years, and the manipulation of their magnetism is important for understanding their physical property and achieving their actual applications. Here, we systematically studied the manipulation of magnetic properties of a CrTe2 bilayer through in-plane strain and self-intercalation. We found that the magnetic ground state of the CrTe2 bilayer varies from intralayer antiferromagnetic coupling to ferromagnetic coupling and then to interlayer antiferromagnetic coupling when the strain changes from −6% to 4%, which should result from the coupling between intralayer Cr atoms tuned from direct Cr–Cr exchange to indirect Cr–Te–Cr superexchange. The magnetic easy axis of the CrTe2 bilayer varies from the in-plane to the out-of-plane owing to the change of pz orbital occupation from Te atoms near the Fermi level. Moreover, the magnetic ground states of different Cr-intercalated concentrations for the CrTe2 bilayer are all ferromagnetic, and the magnetic easy axis is in-plane, which are different from the intrinsic one. Our results indicate that the magnetic property of the CrTe2 bilayer is sensitive to the in-plane strain and self-intercalation, which provides important guidance for the further magnetic manipulation of the CrTe2 bilayer in theoretical research and application of magnetic strain sensors and spin transistors.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11974106)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61804050)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51991340)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51872086)
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