Surface vacancy-induced switchable electric polarization and enhanced ferromagnetism in monolayer metal trihalides

Y Zhao, L Lin, Q Zhou, Y Li, S Yuan, Q Chen… - Nano Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Monolayer chromium triiodide (CrI3), as the thinnest ferromagnetic material demonstrated in
experiment [Huang et al. Nature 2017, 546, 270], opens up new opportunities for the …

Half-metallicity and enhanced ferromagnetism in Li-adsorbed ultrathin chromium triiodide

Y Guo, S Yuan, B Wang, L Shi, J Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional materials with robust magnetism have been a long-sought goal because
of their potential applications in information technology. Very recently, intrinsic ferromagnetic …

Enhancing Ferromagnetism and Tuning Electronic Properties of CrI3 Monolayers by Adsorption of Transition-Metal Atoms

Q Yang, X Hu, X Shen, AV Krasheninnikov… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Among first experimentally discovered two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic materials,
chromium triiodide (CrI3) monolayers have attracted particular attention due to their potential …

Bipolar Doping by Intrinsic Defects and Magnetic Phase Instability in Monolayer CrI3

R Wang, Y Su, G Yang, J Zhang, S Zhang - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
As a two-dimensional direct band gap semiconductor with unique electronic and magnetic
properties, monolayer chromium triiodide (CrI3) has a great potential for spintronic …

Control of magnetism in bilayer CrI3 by an external electric field

ES Morell, A León, RH Miwa, P Vargas - 2D Materials, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials was
discovered (Huang et al 2017 Nature 546 270–3; Gong et al 2017 Nature 546 265–9; …

Nonvolatile electrical control and heterointerface‐induced half‐metallicity of 2D ferromagnets

Y Zhao, JJ Zhang, S Yuan… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical control of atom‐thick van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnets is a key toward future
magnetoelectric nanodevices; however, state‐of‐the‐art control approaches are volatile. In …

Controlling magnetism in 2D CrI3 by electrostatic doping

S Jiang, L Li, Z Wang, KF Mak, J Shan - Nature nanotechnology, 2018 - nature.com
The atomic thickness of two-dimensional materials provides a unique opportunity to control
their electrical and optical properties as well as to drive the electronic phase transitions by …

Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism and Surface Functionalization-Induced Metal–Insulator Transition in Graphene-like Two-Dimensional Cr2C Crystals

C Si, J Zhou, Z Sun - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
Graphene-like two-dimensional materials have garnered tremendous interest as emerging
device materials for nanoelectronics due to their remarkable properties. However, their …

Ligand-field helical luminescence in a 2D ferromagnetic insulator

KL Seyler, D Zhong, DR Klein, S Gao, X Zhang… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Bulk chromium tri-iodide (CrI 3) has long been known as a layered van der Waals
ferromagnet 1. However, its monolayer form was only recently isolated and confirmed to be …

Proximity spin–orbit torque on a two-dimensional magnet within van der Waals heterostructure: current-driven antiferromagnet-to-ferromagnet reversible …

K Dolui, MD Petrovic, K Zollner, P Plechac, J Fabian… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recently discovered two-dimensional magnetic insulator CrI3 is an intriguing case for
basic research and spintronic applications since it is a ferromagnet in the bulk but an …