Novel Magnetic Two-dimensional Materials.

The scope of the proposed project is to investigate the magnetic properties of recently emerged two-dimensional (2D) materials having intrinsic magnetism. Nanoscale magnetism is of great scientific interest and has high technological relevance. Since the discovery of graphene, twodimensional materials have drawn considerable attention due to their extraordinary physical properties and potential application in nanoscale magneto-electronics, so-called spintronics. Although most of the 2D materials do not exhibit magnetism, the search for intrinsic ferromagnetism in the monolayer limit did not end. Motivated by the recent discovery of the ferromagnetic monolayer CrI3 and its number of layers dependent magnetic phase transitions we propose to use density functional theory to predict other 2D ferromagnetic materials. Furthermore, we want to understand the formation mechanisms and stability of magnetism in 2D materials and possible routes of tuning it by external stimuli such as strain, charge doping, and electric field.

Keywords:MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

Disciplines:Condensed matter physics and nanophysics

Project type:Collaboration project