Spin–Orbit-Induced Ising Ferromagnetism at a van der Waals Interface
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy, a key ingredient for establishing long-range order in a magnetic material down to the two-dimensional (2D) limit, is generally associated with spin–orbit interaction (SOI) involving a finite orbital angular momentum. Here we report strong out-of-plane magnetic anisotro...
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Published in | Nano letters Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 1807 - 1814 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
24.02.2021
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Summary: | Magnetocrystalline anisotropy, a key ingredient for establishing long-range order in a magnetic material down to the two-dimensional (2D) limit, is generally associated with spin–orbit interaction (SOI) involving a finite orbital angular momentum. Here we report strong out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy without orbital angular momentum, emerging at the interface between two different van der Waals (vdW) materials, an archetypal metallic vdW material NbSe2 possessing Zeeman-type SOI and an isotropic vdW ferromagnet V5Se8. We found that the Zeeman SOI in NbSe2 induces robust out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy in V5Se8 down to the 2D limit with a more than 2-fold enhancement of the transition temperature. We propose a simple model that takes into account the energy gain in NbSe2 in contact with a ferromagnet, which naturally explains our observations. Our results demonstrate a conceptually new magnetic proximity effect at the vdW interface, expanding the horizons of emergent phenomena achievable in vdW heterostructures. |
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ISSN: | 1530-6984 1530-6992 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04851 |