Emergent phenomena and proximity effects in two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 19; no. 12; pp. 1276 - 1289
• Main Authors: Huang, Bevin, McGuire, Michael A., May, Andrew F., Xiao, Di, Jarillo-Herrero, Pablo, Xu, Xiaodong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/125; 140/133; 142/126; 639/766/119/1001; 639/766/119/2792/4128; 639/766/119/2793; 639/766/119/2794; 639/766/119/997; Biomaterials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Coupling; Heterostructures; Interlayers; Layered materials; Magnetic properties; Magnetism; Magnets; MATERIALS SCIENCE; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Review Article; Tuning
• ISSN: 1476-1122; 1476-4660; 1476-4660
• DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0791-8

Ultrathin van der Waals materials and their heterostructures offer a simple, yet powerful platform for discovering emergent phenomena and implementing device structures in the two-dimensional limit. The past few years has pushed this frontier to include magnetism. These advances have brought forth a new assortment of layered materials that intrinsically possess a wide variety of magnetic properties and are instrumental in integrating exchange and spin–orbit interactions into van der Waals heterostructures. This Review Article summarizes recent progress in exploring the intrinsic magnetism of atomically thin van der Waals materials, manipulation of their magnetism by tuning the interlayer coupling, and device structures for spin- and valleytronic applications. This Review summarizes recent progress in exploring the intrinsic magnetism of atomically thin van der Waals materials, manipulation of their magnetism by tuning the interlayer coupling, and device structures for spin- and valleytronic applications.