Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 546; no. 7657; pp. 265 - 269
• Main Authors: Gong, Cheng, Li, Lin, Li, Zhenglu, Ji, Huiwen, Stern, Alex, Xia, Yang, Cao, Ting, Bao, Wei, Wang, Chenzhe, Wang, Yuan, Qiu, Z. Q., Cava, R. J., Louie, Steven G., Xia, Jing, Zhang, Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.06.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 132/124; 639/301/119/2793; 639/925/357/1018; Anisotropy; Composition effects; Crystals; Discovery and exploration; Electric properties; Electron spin; Excitation; Ferromagnetism; Fluctuations; Humanities and Social Sciences; Iron; letter; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Magnetism; multidisciplinary; Optical properties; Physics research; Proximity; Proximity effect (electricity); Scanning; Science; Spintronics; Temperature effects; Transition temperature; Transition temperatures; Van der Waals forces

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