Nature Communications (Nov 2022)
Dynamical criticality of spin-shear coupling in van der Waals antiferromagnets
- Faran Zhou,
- Kyle Hwangbo,
- Qi Zhang,
- Chong Wang,
- Lingnan Shen,
- Jiawei Zhang,
- Qianni Jiang,
- Alfred Zong,
- Yifan Su,
- Marc Zajac,
- Youngjun Ahn,
- Donald A. Walko,
- Richard D. Schaller,
- Jiun-Haw Chu,
- Nuh Gedik,
- Xiaodong Xu,
- Di Xiao,
- Haidan Wen
Affiliations
- Faran Zhou
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Kyle Hwangbo
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Qi Zhang
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Chong Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
- Lingnan Shen
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Jiawei Zhang
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Qianni Jiang
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Alfred Zong
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley
- Yifan Su
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Marc Zajac
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Youngjun Ahn
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Donald A. Walko
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- Richard D. Schaller
- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
- Jiun-Haw Chu
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Nuh Gedik
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Xiaodong Xu
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Di Xiao
- Department of Physics, University of Washington
- Haidan Wen
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34376-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Van der Waals materials are characterized by two dimensional layers weakly held together by interlayer van der Waals forces. Here, the authors study how shear motions between these layers influence the magnetic properties of the van der Waals antiferromagnets FePS3, MnPS3, and NiPS3. ‘
