Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Phase-controllable growth of ultrathin 2D magnetic FeTe crystals

  • Lixing Kang,
  • Chen Ye,
  • Xiaoxu Zhao,
  • Xieyu Zhou,
  • Junxiong Hu,
  • Qiao Li,
  • Dan Liu,
  • Chandreyee Manas Das,
  • Jiefu Yang,
  • Dianyi Hu,
  • Jieqiong Chen,
  • Xun Cao,
  • Yong Zhang,
  • Manzhang Xu,
  • Jun Di,
  • Dan Tian,
  • Pin Song,
  • Govindan Kutty,
  • Qingsheng Zeng,
  • Qundong Fu,
  • Ya Deng,
  • Jiadong Zhou,
  • Ariando Ariando,
  • Feng Miao,
  • Guo Hong,
  • Yizhong Huang,
  • Stephen J. Pennycook,
  • Ken-Tye Yong,
  • Wei Ji,
  • Xiao Renshaw Wang,
  • Zheng Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17253-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Two-dimensional magnets with intrinsic ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic ordering are highly desirable for future spintronic devices. Here, the authors demonstrate a chemical vapor deposition approach to controllably grow ultrathin FeTe crystals with antiferromagnetic tetragonal and ferromagnetic hexagonal phase, showing a thickness-dependent magnetic transition.