Enabling room temperature ferromagnetism in monolayer MoS2 via in situ iron-doping

Shichen Fu; Kyungnam Kang; Kamran Shayan; Anthony Yoshimura; Siamak Dadras; Xiaotian Wang; Lihua Zhang; Siwei Chen; Na Liu; Apoorv Jindal; Xiangzhi Li; Abhay N. Pasupathy; A. Nick Vamivakas; Vincent Meunier; Stefan Strauf; Eui-Hyeok Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15877-7

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Enabling room temperature ferromagnetism in monolayer MoS2 via in situ iron-doping

Shichen Fu,
Kyungnam Kang,
Kamran Shayan,
Anthony Yoshimura,
Siamak Dadras,
Xiaotian Wang,
Lihua Zhang,
Siwei Chen,
Na Liu,
Apoorv Jindal,
Xiangzhi Li,
Abhay N. Pasupathy,
A. Nick Vamivakas,
Vincent Meunier,
Stefan Strauf,
Eui-Hyeok Yang

Affiliations

Shichen Fu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Kyungnam Kang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Kamran Shayan: Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Anthony Yoshimura: Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Siamak Dadras: Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Xiaotian Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Lihua Zhang: Center of Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Siwei Chen: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Na Liu: Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Apoorv Jindal: Department of Physics, Columbia University
Xiangzhi Li: Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Abhay N. Pasupathy: Department of Physics, Columbia University
A. Nick Vamivakas: Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Vincent Meunier: Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stefan Strauf: Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Eui-Hyeok Yang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15877-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature above room temperature in 2D materials is highly desirable for practical spintronics applications. Here, the authors demonstrate such phenomenon in monolayer MoS2 via in situ iron-doping and measured local magnetic field strength up to 0.5 ± 0.1 mT.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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