Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Spin mapping of intralayer antiferromagnetism and field-induced spin reorientation in monolayer CrTe2

  • Jing-Jing Xian,
  • Cong Wang,
  • Jin-Hua Nie,
  • Rui Li,
  • Mengjiao Han,
  • Junhao Lin,
  • Wen-Hao Zhang,
  • Zhen-Yu Liu,
  • Zhi-Mo Zhang,
  • Mao-Peng Miao,
  • Yangfan Yi,
  • Shiwei Wu,
  • Xiaodie Chen,
  • Junbo Han,
  • Zhengcai Xia,
  • Wei Ji,
  • Ying-Shuang Fu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27834-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In two dimensions magnetic order without magnetic anisotropy is forbidden, making 2D magnetic systems a rich playground for interesting physics. Here, Xian et al. fabricate monolayers of CrTe2, and demonstrate antiferromagnetic ordering, with spin reorientation at finite magnetic fields.