ZrTe2/CrTe2: an epitaxial van der Waals platform for spintronics

Yongxi Ou; Wilson Yanez; Run Xiao; Max Stanley; Supriya Ghosh; Boyang Zheng; Wei Jiang; Yu-Sheng Huang; Timothy Pillsbury; Anthony Richardella; Chaoxing Liu; Tony Low; Vincent H. Crespi; K. Andre Mkhoyan; Nitin Samarth

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30738-1

Nature Communications (May 2022)

ZrTe2/CrTe2: an epitaxial van der Waals platform for spintronics

Yongxi Ou,
Wilson Yanez,
Run Xiao,
Max Stanley,
Supriya Ghosh,
Boyang Zheng,
Wei Jiang,
Yu-Sheng Huang,
Timothy Pillsbury,
Anthony Richardella,
Chaoxing Liu,
Tony Low,
Vincent H. Crespi,
K. Andre Mkhoyan,
Nitin Samarth

Affiliations

Yongxi Ou: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Wilson Yanez: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Run Xiao: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Max Stanley: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Supriya Ghosh: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Boyang Zheng: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Wei Jiang: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Yu-Sheng Huang: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Timothy Pillsbury: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Anthony Richardella: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Chaoxing Liu: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Tony Low: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Vincent H. Crespi: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
K. Andre Mkhoyan: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Nitin Samarth: Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30738-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Van der Waals heterostructures offer the potential of integrating multiple material layers into a single device to achieve new functionalities. Here, Ou et al combine ZrTe2, a topological semimetal, with CrTe2, a 2D ferromagnet, in a single heterostructure and demonstrate spin-orbit torque switching of the 2D ferromagnet by current in the topological semimetal.

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