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Title: Strong anisotropy and magnetostriction in the two-dimensional Stoner ferromagnet Fe 3 GeTe 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Computer Science and Mathematics Division
  3. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Computationally characterizing magnetic properies of novel two-dimensional (2D) materials serves as an important first step of exploring possible applications. Using density-functional theory, we show that single-layer Fe 3 GeTe 2 is a potential 2D material with sufficiently low formation energy to be synthesized by mechanical exfoliation from the bulk phase with a van der Waals layered structure. In addition, we calculated the phonon dispersion demonstrating that single-layer Fe 3 GeTe 2 is dynamically stable. Furthermore, we find that similar to the bulk phase, 2D Fe 3 GeTe 2 exhibits amagnetic moment that originates from a Stoner instability. In contrast to other 2D materials, we find that single-layer Fe 3 GeTe 2 exhibits a significant uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of 920μ eV per Fe atom originating from spin-orbit coupling. In conclusion, we show that applying biaxial tensile strains enhances the anisotropy energy, which reveals strong magnetostriction in single-layer Fe 3 GeTe 2 with a sizable magneostrictive coefficient. Our results indicate that single-layer Fe 3 GeTe 2 is potentially useful for magnetic storage applications.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; DMR-1056587; TG-DMR140067
OSTI ID:
1261401
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1245884
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 13; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 178 works
Citation information provided by
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