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Pressure dependent magnetic properties on bulk CrBr3 single crystals

Journal Article · · Journal of Alloys and Compounds
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  1. Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States); Central Michigan University
  2. Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States)
  3. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
  4. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)

The van der Waals class of materials offer an approach to two-dimensional magnetism as their spin fluctuations can be tuned upon exfoliation of layers. Moreover, it has recently been shown that spin-lattice coupling and long-range magnetic ordering can be modified with pressure in van der Waals materials. In this work, the magnetic properties of quasi two-dimensional CrBr3 are reported applying hydrostatic pressure. The application of pressure up to 0.844 GPa shows a 1.77% decrease in saturation magnetization with a decrease in the Curie temperature from 33.05 to 30.41 K. Density functional theory calculations with pressure up to 1 GPa show a reduction in volume and interplanar distance as pressure increases. To further understand the magnetic properties with applied pressure, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) and exchange coupling parameter (J) are calculated. There is small decrease in MAE and the first nearest neighbor interaction (J1) (U = 2.7 eV and J = 0.7 eV) is increasing with respect to increasing pressure. Overall, CrBr3 displays ferromagnetic interlayer coupling and the calculated exchange coupling and MAE parameters match well with the observations from the experimental work.

Research Organization:
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018331; AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1866255
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1873415
Journal Information:
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal Name: Journal of Alloys and Compounds Vol. 911; ISSN 0925-8388
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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