Controlling magnetic exchange and anisotropy by nonmagnetic ligand substitution in layered 𝑀P𝑋3 (𝑀 = Ni, Mn; 𝑋 = S, Se)
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· Physical Review Research
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
- University of Warsaw (Poland)
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
- Haas Hall Academy, Fayetteville, AR (United States); Williams College, MA (United States)
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-SPIN (Italy)
Recent discoveries in two-dimensional magnetism have intensified the investigation of van der Waals magnetic materials and further improved our ability to tune their magnetic properties. Tunable magnetism has been widely studied in antiferromagnetic metal thiophosphates 𝑀P𝑋3. Substitution of metal ions 𝑀 has been adopted as an important technique to engineer the magnetism in 𝑀P𝑋3. In this work, we have studied the previously unexplored chalcogen 𝑋 substitutions in 𝑀P𝑋3 (𝑀 = Mn/Ni; 𝑋 = S/Se). We synthesized the single crystals of MnPS3−𝑥Se𝑥 (0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3) and NiPS3−𝑥Se𝑥 (0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.3) and investigated the systematic evolution of the magnetism with varying 𝑥. Our study reveals the effective tuning of magnetic interactions and anisotropies in both MnPS3 and NiPS3 upon Se substitution. Such efficient engineering of the magnetism provides a suitable platform to understand the low-dimensional magnetism and develop future magnetic devices.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States); University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0022006
- OSTI ID:
- 2325175
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1901954
OSTI ID: 2976434
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Research, Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 4; ISSN 2643-1564
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English