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Title: Electron Spin Resonance Properties of CrI3 and CrCl3 Single Crystals

Abstract

Developing functional, cleavable two-dimensional materials for use in next generation devices has recently become a topic of considerable interest due to their unique properties. Of particular interest, transition metal halides CrI3 and CrCl3 have shown to be good contenders for tunable and cleavable magnetic materials due to their unique magnetic properties in the monolayer. In this work, electron spin resonance spectroscopy is used to pinpoint the atomic origins and underlying mechanisms of magnetic interactions as a function of temperature (5-500 K) and microwave frequency (9.43, 120 GHz) on CrI3 and CrCl3 bulk single crystals. Furthermore, ESR signals from CrI3 due to Cr3+ were observed to decay at 460 K, while ESR signals from CrCl3 remain up to 500 K. In the case of CrCl3, the temperature dependences of signal behavior, line width and g-value show characteristic signatures of ferromagnetic fluctuations at around 40 K, near to the antiferromagnetic phase transition at 17 K.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OSTI Identifier:
1651252
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 31310018M0019
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
MRS Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 40; Journal ID: ISSN 2059-8521
Publisher:
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Saiz, C. L., McGuire, M. A., Hennadige, S. J., van Tol, J., and Singamaneni, S. R. Electron Spin Resonance Properties of CrI3 and CrCl3 Single Crystals. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1557/adv.2019.241.
Saiz, C. L., McGuire, M. A., Hennadige, S. J., van Tol, J., & Singamaneni, S. R. Electron Spin Resonance Properties of CrI3 and CrCl3 Single Crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2019.241
Saiz, C. L., McGuire, M. A., Hennadige, S. J., van Tol, J., and Singamaneni, S. R. Tue . "Electron Spin Resonance Properties of CrI3 and CrCl3 Single Crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2019.241. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1651252.
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title = {Electron Spin Resonance Properties of CrI3 and CrCl3 Single Crystals},
author = {Saiz, C. L. and McGuire, M. A. and Hennadige, S. J. and van Tol, J. and Singamaneni, S. R.},
abstractNote = {Developing functional, cleavable two-dimensional materials for use in next generation devices has recently become a topic of considerable interest due to their unique properties. Of particular interest, transition metal halides CrI3 and CrCl3 have shown to be good contenders for tunable and cleavable magnetic materials due to their unique magnetic properties in the monolayer. In this work, electron spin resonance spectroscopy is used to pinpoint the atomic origins and underlying mechanisms of magnetic interactions as a function of temperature (5-500 K) and microwave frequency (9.43, 120 GHz) on CrI3 and CrCl3 bulk single crystals. Furthermore, ESR signals from CrI3 due to Cr3+ were observed to decay at 460 K, while ESR signals from CrCl3 remain up to 500 K. In the case of CrCl3, the temperature dependences of signal behavior, line width and g-value show characteristic signatures of ferromagnetic fluctuations at around 40 K, near to the antiferromagnetic phase transition at 17 K.},
doi = {10.1557/adv.2019.241},
journal = {MRS Advances},
number = 40,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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