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Title: Interlayer magnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2

Abstract

Fe 3 - x GeTe 2 is a layered van der Waals magnetic material with a relatively high ordering temperature and large anisotropy. While most studies have concluded the interlayer ordering to be ferromagnetic, there have also been reports of interlayer antiferromagnetism in Fe 3 - x GeTe 2 . In this work, we investigate the interlayer magnetic ordering by neutron diffraction experiments, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spin-polarized STM measurements, density functional theory plus U calculations, and STM simulations. We conclude that the layers of Fe 3 - x GeTe 2 are coupled ferromagnetically and that in order to capture the magnetic and electronic properties of Fe 3 - x GeTe 2 within density functional theory, Hubbard U corrections need to be taken into account.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5];  [5];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [6]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada). Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Inst.
  3. Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (South Korea)
  4. Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (South Korea); Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (South Korea). SKKU Advanced Inst. of Nanotechnology
  5. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1661231
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Magnetism; 2-dimensional systems

Citation Formats

Kong, Xiangru, Nguyen, Giang D., Lee, Jinhwan, Lee, Changgu, Calder, Stuart, May, Andrew F., Gai, Zheng, Li, An-Ping, Liang, Liangbo, and Berlijn, Tom. Interlayer magnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.094403.
Kong, Xiangru, Nguyen, Giang D., Lee, Jinhwan, Lee, Changgu, Calder, Stuart, May, Andrew F., Gai, Zheng, Li, An-Ping, Liang, Liangbo, & Berlijn, Tom. Interlayer magnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.094403
Kong, Xiangru, Nguyen, Giang D., Lee, Jinhwan, Lee, Changgu, Calder, Stuart, May, Andrew F., Gai, Zheng, Li, An-Ping, Liang, Liangbo, and Berlijn, Tom. Wed . "Interlayer magnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.094403. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1661231.
@article{osti_1661231,
title = {Interlayer magnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2},
author = {Kong, Xiangru and Nguyen, Giang D. and Lee, Jinhwan and Lee, Changgu and Calder, Stuart and May, Andrew F. and Gai, Zheng and Li, An-Ping and Liang, Liangbo and Berlijn, Tom},
abstractNote = {Fe3-xGeTe2 is a layered van der Waals magnetic material with a relatively high ordering temperature and large anisotropy. While most studies have concluded the interlayer ordering to be ferromagnetic, there have also been reports of interlayer antiferromagnetism in Fe3-xGeTe2. In this work, we investigate the interlayer magnetic ordering by neutron diffraction experiments, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spin-polarized STM measurements, density functional theory plus U calculations, and STM simulations. We conclude that the layers of Fe3-xGeTe2 are coupled ferromagnetically and that in order to capture the magnetic and electronic properties of Fe3-xGeTe2 within density functional theory, Hubbard U corrections need to be taken into account.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.094403},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 9,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {9}
}

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