Recent progress on emergent two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures

Yuyu Yao; Xueying Zhan; Marshet Getaye Sendeku; Peng Yu; Fekadu Tsegaye Dajan; Chuanchao Zhu; Ningning Li; Junjun Wang; Feng Wang; Zhenxing Wang; Jun He

doi:10.1088/1361-6528/ac17fd

Recent progress on emergent two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures

Nanotechnology. 2021 Sep 1;32(47). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac17fd.

Authors

Yuyu Yao^{1

2

3}, Xueying Zhan¹, Marshet Getaye Sendeku¹, Peng Yu¹, Fekadu Tsegaye Dajan¹, Chuanchao Zhu⁴, Ningning Li^{1

2

3}, Junjun Wang¹, Feng Wang¹, Zhenxing Wang^{1

5}, Jun He^{1

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
² Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
³ Sino-Danish Center for Education, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Institute for Quantum Information & State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 34315143
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac17fd

Abstract

Intrinsic two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials own strong long-range magnetism while their characteristics of the ultrathin thickness and smooth surface provide an ideal platform for manipulating the magnetic properties at 2D limit. This makes them to be potential candidates in various spintronic applications compared to their corresponding bulk counterparts. The discovery of magnetic ordering in 2D CrI₃and Gr₂Ge₂Te₆nanostructures stimulated tremendous research interest in both experimental and theoretical studies on various intrinsic magnets at 2D limit. This review gives a comprehensive overview of the recent progress on the emergent 2D magnets and heterostructures. Firstly, several kinds of typical 2D magnetic materials discovered in the last few years and their fabrication methods are summarized in detail. Secondly, the current strategies for manipulating magnetic properties in 2D materials are further discussed. Then, the recent advances on the construction of representative van der Waals magnetic heterostructures and their respective performance are provided. With the hope of motivating the researchers in this area, we finally offered the challenges and outlook on 2D magnetism.

Keywords: 2D intrinsic magnets; 2D material growth; magnetic heterostructure; magnetism manipulation; van der Waals heterostructure.

Publication types

Review