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Germanene-Based Two-Dimensional Magnet with Tunable Properties. / Matetskiy, Andrey V.; Barla, Alessandro; Moras, Paolo; Carbone, Carlo; Milotti, Valeria; Brondin, Carlo Alberto; Benher, Zipporah Rini; Holub, Mariia; Ohresser, Philippe; Otero, Edwige; Choueikani, Fadi; Shvets, Igor A.; Mihalyuk, Alexey N.; Eremeev, Sergey V.; Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
In: ACS Nano, Vol. 19, No. 22, 10.06.2025, p. 20863-20870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Germanene-Based Two-Dimensional Magnet with Tunable Properties
AU - Matetskiy, Andrey V.
AU - Barla, Alessandro
AU - Moras, Paolo
AU - Carbone, Carlo
AU - Milotti, Valeria
AU - Brondin, Carlo Alberto
AU - Benher, Zipporah Rini
AU - Holub, Mariia
AU - Ohresser, Philippe
AU - Otero, Edwige
AU - Choueikani, Fadi
AU - Shvets, Igor A.
AU - Mihalyuk, Alexey N.
AU - Eremeev, Sergey V.
AU - Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
PY - 2025/6/10
Y1 - 2025/6/10
N2 - Magnetic order engineering in two-dimensional Dirac systems is of great interest for theoretical and technological exploration. Up to now, the experimental advances in this field mostly concerned graphene monolayers. Here, we report a comprehensive study of a monolayer-thick germanene-like sheet in contact with gadolinium atoms. Direct observations supported by first-principles calculations reveal the fingerprints of the Dirac fermions in the electronic structure and noncollinear antiferromagnetism. The hybridization of the germanene layer with Gd atoms leads to a large and tunable gap in the Dirac states that carry a nonzero spin-Berry curvature. We discovered that cesium-induced controlled electron doping can switch the system into a ferromagnetic state and then back to the antiferromagnetism at saturated cesium monolayer limit. We explain these reversible magnetic transitions by the oscillatory behavior of the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction and suggest that this system could find application in magnetoelectronics and spintronics.
AB - Magnetic order engineering in two-dimensional Dirac systems is of great interest for theoretical and technological exploration. Up to now, the experimental advances in this field mostly concerned graphene monolayers. Here, we report a comprehensive study of a monolayer-thick germanene-like sheet in contact with gadolinium atoms. Direct observations supported by first-principles calculations reveal the fingerprints of the Dirac fermions in the electronic structure and noncollinear antiferromagnetism. The hybridization of the germanene layer with Gd atoms leads to a large and tunable gap in the Dirac states that carry a nonzero spin-Berry curvature. We discovered that cesium-induced controlled electron doping can switch the system into a ferromagnetic state and then back to the antiferromagnetism at saturated cesium monolayer limit. We explain these reversible magnetic transitions by the oscillatory behavior of the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction and suggest that this system could find application in magnetoelectronics and spintronics.
KW - 2D materials
KW - ARPES
KW - DFT
KW - germanene
KW - reversible AFM-FM transition
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/1bcb63cd-fa3e-32d4-a21e-53a931baede7/
U2 - 10.1021/acsnano.5c03331
DO - 10.1021/acsnano.5c03331
M3 - Article
C2 - 40441900
VL - 19
SP - 20863
EP - 20870
JO - ACS Nano
JF - ACS Nano
SN - 1936-0851
IS - 22
ER -
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