Highly-Tunable Intrinsic Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in 2D van der Waals Semiconductor Cr_x Ga_{1- x} Te.

ABSTRACT: The combination of semiconductivity and tunable ferromagnetism is pivotal for electrical control of ferromagnetism and next-generation low-power spintronic devices. However, Curie temperatures (T_C ) for most traditional intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductors (≤200 K) and recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) ones (<70 K) are far below room temperature. 2D van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors with intrinsic room-temperature ferromagnetism remain elusive considering the unfavored 2D long-range ferromagnetic order indicated by Mermin-Wagner theorem. Here, vdW semiconductor Cr_x Ga_{1- x} Te crystals exhibiting highly tunable above-room-temperature ferromagnetism with bandgap 1.62-1.66 eV are reported. The saturation magnetic moment (M_sat ) o

SUBMITTER: Zhang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8728846 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature