2D magnetic materials offer unprecedented opportunities for fundamental and applied research in spintronics and magnonics. Beyond the pioneering studies on 2D CrI 3 and Cr 2 Ge 2 Te 6 , the field has expanded to 2D antiferromagnets exhibiting different spin anisotropies and textures. Of particular interest is the layered metamagnet CrSBr, a relatively air-stable semiconductor formed by antiferromagnetically-coupled ferromagnetic layers (T c ∼150 K) that can be exfoliated down to the single-layer. It presents a complex magnetic behavior with a dynamic magnetic crossover, exhibiting a low-temperature hiddenorder below T*∼40 K. Here, the magneto-transport properties of CrSBr vertical heterostructures in the 2D limit are inspected. The results demonstrate the marked low-dimensional character of the ferromagnetic monolayer, with short-range correlations above T c and an Ising-type in-plane anisotropy, being the spins spontaneously aligned along the easy axis b below T c . By applying moderate magnetic fields along a and c axes, a spin-reorientation occurs, leading to a magnetoresistance enhancement below T*. In multilayers, a spin-valve behavior is observed, with negative magnetoresistance strongly enhanced along the three directions below T*. These results show that CrSBr monolayer/bilayer provides an ideal platform for studying and controlling field-induced phenomena in two-dimensions, offering new insights regarding 2D magnets and their integration into vertical spintronic devices.
The recent isolation
of two-dimensional (2D) magnets offers tantalizing
opportunities for spintronics and magnonics at the limit of miniaturization.
One of the key advantages of atomically thin materials is their outstanding
deformation capacity, which provides an exciting avenue to control
their properties by strain engineering. Herein, we investigate the
magnetic properties, magnon dispersion, and spin dynamics of the air-stable
2D magnetic semiconductor CrSBr (T
C =
146 K) under mechanical strain using first-principles calculations.
Our results provide a deep microscopic analysis of the competing interactions
that stabilize the long-range ferromagnetic order in the monolayer.
We showcase that the magnon dynamics of CrSBr can be modified selectively
along the two main crystallographic directions as a function of applied
strain, probing the potential of this quasi-1D electronic system for
magnon straintronics applications. Moreover, we predict a strain-driven
enhancement of T
C by ∼30%, allowing
the propagation of spin waves at higher temperatures.
The temperature dependent order parameter provides important information on the nature of magnetism. Using traditional methods to study this parameter in two-dimensional (2D) magnets remains difficult, however, particularly for insulating antiferromagnetic (AF) compounds. Here, we show that its temperature dependence in AF MPS3 (M(II) = Fe, Co, Ni) can be probed via the anisotropy in the resonance frequency of rectangular membranes, mediated by a combination of anisotropic magnetostriction and spontaneous staggered magnetization. Density functional calculations followed by a derived orbital-resolved magnetic exchange analysis confirm and unravel the microscopic origin of this magnetization inducing anistropic strain. We further show that the temperature and thickness dependent order parameter allows to deduce the material's critical exponents characterising magnetic order. Nanomechanical sensing of magnetic order thus provides a future platform to investigate 2D magnetism down to the single-layer limit.
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