Layer-controlled laws of electron transport in two-dimensional ferromagnets

Dimensionality Concept in Solid‐State Reactions: A Way to Control Synthesis of Functional Materials at the Nanoscale

“…The reactions proposed and implemented in the present work—leading from elemental X to binary MX 2 to ternary MA 2 X 2 —hold promise for synthesis of oriented nanomaterials with tailored functionalities; monolayer structures of MA 2 X 2 are particularly enticing, by analogy with their MX 2 counterparts. [ 35,36,47 ] Curiously, 1D synthetic routes exist for both layered and non‐layered compounds, although via different mechanisms. The successful synthesis of new materials of various classes is important; however, what is more important in our opinion is that it illustrates i) the concept of dimensionality and ii) efficient control over the corresponding solid‐state reactions at the nanoscale.…”

Theoretical prediction of silicether: a two-dimensional hyperconjugated disilicon monoxide nanosheet

“…Stacking is also an effective strategy to tune the electronic properties of 2D materials. [47][48][49] Here we consider four possible stacking types of bilayer silicether, namely, AA-, AB-, AC-, and AD-stacking (Fig. S5 †).…”

Structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of EuSi2 thin films on the Si(111) surface

“…[9][10][11][12]20,32 Recently, the controllable growth of REM silicides using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) has been studied with multiple characterization methods, including x-ray diffraction (XRD), reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHED), and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). [33][34][35][36][37] In particular, EuSi 2 and GdSi 2 thin films have been synthesized on the Si(111) surface successfully, 35 which provides an ideal platform for the studies of REM silicides on Si surfaces. Their experimental results show that the EuSi 2 and GdSi 2 thin films are lattice-matched with the Si(111) surface, and both these silicide thin films have the honeycomb silicene structure.…”

“…35 Besides, with the increase of the thickness, the multilayer EuSi 2 and GdSi 2 thin films on the Si(111) surface show a thickness-dependent magnetic phase transition from ferromagnetism (FM) to antiferromagnetism (AFM). 35,36 However, although these related experimental studies have been reported for EuSi 2 thin films on the Si(111) surface, their detailed atomic structure and magnetic properties have not been determined.…”