Escalating Ferromagnetic Order via Se-Vacancies Near Vanadium in WSe2 Monolayers

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Magnetic order has been proposed to arise from a variety of defects, including vacancies, antisites, and grain boundaries, which are relevant in numerous electronics and spintronics applications. Nevertheless, its magnetism remains controversial due to the lack of structural analysis. The escalation of ferromagnetism in vanadium-doped WSe2 monolayer is herein demonstrated by tailoring complex configurations of Se vacancies (SeVac ) via post heat-treatment. Structural analysis of atomic defects is systematically performed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), enabled by the monolayer nature. Temperature-dependent magnetoresistance hysteresis ensures enhanced magnetic order after high-temperature heat-treatment, consistent with magnetic domain analysis from magnetic force microscopy (MFM). The vanadium-Se vacancy pairing is a key to promoting ferromagnetism via spin-flip by electron transfer, predicted from density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations. The approach toward nanodefect engineering paves a way to overcome weak magnetic order in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) for renovating semiconductor spintronics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) - 34(2022), 10 vom: 01. März, Seite e2106551

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yun, Seok Joon [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Byeong Wook [VerfasserIn]
Dinesh, Thapa [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Dae Hee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yong In [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Jeong Won [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Sang-Hyeok [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Tuan Dung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young-Min [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ki Kang [VerfasserIn]
Duong, Dinh Loc [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seong-Gon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Young Hee [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2D diluted magnetic semiconductors
Escalation of magnetic moment
Ferromagnetism modulation
Journal Article
Vacancy engineering
Vacancy-dopant pairing

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Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/adma.202106551

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NLM334984971