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Probing magnetism in 2D materials at the nanoscale with single-spin microscopy

Thiel, L.
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Wang, Z.
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Tschudin, M. A.
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June 7, 2019
Science

The discovery of ferromagnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals has generated widespread interest. Making further progress in this area requires quantitative knowledge of the magnetic properties of vdW magnets at the nanoscale. We used scanning single-spin magnetometry based on diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers to image the magnetization, localized defects, and magnetic domains of atomically thin crystals of the vdW magnet chromium(III) iodide (CrI3). We determined themagnetization of CrI3 monolayers to be approximate to 16 Bohr magnetons per square nanometer, with comparable values in samples with odd numbers of layers; however, the magnetization vanishes when the number of layers is even. We also found that structural modifications can induce switching between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interlayer ordering. These results demonstrate the benefit of using single-spin scanning magnetometry to study the magnetism of 2D vdW magnets.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.aav6926
Web of Science ID

WOS:000471079600003

Author(s)
Thiel, L.
Wang, Z.
Tschudin, M. A.
Rohner, D.
Gutierrez-Lezama, I.
Ubrig, N.
Gibertini, M.  
Giannini, E.
Morpurgo, A. F.
Maletinsky, P.
Date Issued

2019-06-07

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

364

Issue

6444

Start page

973

End page

976

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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ferromagnetism

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resonance

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crystal

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REVIEWED

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