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Spin-Split Band Hybridization in Graphene Proximitized with alpha-RuCl3 Nanosheets

Mashhadi, Soudabeh
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Kim, Youngwook
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Kim, Jeongwoo
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July 1, 2019
Nano Letters

Proximity effects induced in the two-dimensional Dirac material graphene potentially open access to novel and intriguing physical phenomena. Thus far, the coupling between graphene and ferromagnetic insulators has been experimentally established. However, only very little is known about graphene's interaction with antiferromagnetic insulators. Here, we report a low-temperature study of the electronic properties of high quality van der Waals heterostructures composed of a single graphene layer proximitized with alpha-RuCl3. The latter is known to become antiferromagnetically ordered below 10 K. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the longitudinal resistance together with Hall resistance measurements provide clear evidence for a band realignment that is accompanied by a transfer of electrons originally occupying the graphene's spin degenerate Dirac cones into alpha-RuCl3 band states with in-plane spin polarization. Left behind are holes in two separate Fermi pockets, only the dispersion of one of which is distorted near the Fermi energy due to spin selective hybridization with these spin polarized alpha-RuCl3 band states. This interpretation is supported by our density functional theory calculations. An unexpected damping of the quantum oscillations as well as a zero-field resistance upturn close to the Neel temperature of alpha-RuCl3 suggest the onset of additional spin scattering due to spin fluctuations in the alpha-RuCl3.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01691
Web of Science ID

WOS:000475533900058

Author(s)
Mashhadi, Soudabeh
Kim, Youngwook
Kim, Jeongwoo
Weber, Daniel
Taniguchi, Takashi
Watanabe, Kenji
Park, Noejung
Lotsch, Bettina
Smet, Jurgen H.
Burghard, Marko  
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Date Issued

2019-07-01

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Nano Letters
Volume

19

Issue

7

Start page

4659

End page

4665

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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graphene

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alpha-rucl3

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van der waals heterostructure

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band hybridization

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proximity effect

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dirac fermions

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transition

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