Atomically Thin Transition-Metal Dinitrides: High-Temperature Ferromagnetism and Half-Metallicity

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8277-8281

  Wu, Fang ^a,b   Huang, Chengxi ^b   Wu, Haiping ^b   Lee, Changhoon ^c   Deng, Kaiming ^b   Kan, Erjun ^b   Jena, Puru ^d  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ferromagnetism; first principles calculations; half metal; transition metal dinitrides; two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; METALS; MONOLAYERS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HALF METALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM; SPINTRONICS APPLICATION; SPINTRONICS DEVICE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84949643035     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03835     Document Type: Article

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