Emergence of Ferrimagnetism in Li-intercalated NiPS₃

Authors

Rabindra Basnet, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Dawn Ford, University of Virginia
Kaylee TenBarge, Butler University
Joshua Lochala, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jin Hu, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2022

Keywords

mu; gamma; beta; μ; γ; β

Abstract

Intercalation has become a powerful approach to tune the intrinsic properties and introduce novel phenomena in layered materials. Intercalating van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials is a promising route to engineer the low-dimensional magnetism. Recently, metal thiophosphates, MPX₃, has been widely studied because their magnetic orders are highly tunable and persist down to the two-dimensional limit. In this work, we used electrochemical technique to intercalate Li into NiPS₃ single crystals and found the emergence of ferrimagnetism at low temperature in Li-intercalated NiPS₃. Such tuning of magnetic properties highlights the effectiveness of intercalation, providing a novel strategy to manipulate the magnetism in vdW magnets.

Citation

Basnet, R., Ford, D., TenBarge, K., Lochala, J., & Hu, J. (2022). Emergence of Ferrimagnetism in Li-intercalated NiPS₃. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 34 (43), 434002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac8a81

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