Non-collinear spin textures in a lateral heterostructure of nickel-dihalide monolayers


Ozdemir I., Seyedmohammadzadeh M., YÜKSEL Y., Aktürk O. Ü., AKINCI Ü., Tongay S. A., ...Daha Fazla

Applied Physics Reviews, cilt.12, sa.3, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1063/5.0261022
  • Dergi Adı: Applied Physics Reviews
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a periodic lateral heterostructure of Ni-dihalide monolayers, using ab initio density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo simulations. The heterostructure is constructed by periodically alternating NiBr 2 and NiCl 2 monolayer ribbons, stitched commensurately along their armchair edges, and exhibiting asymmetric lattice distortions at interfaces due to the differing atomic radii of bromine and chlorine. Electronic band structure calculations reveal an indirect bandgap of 4.15 eV. The magnetic exchange interaction tensor was calculated by DFT-based four-state energy mapping on Heisenberg Hamiltonian, and was subsequently employed in Monte Carlo simulations, revealing distinctly novel spin configurations across the heterostructure, transitioning from spin-spiral and vortex states in the absence of a magnetic field, to skyrmion and anti-skyrmion phases with an external magnetic field applied.