Exploring the electronic and magnetic properties of new metal halides from bulk to two-dimensional monolayer: RuX3 (X = Br, I)

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ERSAN F., VATANSEVER E., Sarikurt S., YÜKSEL Y., KADIOĞLU Y., Ozaydin H. D., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, cilt.476, ss.111-119, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 476
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.12.032
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.111-119
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Monolayer RuBr3 and RuI3, Magnetic properties, Density functional theory, Monte Carlo method, GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION, TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS, INTRINSIC FERROMAGNETISM, HALF-METALLICITY, KITAEV MODEL, CRYSTAL, TRANSITION, 1ST-PRINCIPLES, DIFFRACTION, ALPHA-RUCL3
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Theoretical and experimental studies present that metal halogens in MX3 forms can show very interesting electronic and magnetic properties in their bulk and monolayer phases. Many MX3 materials have layered structures in their bulk phases, while RuBr3 and RuI3 have one-dimensional chains in plane. In this paper, we show that these metal halogens can also form two-dimensional layered structures in the bulk phase similar to other metal halogens, and cleavage energy values confirm that the monolayers of RuX3 can be possible to be synthesized. We also find that monolayers of RuX3 prefer ferromagnetic spin orientation in the plane for Ru atoms. Their ferromagnetic ground state, however, changes to antiferromagnetic zigzag state after U is included. Calculations using PBE + U with SOC predict indirect band gap of 0.70 eV and 0.32 eV for the optimized structure of RuBr3 and RuI3, respectively. Calculation based on the Monte Carlo simulations reveal interesting magnetic properties of RuBr3, such as large Curie temperature against RuI3, both in bulk and monolayer cases. Moreover, as a result of varying exchange couplings between neighboring magnetic moments, magnetic properties of RuBr3 and RuI3 can undergo drastic changes from bulk to monolayer. We hope our findings can be useful to attempt to fabricate the bulk and monolayer of RuBr3 and RuI3.