Spin-Chirality-Driven Multiferroicity in van der Waals Monolayers.

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-SPIN), Unità di Ricerca presso Terzo di Chieti, c/o Università G. D'Annunzio, I-66100 Chieti, Italy.

Published: February 2024


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Driven by the expected contribution of two-dimensional multiferroic systems with strong magnetoelectric coupling to the development of multifunctional nanodevices, here we propose, by means of first-principles calculations, vanadium-halide monolayers as a new class of spin-chirality-driven van der Waals multiferroics. The frustrated 120-deg magnetic structure in the triangular lattice induces a ferroelectric polarization perpendicular to the spin-spiral plane, whose sign is switched by a spin-chirality change. It follows that, in the presence of an applied electric field perpendicular to the monolayers, one magnetic chirality can be stabilized over the other, thereby allowing the long-sought electrical control of spin textures. Moreover, we demonstrate the remarkable role of spin-lattice coupling on magnetoelectricity, which adds to the expected contribution of spin-orbit interaction determined by an anion. Indeed, such compounds exhibit sizeable spin-driven structural distortions, thereby promoting the investigation of multifunctional spin-electric-lattice couplings.

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