Breaking through the Mermin-Wagner limit in 2D van der Waals magnets

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Title: Breaking through the Mermin-Wagner limit in 2D van der Waals magnets
Authors: Sarah Jenkins, Levente Rózsa, Unai Atxitia, Richard F. L. Evans, Kostya S. Novoselov, Elton J. G. Santos
Source: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Science
More Details: The recent discovery of magnetism in van der Waals materials down to the monolayer seemed to challenge a long-established theoretical result, the Mermin-Wagner theorem, which states that long-range magnetic order does not exist in two dimensions with short-range interactions. Here, using state of the art computational methods, the authors show that for sample sizes usually used in experiments, the exchange interactions at the finite size is enough to stabilize magnetic order without any magnetic anisotropy.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2041-1723
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34389-0
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a632f68971ee4e24883eeba470337365
Accession Number: edsdoj.632f68971ee4e24883eeba470337365
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20411723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-34389-0
Published in:Nature Communications
Language:English