Semiconducting triferroic multiferroics in van der Waals bilayer lattice
Triferroic multiferroicity, with ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism, and ferroelasticity coexisting in a single phase, is an intriguing phenomenon with promising device applications. Despite their great fundamental and technological importance, triferroic multiferroics remain substantially unexplored---especially those of semiconducting character. This computational study predicts semiconducting triferroic multiferroicity in the layered van der Waals material ${T}^{\ensuremath{'}}$-TiBr${}_{2}$, with ferroelastic control of magnetization orientation and ferroelectric control of the absolute values of spin-polarization-density distributions, which is quite exciting.
Authors
- Guang‐Ping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-4146)
- Qian Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4342-6974)
- Baibiao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-944X)
- Yandong Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1572-7766)
- Shuyan Chai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2455-6678)
- Ying Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-6874)
- Ting Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-4940)
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- Shandong Normal University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Applied
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.024052
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.47
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China