Low-Temperature Electron Spin Resonance Study of MnPS<sub>3</sub> Antiferromagnetic Single Crystal
van der Waals MnPS<sub>3</sub> compound belonging to the class of Néel-type antiferromagnets (AFM) has recently emerged as a promising two-dimensional material for spintronic applications. In this study, we report on the electron spin resonance (ESR) study of an MnPS<sub>3</sub> single crystal across the Néel transition temperature (<i>T</i> <sub>N</sub> = 78 K) for the magnetic field applied in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the crystallographic <i>c</i> axis. Furthermore, the ESR angular dependence at a temperature near <i>T</i> <sub>N</sub> has been investigated. We observed multiple resonance modes with antiferromagnetic, ferromagnetic, and paramagnetic characters. In addition, we revealed the occurrence of complex spin-spin correlations and a magnetic-topological Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase transition (i.e., bound vortex-antivortex pairs) at <i>T</i> <sub>BKT</sub> with <i>T</i> <sub>BKT</sub>/<i>T</i> <sub>N</sub> typically found in two-dimensional magnets.
Authors
- Fabrizio Moro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-0479)
- Jan Plutnar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5580-3084)
- Bing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9030-5851)
- Iva Plutnarová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6766-0615)
- Zdeněk Sofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-4448)
Institutions
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- Published
- 2024-10-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c06156
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.12