Short-Range Crystalline Order-Tuned Conductivity in Cr<sub>2</sub>Si<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>6</sub> van der Waals Magnetic Crystals
Yu Liu, Resta A. Susilo, Yongbin Lee, Milinda Abeykoon, Xiao Tong, Zhixiang Hu, Eli Stavitski, Klaus Attenkofer, Liqin Ke, Bin Chen, C. Petrović
Abstract
, on the length scale below 0.6 nm, induces a substantially reduced band gap and robust semiconducting behavior down to 2 K that turns to metallic above 10 GPa. Our results will be helpful in designing conducting states in 2DMMs and call for spin-resolved measurement of the electronic structure in exfoliated ultrathin crystals.
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Condensed matter physicsSpintronicsMaterials sciencevan der Waals forceSpinsBand gapCrystal (programming language)Spin (aerodynamics)ConductivityCrystal structureOptoelectronicsCrystallographyFerromagnetismPhysicsChemistryComputer scienceProgramming languageQuantum mechanicsMoleculeThermodynamics2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase MaterialsGraphene research and applications