Electric-field switching of interlayer magnetic order in a van der waals heterobilayer via spin-electric potential.

Chengxi Huang, Jinzhe Han, Jing Wang, Jintao Jiang, Ziyang Qu, Fang Wu, Ang Li, Yi Wan, Kaiyou Wang, Erjun Kan

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Chengxi HuangMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1491-3954

Jinzhe HanMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-3211

Jing WangMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.

Jintao JiangMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.

Ziyang QuMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.

Fang WuCollege of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China.

Ang LiMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9679-0534

Yi WanMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China.

Kaiyou WangState Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China. kywang@semi.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-7575

Erjun KanMIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, P. R. China. ekan@njust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0433-4190

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) T2125004

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Abstract

Electric-field control of magnetic order is of significant physical interest and holds great potential for spintronic applications. However, it has rarely been reported in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets, primarily due to the inherently weak coupling between spin order and electric fields. Here we propose a general spin-electric potential mechanism that significantly enhances the magnetoelectric coupling. The spin-electric potential refers to the spin-order-dependent electric dipole potential energy originating from the polar spin interactions in asymmetric magnetic systems. Due to the additional spin-electric potential, the relative stability of different interlayer spin orders in a vdW heterobilayer can be significantly manipulated by external electric fields. Based on this mechanism, we design a series of 2D vdW all-magnetic heterobilayers, such as CrI

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PMID41285801

DOI10.1038/s41467-025-65371-1

PMCPMC12644534

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