Administration of EMP-related Publications
year | 2022 |
author(s) | A. Ghosh, D. Singh, T. Aramaki, Q. Mu, V. Borisov, Y. Kvashnin, G. Haider, M. Jonak, D. Chareev, S.A. Medvedev, R. Klingeler, M. Mito, E.H. Abdul-Hafidh, J. Vejpravova, M. Kalbàc, R. Ahuja, O. Eriksson, M. Abdel-Hafiez |
title | Exotic magnetic and electronic properties of layered CrI3 single crystals under high pressure |
document type | Paper |
Keywords | 2D quantum materials |
source | Phys Rev B 105, L081104 (2022) |
doi | 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.L081104 |
arxiv | https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00173 |
EMP/Horizon2020 | This publication does not include a EMP/Horizon2020 acknowledgement. |
abstract | Through advanced experimental techniques on CrI3 single crystals, we derive a pressure-temperature phase diagram. We find that Tc increases to ∼66 K with pressure up to ∼3 GPa followed by a decrease to ∼10 K at 21.2 GPa. The experimental results are reproduced by theoretical calculations based on density functional theory where electron-electron interactions are treated by a static on-site Hubbard U on Cr 3d orbitals. The origin of the pressure-induced reduction of the ordering temperature is associated with a decrease in the calculated bond angle, from 95∘ at ambient pressure to ∼85∘ at 25 GPa. Above 22 GPa, experiment and theory jointly point to the idea that the ferromagnetically ordered state is destroyed, giving rise first to a complex, unknown magnetic configuration, and at sufficiently high pressures a pure antiferromagnetic configuration. This sequence of transitions in the magnetism is accompanied by a well-detected pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal phase transition that is revealed by both high-pressure resistivity measurements and ab initio theory. |