Affiliation:
1. Department of Applied Physics and Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics (NUAA) MIIT Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 211106 China
2. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201204 China
3. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application School of Mathematics and Physics Suzhou University of Science and Technology Suzhou 215009 China
4. High Magnetic Field Laboratory Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei 230031 China
Abstract
The 2D chromium telluride family (CrxTey) is an outstanding candidate for creating high‐density and dissipationless nanodevices because of its high Curie temperature, chiral spin patterns, and large saturation magnetic moment. However, the precise magnetic exchange mechanism and crucial phase transitional property of CrxTey must be fully analyzed. Herein, a large‐area CrTe (x:y = 1:1) single‐crystalline films deposited on an Al2O3 substrate. Based on the analysis of critical isothermal magnetization around the Curie temperature TC = 201 K and the modified Arrott plot, the precise critical exponents β = 0.386(3) and γ = 1.391(2) are obtained. Both their reliability and accuracy are also verified by Kouvel–Fisher theory, Widom scaling law, and scaling equation. Moreover, using the renormalization group theory, it is confirmed that CrTe belongs to a quasi‐2D Heisenberg‐like behavior with long‐range interactions. Finally, the density functional theory calculations indicate that, near the Fermi level, the CrTe band structure is mainly composed of Cr atom. The spin‐polarized density of states shows that the total magnetic moments are determined mainly by the polarized spin‐up t2g electron of Cr atom. This work is an important asset for a series of CrxTey materials in future spintronic applications.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science