二维无机功能材料

简要介绍了一种通过层状结构材料剥离成单分子层的无机二维功能材料。     

Spintronics in antiferromagnets

Magnetic domains and the walls between are the subject of great interest because of the role they play in determining the electrical properties of ferromagnetic materials and as a means of manipulating electron spin in spintronic devices. However, much less attention has been paid to these effects in antiferromagnets, primarily because there is less awareness of their existence in antiferromagnets, and in addition they are hard to probe since they exhibit no net magnetic moment. In this paper, we discuss the electrical properties of chromium, which is the only elemental antiferromagnet and how they depend on the subtle arrangement of the antiferromagnetically ordered spins. X-ray measurement of the modulation wavevector Q of the incommensurate antiferromagnetic spin-density wave shows thermal hysteresis, with the corresponding wavelength being larger during cooling than during warming. The thermal hysteresis in the Q vector is accompanied with a thermal hysteresis in both the longitudinal and Hall resistivity. During cooling, we measure a larger longitudinal and Hall resistivity compared with when warming, which indicates that a larger wavelength at a given temperature corresponds to a smaller carrier density or equivalently a larger antiferromagnetic ordering parameter compared to a smaller wavelength. This shows that the arrangement of the antiferromagnetic spins directly influences the transport properties. In thin films, the sign of the thermal hysteresis for Q is the same as in thick films, but a distinct aspect is that Q is quantized.     

Recent Progress of Two-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials

Thermoelectric generators have attracted a wide research interest owing to their ability to directly convert heat into electrical power.Moreover,the thermoelectric properties of traditional inorganic and organic materials have been significantly improved over the past few decades.Among these compounds,layered two-dimensional(2D)materials,such as graphene,black phosphorus,transition metal dichalcogenides,IVA–VIA compounds,and MXenes,have generated a large research attention as a group of potentially high-performance thermoelectric materials.Due to their unique electronic,mechanical,thermal,and optoelectronic properties,thermoelectric devices based on such materials can be applied in a variety of applications.Herein,a comprehensive review on the development of 2D materials for thermoelectric applications,as well as theoretical simulations and experimental preparation,is presented.In addition,nanodevice and new applications of 2D thermoelectric materials are also introduced.At last,current challenges are discussed and several prospects in this field are proposed.     

二维磁性材料与自旋系统研究进展

自旋系统是一类基于电子自旋工作的器件,具有高速、低功耗等优点,其中磁存储器被认为是下一代存储器的领跑者之一。二维材料有着天然的界面性能优势,接近微缩极限的尺寸特点,以及二维结构带来的物理特性,在自旋系统中有望得到广泛运用。本文概述了二维材料在自旋领域的最新研究进展,介绍了一些常见的二维磁性材料,讨论了基于二维材料的二维自旋器件,以及回顾了基于二维材料的磁性调控,最后总结了这一领域仍然面临的挑战,并对未来发展进行了展望。     

Degradable Photothermal Conversion Materials Based on Two-Dimensional Black Phosphorus

正Nanomaterials with strong near-infrared absorption and high photothermal conversion ability have shown great application potential in many areas including cancer treatment.However,the current photothermal conversion nanomaterials generally have poor biodegradability and would stay in the     

Intrinsic Van Der Waals Magnetic Materials from Bulk to the 2D Limit: New Frontiers of Spintronics

2D van der Waals (vdW) magnets, which present intrinsic ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic ground states at finite temperatures down to atomic‐layer thicknesses, open a new horizon in materials science and enable the potential development of new spin‐related applications. The layered structure of vdW magnets facilitates their atomic‐layer cleavability and magnetic anisotropy, which counteracts spin fluctuations, thereby providing an ideal platform for theoretically and experimentally exploring magnetic phase transitions in the 2D limit. With reduced dimensions, the susceptibility of 2D magnets to a large variety of external stimuli also makes them more promising than their bulk counterpart in various device applications. Here, the current status of characterization and tuning of the magnetic properties of 2D vdW magnets, particularly the atomic‐layer thickness, is presented. Various state‐of‐the‐art optical and electrical techniques have been applied to reveal the magnetic states of 2D vdW magnets. Other emerging 2D vdW magnets and future perspectives on the stacking strategy are also given; it is believed that they will excite more intensive research and provide unprecedented opportunities in the field of spintronics.     

半导体自旋电子学的研究与应用进展

简单介绍了半导体自旋电子学的研究对象和内容,主要包括磁性半导体、磁性/半导体复合结构、非磁性半导体量子阱和纳米结构中的自旋现象,以及半导体的自旋注入等.综述了半导体自旋电子学目前的研究进展及其在自旋电子器件和量子信息处理中的应用.