Magnetism of Ta dichalcogenide monolayers tuned by strain and hydrogenation

Priyanka Manchanda, Vinit Sharma, Hongbin Yu, D. J. Sellmyer, Ralph Skomski
2015 Applied Physics Letters  
The effects of strain and hydrogenation on the electronic and magnetic properties of monolayers of Ta based dichalcogenides (TaX2; X = S, Se, Te) are investigated using density-functional theo-ry. We predict a complex scenario of strain-dependent magnetic phase transitions involving par-amagnetic, ferromagnetic, and modulated antiferromagnetic states. Covering one of the two chalcogenide surfaces with hydrogen switches the antiferromagnetic/nonmagnetic TaX2 mono-layers to a semiconductor. Our
more » ... search opens new pathways towards the manipulation of mag-netic properties for future optoelectronics and spintronics applications.
doi:10.1063/1.4927286 fatcat:3zrixiuqmbbfboyyv6gfw2ntqa