B 5 N 5 monolayer: a room-temperature light element antiferromagnetic insulator

We demonstrate theoretically that an intrinsic antiferromagnetic phase exists in monolayer materials consisting of non-magnetic light atoms, and propose that B N with a decorated bounce lattice is a thermodynamically stable two-dimensional antiferromagnetic insulator by performing state-of-the-art d...

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Published in:Nanoscale advances 2020-10, Vol.2 (10), p.4421-4426
Main Authors: Zhang, Dong, Xiong, Qihua, Chang, Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We demonstrate theoretically that an intrinsic antiferromagnetic phase exists in monolayer materials consisting of non-magnetic light atoms, and propose that B N with a decorated bounce lattice is a thermodynamically stable two-dimensional antiferromagnetic insulator by performing state-of-the-art density functional theory calculations. The antiferromagnetic phase originates from spontaneous symmetry breaking at the nearly flat bands in the vicinity of the Fermi energy. The flat bands are formed by purely s-p orbitals and are spin degenerate. A perpendicular electric field can remove the spin degeneracy and a prototype controllable dual spin filter with 100% spin polarization is proposed. Our proposal offers a possible two-dimensional atomically thick antiferromagnetic insulator.
ISSN:2516-0230
2516-0230
DOI:10.1039/d0na00270d