Switchable Anomalous Hall Effects in Polar-Stacked 2D Antiferromagnet MnBi2Te4

被引:32
作者
Cao, Tengfei [1 ,2 ]
Shao, Ding-Fu [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Huang, Kai [1 ,2 ]
Gurung, Gautam [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nebraska, Dept Phys & Astron, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
[2] Univ Nebraska, Nebraska Ctr Mat & Nanosci, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
[3] Univ Oxford, Trinity Coll, Oxford OX1 3BH, England
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Mat Phys, Inst Solid State Phys, HFIPS, Hefei 230031, Peoples R China
关键词
two-dimensional material; layer stacking; anomalous Hall effect; antiferromagnetic; Chern insulator; FERROELECTRICITY; INSULATOR; BILAYER;
D O I
10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00047
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
van der Waals (vdW) assembly of two-dimensional (2D) materials allows polar layer stacking to realize novel properties switchable by the induced electric polarization. Here, based on symmetry analyses and density-functional calculations, we explore the emergence of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4 films assembled by polar layer stacking. We demonstrate that breaking PT symmetry in an MnBi2Te4 bilayer produces a magnetoelectric effect and a spontaneous AHE switchable by electric polarization. We find that reversible polarization at one of the interfaces in a three-layer MnBi2Te4 film drives a metal-insulator transition, as well as switching between the AHE and quantum AHE (QAHE). Finally, we predict that engineering interlayer polarization in a three-layer MnBi2Te4 film allows converting MnBi2Te4 from a trivial insulator to a Chern insulator. Overall, our work emphasizes the topological properties in 2D vdW antiferromagnets induced by polar layer stacking, which do not exist in a bulk material.
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页码:3781 / 3787
页数:7
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