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Predicted Magnetic Properties of MXenes

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2D Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes)

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Recent success in observing long-range magnetic ordering in two-dimensional (2D) materials has fueled interest in identifying promising material platforms for fundamental investigations of magnetic phases and development of nanoscale magnetic devices. Here, we review theoretical progress on understanding and predicting magnetic properties of MXenes. Predictions of intrinsic ground state ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic ordering, high predicted Curie temperatures, strong magnetic anisotropy, and robustness to oxygen and moisture suggest that MXenes are an ideal family of 2D materials for spintronics and quantum information applications. Moreover, magnetic MXenes are predicted to exhibit semi-metallic, semi-conducting, metallic, and half-metallic transport properties. The magnetic and transport properties are tunable via applied strain, doping, and defect engineering. Exciting challenges and opportunities remain in investigating heterostructures of magnetic MXenes and other 2D materials to realize novel device architectures and magnetic control of quantum phenomena.

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    Nathan C. Frey, Christopher C. Price, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Hemant Kumar & Vivek B. Shenoy

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Frey, N.C., Price, C.C., Bandyopadhyay, A., Kumar, H., Shenoy, V.B. (2019). Predicted Magnetic Properties of MXenes. In: Anasori, B., Gogotsi, Y. (eds) 2D Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19026-2_15

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