Chemical Exfoliation toward Magnetic 2D VOCl Monolayers

Graciela Villalpando, Austin M. Ferrenti, Ratnadwip Singha, Xiaoyu Song, Guangming Cheng, Nan Yao, Leslie M. Schoop

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Abstract

The diversification of magnetic two-dimensional (2D) materials holds the key to the further development of advanced technologies, such as spintronic devices and efficient data storage. However, the search for intrinsic magnetism down to the 2D limit is severely limited by the ability to reliably exfoliate large, air-stable nanosheets. Chemical exfoliation, a relatively underutilized method for delamination, offers many advantages, including a high degree of adaptability and higher yields of uniformly exfoliated materials. van der Waals (vdW) materials, in particular the family of transition-metal oxyhalides, are ideal candidates for chemical exfoliation due to their large interlayer spacing and the wide variety of interesting magnetic properties they exhibit. In this study, we employ a chemical exfoliation method to delaminate the layered antiferromagnet vanadium oxychloride (VOCl) down to the monolayer limit. The resulting nansoheets have lateral sizes of up to 20 μm, are air-stable, and can be easily isolated. Magnetic characterization was performed throughout the exfoliation process, tracking the changes in magnetic behavior among bulk VOCl, its lithiated intercalate, and the restacked nanosheet pellet. The results from this work demonstrate the potential of chemical exfoliation, along with illustrating the effects of low dimensionality on magnetic properties.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13814-13820
Number of pages7
JournalACS Nano
Volume16
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 27 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

  • antiferromagnetism
  • chemical exfoliation
  • lithium intercalation
  • monolayer vanadium oxychloride
  • two-dimensional materials

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