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Although many emerging new phenomena have been unraveled in two dimensional (2D) materials with long-range spin orderings, the usually low critical temperature in van der Waals (vdW) magnetic material has thus far hindered the related practical applications. Here, we show that ferromagnetism can hold above 300 K in a metallic phase of 1T-CrTe2 down to the ultra-thin limit. It thus makes CrTe2 so far the only known exfoliated ultra-thin vdW magnets with intrinsic long-range magnetic ordering above room temperature. An in-plane room-temperature negative anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) was obtained in ultra-thin CrTe2 devices, with a sign change in the AMR at lower temperature, with −0.6% and +5% at 300 and 10 K, respectively. Our findings provide insights into magnetism in ultra-thin CrTe2, expanding the vdW crystals toolbox for future room-temperature spintronic applications.
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This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2019YFA0307800, 2017YFA0206302, and 2017YFA0206200) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 11974357, U1932151, and 51627801). G. Y. and X. H. thank the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 11874409). This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 61574060, and 8206300210). T. Y. acknowledges supports from the Major Program of Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Foundation NSFC and CASC, China (No. U1537204). Z. H. acknowledges the support from the Program of State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices (No. KF201816). The authors appreciate the help of Dr. Binbin Jiang in obtaining the HAADF-STEM images.
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Sun, X., Li, W., Wang, X. et al. Room temperature ferromagnetism in ultra-thin van der Waals crystals of 1T-CrTe2. Nano Res. 13, 3358–3363 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3021-4
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