Materials scientists aim to control the crystal structure of a solid—in a powerful approach to manipulate their fundamental properties. Researchers can achieve this control in van der Waals (vDW) materials by modifying the stacking order through rotation and translation between the vDW layers. In a recent study published in Science, Weijong Chen and a research team in the interdisciplinary departments of physics, advanced materials, nanoelectronics devices and quantum computing, and materials science and engineering in China and the U.S. observed stacking-dependent interlayer magnetism in the two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor chromium tribromide (CrBr3).
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Source: Phys.org