Also called MnPS₃, FePS₃, NiPS₃, metal thiophosphates
A family of antiferromagnetic insulators in which one crystal structure hosts three textbook types of magnet depending only on the metal: Ising-like (FePS3), Heisenberg-like (MnPS3) and XY-like (NiPS3). That makes them a natural laboratory for testing how magnetism changes when a crystal is thinned to a single layer – and they are more air-stable than most 2D magnets.
They are coordination polyhedra. Only complete ones are drawn.
Three layers of FePS3. Each layer slides by about a third of a against the one below, so c leans away from the layers (β = 107°): 6.47 Å between layers. Cell from Klingen, Eulenberger and Hahn, Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 401, 97 (1973); COD 1527654.
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Ideal for spin-model physics: the same lattice realises Ising, XY and Heisenberg limits, and exchange out to third neighbours is needed to reproduce zigzag (Fe, Ni) or Néel (Mn) order. DFT+U gives reasonable gaps; the NiPS3 exciton calls for many-body treatments including Hund’s coupling and charge-transfer physics beyond standard BSE.
Kerr signals vanish in antiferromagnets, so detect order via Raman (magnetic zone-folding modes appear below the Néel temperature in FePS3), linear dichroism, second-harmonic generation or magnetotransport in heterostructures. Thickness-dependent Raman is the workhorse for monolayer magnetism. The monoclinic stacking lets each layer sit in three equivalent directions, so crystals are often twinned by 120° rotations; rule this out before reading in-plane anisotropy into angle-dependent magnetisation data.
Research materials for antiferromagnetic spintronics. Good stability and wide gaps help, but electrical readout of antiferromagnetic order in devices remains the fundamental challenge.
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Placing atomically thin carbon layers in close proximity with other van der Waals materials can result in a wide range of emergent phenomena driven by multiple proximity effects, which can modify their low-energy band structure and/or shift the Fermi level away from charge neutrality. Here we show that charge transfer…
Layered van der Waals (vdW) magnetic semiconductors open a new avenue for exploring intertwined excitonic and magnetic phenomena. Here, we investigate this interplay in the vdW antiferromagnet MnPS3, uncovering an exceptionally long exciton lifetime ($∼100\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{μ}\m… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 136701]…
Multiferroics combining magnetic and polar orders offer opportunities for optical control of spin and electric degrees of freedom. Here, using symmetry analysis and Floquet theory, we establish Floquet spin-antiferroelectricity coexisting with unconventional magnetism in periodically driven collinear antiferromagnets…
Low-dimensional antiferromagnetic van der Waals materials have emerged as a versatile platform for exploring exotic spin dynamics and magnetic phases, yet electrically accessing these phenomena remains a major challenge because of their vanishing net magnetization and highly insulating nature. Here, we demonstrate that…
Multiferroic phases combining magnetic and polar orders offer opportunities for optical control of spin and electric degrees of freedom. Here, using symmetry analysis and Floquet theory, we establish a Floquet spin-antiferroelectric phase coexisting with unconventional magnetism in periodically driven collinear…
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