Magnetism in semiconducting molybdenum dichalcogenides

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat3672
• Publication Date: 2018-12-22T00:17:05Z
• Authors: Z. Guguchia; A. Kerelsky; D. Edelberg; S. Banerjee; F. von Rohr; D. Scullion; M. Augustin; M. Scully; D. A. Rhodes; Z. Shermadini; H. Luetkens; A. Shengelaya; C. Baines; E. Morenzoni; A. Amato; J. C. Hone; R. Khasanov; S. J. L. Billinge; E. Santos; A. N. Pasupathy; Y. J. Uemura
• Keywords: 10120 Department of Chemistry; 1000 Multidisciplinary; Condensed Matter - Materials Science; Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); FOS: Physical sciences; 540; 530; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000; name=General; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences; Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter; name=General; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000; 540 Chemistry; Research Articles; Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)

Our experiments unambiguously establish 2H-MoTe 2 and 2H-MoSe 2 as magnetic, moderate bandgap semiconductors.