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Hole-doping of GaX, InX (X = S or Se) and SnO monolayers is predicted to induce a stable ferromagnetic order in these two-dimensional materials, making them potentially interesting for nanoscaled spintronic devices. Ferromagnetism in these materials arises from their peculiar Mexican-hat valence band edge structure, which leads to a Stoner instability. We discuss here the results from first-principles simulations on the p-type doping-induced ferromagnetism in these 2D materials. Hole-doping, induced by intrinsic and extrinsic point defects, is considered. Metal vacancies are found to produce shallow spin-polarized gap states near the valence band edge, leading to a p-type behavior. Among the investigated potential extrinsic defects (dopants), As substitution of the oxygen atoms in SnO or Bi substitution of the selenium atoms in InSe appears to be good candidates for the hole-doping of these 2D materials.
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Part of this work has been financially supported by the KU Leuven Research Funds, project C14/17/080. Part of the computational resources and services used in this work have been provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and the Flemish Government – department EWI. Fruitful discussions with Prof. Lino Pereira and Prof. Jean-Pierre Locquet are gratefully acknowledged.
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Houssa, M., Meng, R., Iordanidou, K. et al. Doping-induced ferromagnetism in InSe and SnO monolayers. J Comput Electron 20, 88–94 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-020-01535-0
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