Surface magnetization in antiferromagnets: Classification, example materials, and relation to magnetoelectric responses

SF Weber, A Urru, S Bhowal, C Ederer, NA Spaldin - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
We use symmetry analysis and density-functional theory to determine and characterize
surface terminations that have a finite equilibrium magnetization density in antiferromagnetic …

Toward fully multiferroic van der waals spinfets: Basic design and quantum calculations

M Castro, G Saéz, P Vergara Apaz, S Allende… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Manipulating spin transport enhances the functionality of electronic devices, allowing them
to surpass physical constraints related to speed and power. For this reason, the use of van …

Nonrelativistic ferromagnetotriakontadipolar order and spin splitting in hematite

XH Verbeek, D Voderholzer, S Schären… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
We show that hematite, α-Fe 2 O 3, below its Morin transition, has a ferroic ordering of rank-5
magnetic triakontadipoles on the Fe ions. In the absence of spin-orbit coupling, these are the …

Model for nonrelativistic topological multiferroic matter

G Saez, MA Castro, S Allende, AS Nunez - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We provide a model capable of accounting for the multiferroicity in certain materials. The
model's base is on free electrons and spin moments coupled within nonrelativistic quantum …

Emerging topological multiferroics from the 2D Rice-Mele model

P Vergara, G Sáez, M Castro, S Allende… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2024 - nature.com
We introduce a two-dimensional dimerized lattice model that reveals a remarkable feature:
the emergence of a complex, non-trivial topological multiferroic phase marked by zero Berry …

Large dynamical magnetic effective charges and antimagnetoelectricity from spin and orbital origin in multiferroic

M Braun, B Guster, A Urru, H Kabbour, E Bousquet - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Using first-principles calculations, we explore the magnetoelectric properties of the room-
temperature multiferroic crystal BiCoO 3. We use both applied magnetic field and finite …

Case for Bragg diffraction by a noncollinear -symmetric antiferromagnet

SW Lovesey, G van der Laan - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Antiferromagnetic compounds chromium sesquioxide (C r 2 O 3) and dioxomolybdenum
selenite present linear magnetoelectric effects. Anti-inversion symmetry in the corresponding …

Modulation of magnetic and multiferroic properties by chemical substitution in

A Tiwari, DC Kakarla, CE Lu, GD Dwivedi, S P. C… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The magnetic field (H)-induced second magnetic ordering and exotic multiferroic behavior in
the L-type ferrimagnet (L-FiM) Fe 2 (Mo O 4) 3, as reported elsewhere [Tiwari, Phys. Rev …

Large dynamical magnetic effective charges in the Jahn-Teller KCoF

B Guster, M Braun, E Bousquet - arxiv preprint arxiv:2411.00974, 2024 - arxiv.org
We compute from density functional theory calculations the dynamical magnetic effective
charges of the Jahn-Teller ground state of KCoF $ _3 $ and we unexpectedly obtain the …

Local Magnetoelectric Effects as a Predictor of Surface Magnetic Order

SF Weber, A Urru, NA Spaldin - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.06625, 2024 - arxiv.org
We use symmetry analysis and density functional theory to show that changes in magnetic
order at a surface with respect to magnetic order in the bulk can be generically determined …