Room temperature ferromagnetic ordering from bound magnetic polarons in rare-earth-doped ultrathin MoS<sub>2</sub> nanosheets

Room temperature ferromagnetic ordering from bound magnetic polarons in rare-earth-doped ultrathin MoS<sub>2</sub> nanosheets

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

10.1039/D5TC01225B

https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tc01225b

Eng Tuan Poh, Rajasree Das, Manikandan Marimuthu, Zheng Zhang, Ramanathan Mahendiran, Chorng Haur Sow

General Materials Science

04 July 2025

Poh, E. T., Das, R., Marimuthu, M., Zhang, Z., Mahendiran, R., & Sow, C. H. (2025). Room temperature ferromagnetic ordering from bound magnetic polarons in rare-earth-doped ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tc01225b

Rare-earth (Tb3+, Re3+ and Eu3+)-doped MoS2 nanosheets were synthesized and assessed as dilute magnetic semiconductors. Their room temperature ferromagnetic properties were ascribed to bound magnetic polarons with a TC of >300 K.

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