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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Solid-State Chemistry

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  • Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are crucial 2D materials for fundamental physics and emerging technologies like spintronics.
  • Understanding magnetism in semiconducting TMDs is key to unlocking novel electronic functionalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the presence and nature of magnetic order in bulk semiconducting TMDs, specifically 2H-MoTe2 and 2H-MoSe2.
  • To identify the mechanisms promoting magnetism and the types of defects involved in these materials.
  • To explore the influence of external factors, such as hydrostatic pressure, on the observed magnetic properties.

Main Methods:

  • Muon spin rotation (μSR) to detect magnetic order and internal magnetic fields.
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to characterize crystal defects at the atomic level.
  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations to understand defect-induced magnetism and magnetic moments.

Main Results:

  • Discovery of long-range magnetic order below 40 K in 2H-MoTe2 and 100 K in 2H-MoSe2.
  • Identification of metal vacancies and chalcogen-metal antisites as the primary defects promoting magnetism.
  • DFT calculations confirmed magnetic moments for antisite defects (0.9–2.8 μB).
  • Observed high sensitivity of magnetic order to hydrostatic pressure in both materials.

Conclusions:

  • 2H-MoTe2 and 2H-MoSe2 represent a new class of magnetic semiconductors.
  • Defect engineering in TMDs is a viable strategy for achieving controllable magnetism.
  • These findings pave the way for exploring the interplay of 2D physics and magnetism in novel semiconductor systems.