Designing Two-Dimensional Versatile Room-Temperature Ferromagnets via Assembling Large-Scale Magnetic Quantum Dots.

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnets possess astonishing potential in new-concept spintronics. However, most of the reported intrinsic 2D ferromagnets show a low Curie temperature far below room temperature. Here, we propose a series of 2D magnetic covalent and metal organic frameworks (COFs/MOFs) by assembling triangular zigzag graphene quantum dots (TZGDs) with various linkages, involving small-sized TZGDs, nonmetal atoms, magnetic metal atoms, and molecules. Upon first-principles calculations, we demonstrate 2D magnetic semiconductors with an enhanced Curie temperature of up to 472 K can be realized through the strong p(d)-p direct exchange interaction between TZGDs and linkages. Particularly, the TZGD size hardly affects the Curie temperature, whereas linkages can modulate the Curie temperature significantly. The TZGD size and linkages can regulate the electronic and magnetic properties of TZGD-based 2D ferromagnets. Our results confirm the possibility of designing 2D ferromagnets based on TZGDs and motivate the research of 2D ferromagnets on magnetic quantum dots and molecular magnets.