Viewpoint: Opportunities and challenges of two-dimensional magnetic van der Waals materials: magnetic graphene?

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential and challenges of two-dimensional magnetic van der Waals materials, highlighting the opportunities for future research in this emerging class of materials.

Contribution

It emphasizes the importance of exploring magnetic van der Waals materials, which have been largely neglected, and discusses their potential benefits and challenges.

Findings

Magnetic van der Waals materials are underexplored.

Potential applications in spintronics and quantum devices.

Need for further research to overcome current challenges.

Abstract

There has been a huge increase of interests in two-dimensional van der Waals materials over the past ten years or so with the conspicuous absence of one particular class of materials: magnetic van der Waals systems. In this Viewpoint, we point it out and illustrate how we might be able to benefit from exploring these so-far neglected materials.