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TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETS

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Nature Materials volume 17, pages 391–392 (2018)Cite this article

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Voltage control of recently discovered two-dimensional magnets has been demonstrated, highlighting their potential for low-power data storage.

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Fig. 1: Electrical control of magnetism in a 2D magnet.

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