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Disordered exchange is biased

The magnetic properties of intercalated metal dichalcogenides are dramatically affected by small crystal imperfections, potentially providing design principles and materials for spintronic devices.

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Fig. 1: Exchange-bias field in an antiferromagnet/ferromagnet bilayer and FexNbS2.

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Lee, M. Disordered exchange is biased. Nat. Phys. 17, 434–435 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01127-6

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