BIO

Hello everyone! My name is Jaime A. Garcia-Oliver, I'm from Miami, Florida and I am a student majoring in Biochemistry on a pre-medical track at Florida State University. During my time with the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, I worked alongside Dr. Michael Shatruk and Govind Sasi Kumar on their project of Hybrid Materials Based on 2D Materials and Molecular Magnets.

Investigation of the Structure and Properties of NbFeTe2 – A Layered Precursor to 2D Materials

Abstract

Magnetic 2D materials have strong potential for applications in next-generation spintronics and integrated circuits. Layered chalcogenides of niobium and tantalum have been well studied due to their exotic applications in superconductivity, anisotropic electrical conductivity, charge density waves, etc. In the present work, we focus on the ternary tellurides of niobium and tantalum with 3d transition metals. We investigate different aspects of these compounds, including their structure, magnetism, intercalation chemistry, and the influence of dimensionality on their electronic and magnetic properties. In this contribution, I demonstrate the synthesis of NbCoTe2, NbFeTe2, and NbCo0.6Fe0.4Te2, their crystal structures, and physical properties, as well as the influence of substitutions of other transition metals on the magnetic behavior of these materials.

Keywords: 2D Materials, Magnetism