Table 2 Coupling constants and Curie temperatures for CrS2 nanotubes and monolayer CrS2

From: Ferromagnetic semiconductor nanotubes with room Curie temperatures

Perimeter (CrS2 units)

Coupling constants (meV)

TC (K) estimated by

\(\frac{{T}_{{\rm{C}}}({J}_{1},{J}_{2},{J}_{3})}{{T}_{{\rm{C}}}({J}_{1})}\)

 

J1S2

J2S2

J3S2

J1

J1,J2,J3

 

12

− 16.96

− 6.75

4.92

208

230

111%

14

− 11.50

− 8.28

6.61

141

158

112%

16

− 16.89

− 7.78

6.38

207

222

107%

18

− 19.38

− 14.30

10.08

238

309

130%

20

− 14.08

− 11.26

9.57

173

246

142%

22

− 15.38

− 10.95

8.48

189

222

117%

24

− 15.33

− 5.45

6.04

188

151

80%

(monolayer)

− 10.78

− 4.53

− 3.20

132

295

224%

  1. The exchange coupling constants for the first (J1), second (J2), and third (J3) nearest-neighbor interactions for zigzag CrS2 nanotubes with different perimeters and monolayer CrS2, obtained by DFT calculations. The TC obtained by MC simulations. TC(J1, J2, J3): TC(J1) is also listed.