Decoupled strain response of ferroic properties in a multiferroic <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">VOCl</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> monolayer

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetoelectric multiferroics are promising multifunctional materials for miniaturized logic and memory devices. Herein, we explore the effectiveness of strain-engineering tuning properties a recently predicted 2D antiferromagnetic-ferroelectric, VOCl2 monolayer. Interestingly, find that magnetic-ordering electric polarization can be tuned independently using uniaxial tensile strain along different in-plane lattice vectors. A 4% vector b induces transition from an antiferromagnetic (AFM) ground state with out-of-plane magnetization to ferromagnetic (FM) magnetization. On other hand, enhances spontaneous polarization, without affecting magnetic ordering. The monolayers remain dynamically stable under strain, which further helps raise Curie temperature ferromagnetism, as well ferroelectricity. Such strain-tunable multiferroic material holds great promises future generation nanoelectronic