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We investigate the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects on the electronic structures and semi-classic transport coefficients of half-Heusler $\mathrm{ANiB}$ (A=Ti, Hf, Sc, Y; B=Sn, Sb, Bi) by using generalized gradient approximation (GGA).…
One of the main characteristics of the new family of two-dimensional crystals of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) is the strong spin-orbit interaction, which makes them very promising for future applications in…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) lifts molecular orbital degeneracy, enabling bi-level electronic platforms suitable for next-generation digital devices. However, common light-atom molecular feedstocks exhibit weak SOC due to the absence of heavy…
The spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effect has been known to be profound in monolayer pristine transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Here we show that point defects, which are omnipresent in the TMD membranes, exhibit even stronger SOC effects…
Biaxial strain dependence of electronic structures and thermoelectric properties of monolayer $\mathrm{MoS_2}$, including compressive and tensile strain, are investigated by using local-density approximation (LDA) plus spin-orbit coupling…
The coupling between electron orbital momentum and spin momentum, known as spin-orbit coupling (SOC), is a fundamental origin of a multitude of fascinating physical phenomena, especially it holds paramount significance in the realm of…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays an important role in determining the structural and electronic properties of recently proposed two-dimensional planar pentagonal materials. In this work, density functional theory calculations are employed to…
We study the influence of spin--orbit coupling (SOC) on orbital magnetism in $\mathrm{Pb}_{1-x}\mathrm{Sn}_x\mathrm{Te}$, a narrow-gap semiconductor. Using the $\pi$-matrix method, we calculate material-specific Landau levels and evaluate…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a relativistic effect, where an electron moving in an electric field experiences an effective magnetic field in its rest frame. In crystals without inversion symmetry, it lifts the spin degeneracy and leads to…
Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers are newly discovered semiconductors for a wide range of applications in electronics and optoelectronics. Most studies have focused on binary monolayers that share common properties: direct…
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) has played an important role in many topological and correlated electron materials. In graphene-based systems, SOC induced by transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) at proximity was shown to drive topological states…
The spin-orbit coupling (SOC) lifts the band degeneracy that plays a vital role in the search for different topological states, such as topological insulators (TIs) and topological semimetals (TSMs). In TSMs, the SOC can partially gap a…
We report on the influence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in the Fe-based superconductors (FeSCs) via application of circularly-polarized spin and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We combine this technique in representative members…
We study the conduction band spin splitting that arises in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductor monolayers such as MoS$_2$, MoSe$_2$, WS$_2$ and WSe$_2$ due to the combination of spin-orbit coupling and lack of inversion…
Effective spin mixing conductance (ESMC) across the nonmagnetic metal (NM)/ferromagnet interface, spin Hall conductivity (SHC) and spin diffusion length (SDL) in the NM layer govern the functionality and performance of pure spin current…
The bilayer heterostructures composed of an ultrathin ferromagnetic metal (FM) and a material hosting strong spin-orbit (SO) coupling are principal resource for SO torque and spin-to-charge conversion nonequilibrium effects in spintronics.…
We show that spin-orbit splitting (SOS) in monolayers of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is substantially enhanced by electron-electron interaction. This effect, similar to the exchange-enhancement of the electron…
The effect of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the electronic properties of monolayer (ML) PtSe$_2$ is dictated by the presence of the crystal inversion symmetry to exhibit spin polarized band without characteristic of spin splitting. Through…
Pressure dependence of electronic structures and thermoelectric properties of $\mathrm{Mg_2Sn}$ are investigated by using a modified Becke and Johnson (mBJ) exchange potential, including spin-orbit coupling (SOC). The corresponding value of…
NiTe2, a type-II Dirac semimetal with strongly tilted Dirac band, has been explored extensively to understand its intriguing topological properties. Here, using density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, we report that the strength of…