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Spintronics has become a broad and important research field that intersects with magnetism, nano-electronics, and materials science. Its overarching aim is to provide a fundamental understanding of spin-dependent phenomena in solid-state…

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The electronic and magnetic properties of Fe/GaAs(001) magnetic junctions are investigated using first-principles density-functional calculations. Abrupt and intermixed interfaces are considered, and the dependence of charge transfer,…

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The development of advanced electronic devices is contingent upon sustainable material development and pioneering research breakthroughs. Traditional semiconductor-based electronic technology faces constraints in material thickness scaling…

Van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnetic materials are rapidly establishing themselves as effective building blocks for next generation spintronic devices. When layered with non-magnetic vdW materials, such as graphene and/or topological…

The large variety of 2D materials and their co-integration in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures enable innovative device engineering. In addition, their atomically-thin nature promotes the design of artificial materials by proximity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-20 Juan F. Sierra , Jaroslav Fabian , Roland K. Kawakami , Stephan Roche , Sergio O. Valenzuela

van der Waals heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and two-dimensional (2D) magnets offer a versatile platform to study the coexistence and transformation of different excitons. By focusing on TMD WSe$_2$…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-29 Mushir Thodika , Dimitar Pashov , Igor Zutic , Mark van Schilfgaarde , Swagata Acharya

Current induced spin-orbit magnetic fields (iSOFs), arising either in single-crystalline ferromagnets with broken inversion symmetry1,2 or in non-magnetic metal/ferromagnetic metal bilayers3,4, can produce spin-orbit torques which act on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-27 L. Chen , M. Gmitra , M. Vogel , R. Islinger , M. Kronseder , D. Schuh , D. Bougeard , J. Fabian , D. Weiss , C. H. Back

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is the primary mechanism for realizing real-space chiral spin textures, which are regarded as key components for the next-generation spintronics. However, DMI arises from a perturbation term of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-12 Fan Zhang , Xueao Li , Yabei Wu , Xiaolong Wang , Jijun Zhao , Weiwei Gao

Our proposed spin valve prototype showcases a sophisticated design featuring a two-dimensional graphene bilayer positioned between layers of ${CrBr}_3$ ferromagnetic insulators. In this model, proximity coupling plays a pivotal role,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-12 S. K. Behera , P. C. Ramamurthy

Creating new interfacial magnetic states with desired functionalities is attractive for fundamental studies and spintronics applications. The emergence of interfacial magnetic phases demands the fabrication of pristine interfaces and the…

Magnetic materials with noncollinear spin textures are promising for spintronic applications. To realize practical devices, control over the length and energy scales of such spin textures is imperative. The chiral helimagnets Cr1/3NbS2 and…

Two-dimensional (2D) magnets have broad application prospects in the spintronics, but how to effectively control them with a small electric field is still an issue. Here we propose that 2D magnets can be efficiently controlled in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 Ping Li , Xue-Song Zhou , Zhi-Xin Guo

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures serve as a promising platform to exploit various physical phenomena in a diverse range of novel spintronic device applications. The efficient spin injection is the prerequisite for these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-24 Chaolong Tang , Zhaowei Zhang , Shen Lai , Qinghai Tan , Wei-bo Gao

Circular photocurrents (CPC), namely circular photogalvanic (CPGE) and photon drag effects, have recently been reported both in monolayer and multilayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) phototransistors. However, the underlying physics…

The performance of nanoscale electronic devices based on a two-three dimensional (2D-3D) interface is significantly affected by the electrical contacts that interconnect these materials with external circuitry. This work investigates charge…

The Schottky barrier height ($E_{SBH}$) is a crucial factor in determining the transport properties of semiconductor materials as it directly regulates the carrier mobility in opto-electronics devices. In principle, van der Waals (vdW)…

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Chiral spin textures such as skyrmions have attracted considerable attention due to their nontrivial topology, chirality, stability at the nanoscale, and potential for low-power spintronic devices. The recent discovery of intrinsic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Nihad Abuawwad , Samir Lounis

Over the recent years, crossroads of magnetism and superconductivity led to the emerging field of superconducting spintronics. A cornerstone of this venture is the generation of equal-spin triplet Cooper pairs in superconductor-ferromagnet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-22 Pablo Tuero , César González-Ruano , Igor Žutić , Yuan Lu , Coriolan Tiusan , Farkhad G. Aliev

Chiral magnetic textures are key for the development of modern spintronic devices. In multilayered thin films, these are typically stabilized via the interfacial intralayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Additionally, it has been…

Manipulating physical properties using the spin degree of freedom constitutes a major part of modern condensed matter physics and is very important for spintronics devices. Using the newly discovered two dimensional van der Waals…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-29 Peiheng Jiang , Lei Li , Zhaoliang Liao , Y. X. Zhao , Zhicheng Zhong