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Valleytronics is a rising topic to explore the emergent degree of freedom for charge carriers in energy band edges and has attracted a great interest due to many intriguing quantum phenomena and potential application in information…
A class of septuple-atomic-layer two-dimensional (2D) materials, MA$_2$Z$_4$, is sought as an alternative to 2D hexagonal transition metal dichalcogenides in the field of valleytronics and spintronics. In these materials, the structural…
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The valley degree of freedom in layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX2) provides the opportunity to extend functionalities of novel spintronics and valleytronics devices. Due to spin splitting induced by spin-orbital coupling (SOC),…
Broken spatial inversion symmetry in semiconducting materials with time-reversal pair valleys can exhibit valley polarization. Based on first-principles calculations, here we propose a lateral heterostructure of kagome lattice of hBN and…
Coherent control and manipulation of quantum degrees of freedom such as spins forms the basis of emerging quantum technologies. In this context, the robust valley degree of freedom and the associated valley pseudospin found in…
The electron's charge and spin degrees of freedom are at the core of modern electronic devices. With the in-depth investigation of two-dimensional materials, another degree of freedom, valley, has also attracted tremendous research…
Degenerate extrema in the energy dispersion of charge carriers in solids, also referred to as valleys, can be regarded as a binary quantum degree of freedom, which can potentially be used to implement valleytronic concepts in van der Waals…
Momentum-resolved spin textures and potential valley-contrasting physical properties in the momentum space are two intriguing characteristics of noncentrosymmetric materials, and they have broad applications in spintronics and…
Breaking space-time symmetries in two-dimensional crystals (2D) can dramatically influence their macroscopic electronic properties. Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are prime examples where the intrinsically broken crystal…
Optical control of spin in semiconductors has been pioneered using nanostructures of III-V and II-VI semiconductors, but the emergence of two-dimensional van der Waals materials offers an alternative low-dimensional platform for spintronic…