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Nernst effect, the transverse voltage generated by a longitudinal thermal gradient in presence of magnetic field has recently emerged as a very sensitive, yet poorly understood, probe of electron organization in solids. Here we report on an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-04-18 Zengwei Zhu , Huan Yang , Benoit Fauque , Yakov Kopelevich , Kamran Behnia

We theoretically analyze the nonlinear valley Nernst effect (NVNE) as the second-order response of temperature gradient through the semiclassical framework of electron dynamics. Our study shows that an intrinsic nonlinear pure valley…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Ying-Li Wu , Jia-Liang Wan , Xiao-Qin Yu

Unlike the conventional (linear) anomalous Nernst effect, the non-linear anomalous Nernst effect (NLANE) can survive in an inversion symmetry broken system even in the presence of time-reversal symmetry. Using semiclassical Boltzmann…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-03 Chuanchang Zeng , Snehasish Nandy , A. Taraphder , Sumanta Tewari

The Nernst effect is a versatile phenomenon relevant for energy harvesting, magnetic sensing, probing band topology and charge-neutral excitations. The planar Nernst effect (PNE) generates an in-plane voltage transverse to an applied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Rahul Biswas , Harsh Varshney , Amit Agarwal

We theoretically analyze the non-linear anomalous Nernst effect as the second-order response of temperature gradient by using the semiclassical framework of electron dynamics. We find that a non-linear current can be generated transverse to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Xiao-Qin Yu , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Jhih-Shih You , Tony Low , Gang Su

We investigate the intrinsic spin Nernst effect (SNE), a transverse spin current induced by temperature gradients, in topological Dirac semimetals (TDSMs) and magnetic Weyl semimetals (MWSMs) with Ising spin-orbit coupling. The intrinsic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-16 Taiki Matsushita , Akihiro Ozawa , Yasufumi Araki , Junji Fujimoto , Masatoshi Sato

Recent studies have shown that moir\'{e} flat bands in a twisted bilayer graphene(TBG) can acquire nontrivial Berry curvatures when aligned with hexagonal boron nitride substrate [1, 2], which can be manifested as a correlated Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-15 Cheng-Ping Zhang , Jiewen Xiao , Benjamin T. Zhou , Jin-Xin Hu , Ying-Ming Xie , Binghai Yan , K. T. Law

Analogous to the Hall effect, the Nernst effect is the generation of a transverse voltage due to a temperature gradient in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. The Nernst effect has promise for thermoelectric applications and as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-20 T. Asaba , V. Ivanov , S. M. Thomas , S. Y. Savrasov , J. D. Thompson , E. D. Bauer , F. Ronning

The large Nernst effect is advantageous for developing transverse Nernst thermoelectric generators or Ettingshausen coolers within a single component, avoiding the complexity of electron- and hole-modules in longitudinal Seebeck…

Nernst effect, a transverse electric current induced by a temperature gradient, is a promising tool for revealing emergent phases of condensed matter. We find a Nernst coefficient plateau in low carrier density topological insulators, as a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Peng-Lu Zhao , J. L. Zhang , Hai-Zhou Lu , Qian Niu

We propose theoretically a new effect, i.e. nonlinear planar Nernst effect (NPNE), in nonmagnetic topological insulator (TI) Bi2Te3 in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. We find that the Nernst current scales quadratically with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Xiao-Qin Yu , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Gang Su

The Nernst effect is a fundamental thermoelectric conversion phenomenon that was deemed to be possible only in systems with magnetic field or magnetization. In this work, we propose a novel dynamical chiral Nernst effect that can appear in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-17 Juncheng Li , Dawei Zhai , Cong Xiao , Wang Yao

The coupling of mechanical deformation and electrical stimuli at the nanoscale has been a subject of intense investigation in the realm of materials science. Recently, twisted van der Waals (vdW) materials have emerged as a platform to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Hanhao Zhang , Yuanhao Wei , Yuhao Li , Shengsheng Lin , Jiarui Wang , Takashi Taniguchi , Kenji Watanabe , Jiangyu Li , Yi Shi , Xinran Wang , Yan Shi , Zaiyao Fei

The anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) gives rise to an electrical response transverse to the magnetization and an applied temperature gradient in a magnetic metal. A nanoscale temperature gradient can be generated by the use of a laser beam…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-19 Atul Pandey , Jitul Deka , Jiho Yoon , Chris Koerner , Rouven Dreyer , James M. Taylor , Stuart S. P. Parkin , Georg Woltersdorf

It's established that the nonlinear anomalous Nernst effect (NANE), originating from Berry curvature near the Fermi energy, is symmetry-permitted only when a single mirror symmetry exists in the transport plane of two-dimensional (2D)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Ying-Li Wu , Xiao-Qin Yu

In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) a moir\'e pattern forms that introduces a new length scale to the material. At the 'magic' twist angle of 1.1{\deg}, this causes a flat band to form, yielding emergent properties such as correlated…

Temperature gradient in a ferromagnetic conductor may generate a spontaneous transverse voltage drop in the direction perpendicular to both magnetization and heat current. This anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) has been considered to be…

Transverse thermoelectric power generation has emerged as a topic of immense interest in recent years owing to the orthogonal geometry which enables better scalability and fabrication of devices. Here, we investigate the thickness…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-31 Hiroyasu Matsuura , Alexander Riss , Fabian Garmroudi , Michael Parzer , Ernst Bauer

Twisted 2D layered materials have garnered a lot of attention recently as a class of 2D materials whose interlayer interactions and electronic properties are dictated by the relative rotation / twist angle between the adjacent layers. In…

We investigate the intrinsic nonlinear valley Nernst effect, which induces a transverse valley current via a second-order thermoelectric response to a longitudinal temperature gradient. The effect arises from the Berry connection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Xue-Jin Zhang , Jin Cao , Lulu Xiong , Hui Wang , Shen Lai , Cong Xiao , Shengyuan A. Yang
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