Ferroic phases in two-dimensional materials

P Man, L Huang, J Zhao, TH Ly - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) ferroics, namely ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and ferroelastic
materials, are attracting rising interest due to their fascinating physical properties and …

Recent progress of Janus 2D transition metal chalcogenides: from theory to experiments

R Li, Y Cheng, W Huang - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of graphene, 2D materials with various properties have gained
increasing attention in fields such as novel electronic, optic, spintronic, and valleytronic …

Rashba and Dresselhaus effects in hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites: from basics to devices

M Kepenekian, R Robles, C Katan, D Sapori… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We use symmetry analysis, density functional theory calculations, and k· p modeling to
scrutinize Rashba and Dresselhaus effects in hybrid organic–inorganic halide perovskites …

Manipulation of the large Rashba spin splitting in polar two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides

QF Yao, J Cai, WY Tong, SJ Gong, JQ Wang, X Wan… - Physical review B, 2017 - APS
Transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers MXY (M= Mo, W; X≠ Y= S, Se, Te) are
two-dimensional polar semiconductors. Setting the WSeTe monolayer as an example and …

Hidden spin polarization in inversion-symmetric bulk crystals

X Zhang, Q Liu, JW Luo, AJ Freeman, A Zunger - Nature Physics, 2014 - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling can induce spin polarization in nonmagnetic 3D crystals when the
inversion symmetry is broken, as manifested by the bulk Rashba and Dresselhaus effects …

Giant tunable Rashba spin splitting in a two-dimensional BiSb monolayer and in BiSb/AlN heterostructures

S Singh, AH Romero - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The search for novel two-dimensional giant Rashba semiconductors is a crucial step in the
development of the forthcoming nanospintronic technology. Using first-principles …

Symmetry-breaking induced large piezoelectricity in Janus tellurene materials

Y Chen, J Liu, J Yu, Y Guo, Q Sun - physical chemistry chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Structural symmetry-breaking can lead to novel electronic and piezoelectric properties in two-
dimensional (2D) materials. In this paper, we propose a 2D Janus tellurene (Te2Se) …

Direct observation of spin-layer locking by local Rashba effect in monolayer semiconducting PtSe2 film

W Yao, E Wang, H Huang, K Deng, M Yan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The generally accepted view that spin polarization in non-magnetic solids is induced by the
asymmetry of the global crystal space group has limited the search for spintronics materials …

Anisotropy in colossal piezoelectricity, giant Rashba effect and ultrahigh carrier mobility in Janus structures of quintuple Bi2X3 (X= S, Se) monolayers

N Tripathy, A De Sarkar - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to the asymmetric structures, two-dimensional Janus materials have gained significant
attention in research for their intriguing piezoelectric and spintronic properties. In the present …

Inverse Janus design of two-dimensional Rashba semiconductors

Q Tian, P Li, J Wei, Z Xing, G Qin, Z Qin - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The search for optimal Rashba semiconductors with large Rashba constants, strong electric
field responses, and potential thermoelectric properties is pivotal for spin field-effect …