Unconventional Spintronics from Chiral Perovskites

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Auteurs principaux: Liu, Yuntian, Shrestha, Reshna, Denisov, Konstantin, Ayala, Denzel, van Schilfgaarde, Mark, Nie, Wanyi, Žutić, Igor
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author Liu, Yuntian
Shrestha, Reshna
Denisov, Konstantin
Ayala, Denzel
van Schilfgaarde, Mark
Nie, Wanyi
Žutić, Igor
author_facet Liu, Yuntian
Shrestha, Reshna
Denisov, Konstantin
Ayala, Denzel
van Schilfgaarde, Mark
Nie, Wanyi
Žutić, Igor
contents Spintronic devices typically employ heterostructures with ferromagnets which break time-reversal symmetry and have non-vanishing magnetization. With the growing class of materials that support spin-polarized carriers, current, and excitations,it is possible to envision emerging spintronic applications that are not limited to magnetoresistance. Here we focus on chiral perovskites with no net magnetization where the space-inversion and mirror symmetries are broken to induce chiral structure. The known importance of these perovskites is further expanded by the demonstration of the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). However, the generation of the spin-polarized carriers across the interface with these chiral perovskites remains to be fully understood. Our first-principles studies for two-dimensional PbBr$_4$-based chiral perovskites provide their electronic structure and an orbital-based symmetry analysis, which allows us to establish an effective Hamiltonian to elucidate the underlying origin of their chirality. We also use this analysis for the Edelstein effect, responsible for electrical generation of the nonequilibrium spin polarization in many materials, which in chiral perovskites could be a mechanism contributing to CISS. Furthermore, by examining optical properties of chiral perovskites and the opportunity to use them to realize tunable altermagnets, another class of zero-magnetization spintronic materials, we put forth a versatile materials platform for unconventional spintronics.
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spellingShingle Unconventional Spintronics from Chiral Perovskites
Liu, Yuntian
Shrestha, Reshna
Denisov, Konstantin
Ayala, Denzel
van Schilfgaarde, Mark
Nie, Wanyi
Žutić, Igor
Materials Science
Spintronic devices typically employ heterostructures with ferromagnets which break time-reversal symmetry and have non-vanishing magnetization. With the growing class of materials that support spin-polarized carriers, current, and excitations,it is possible to envision emerging spintronic applications that are not limited to magnetoresistance. Here we focus on chiral perovskites with no net magnetization where the space-inversion and mirror symmetries are broken to induce chiral structure. The known importance of these perovskites is further expanded by the demonstration of the chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS). However, the generation of the spin-polarized carriers across the interface with these chiral perovskites remains to be fully understood. Our first-principles studies for two-dimensional PbBr$_4$-based chiral perovskites provide their electronic structure and an orbital-based symmetry analysis, which allows us to establish an effective Hamiltonian to elucidate the underlying origin of their chirality. We also use this analysis for the Edelstein effect, responsible for electrical generation of the nonequilibrium spin polarization in many materials, which in chiral perovskites could be a mechanism contributing to CISS. Furthermore, by examining optical properties of chiral perovskites and the opportunity to use them to realize tunable altermagnets, another class of zero-magnetization spintronic materials, we put forth a versatile materials platform for unconventional spintronics.
title Unconventional Spintronics from Chiral Perovskites
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02060