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- Title
Strain engineering the spin-valley coupling of the R-stacking sliding ferroelectric bilayer 2H-VX<sub>2</sub> (X = S, Se, Te).
- Authors
Ma, Jiayu; Luo, Xin; Zheng, Yue
- Abstract
The emergence of magnetic transition metal dichalcogenides has significantly advanced the development of valleytronics due to the spontaneous breaking of time-reversal symmetry and space-inversion symmetry. However, the lack of regulation methods has prevented researchers from exploring their potential applications. Herein, we propose to use strain engineering to control the spin-valley coupling in the sliding ferroelectric bilayer 2H-VX2 (X = S, Se, Te). Four multiferroic states are constructed by combining the sliding ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism in the R-stacking bilayer VX2, where the spin and valley polarizations are coupled together from the layer-dependent spin-polarized band structures. By applying a small external strain or pressure on the out-of-plane van der Waals direction, we predicted that there is an antiferromagnetic to magnetic transition in the bilayer VX2, leading to the interesting spin-polarized and chiral circularly polarized radiation at K+ and K- valleys, similar to those found in the magnetic monolayer. To comprehend the coupling between various degrees of freedom in these multiferroic systems, we have developed an effective k·p model. This model unveils a linear relationship between the electric polarization generated by interlayer sliding and the energy difference of the valence band maximum at K+ and K- valleys. Thus, providing an alternate method to measure the electric polarization in the sliding ferroelectrics. Based on the strong coupling between the strain, spin-valley, and electric polarization, it is likely to use the strain to control the interesting emerging properties of 2H-VX2 such as the anomalous valley Hall effect.
- Subjects
POLARIZATION (Electricity); ANOMALOUS Hall effect; MAGNETIC transitions; AUTOMATIC control systems; CHALCOGENS; SPIN polarization
- Publication
NPJ Computational Materials, 2024, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2057-3960
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41524-024-01288-5