Coupled Spin-Valley, Rashba Effect, and Hidden Spin Polarization in WSi2N4 Family

S Sheoran, S Monga, A Phutela… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using first-principles calculations, we report the electronic properties with a special focus on
the band splitting in the WSi2N4 class of materials. Due to the broken inversion symmetry …

Manipulation of Valley and Spin Properties in Two-Dimensional Janus WSiGeZ4 (Z = N, P, As) through Symmetry Control

S Sheoran, A Phutela, R Moulik… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A class of septuple-atomic-layer two-dimensional (2D) materials, MA2Z4, is sought as an
alternative to 2D hexagonal transition metal dichalcogenides in the fields of valleytronics …

Multiple Zeeman-type hidden spin splittings in -symmetric layered antiferromagnets

S Sheoran, S Bhattacharya - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Centrosymmetric antiferromagnetic semiconductors, although abundant in nature, appear
less favorable in spintronics owing to the lack of inherent spin polarization and …

Exploring Chalcohalide Perovskite-Inspired Materials (Sn2SbX2I3; X = S or Se) for Optoelectronic and Spintronic Applications

M Kumar, S Sheoran… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chalcohalide perovskite-inspired materials have attracted attention as promising
optoelectronic materials due to their small band gaps, high defect tolerance, nontoxicity, and …

Probing the uniaxial strain-dependent valley drift and Berry curvature in monolayer

S Sheoran, M Jain, R Moulik, S Bhattacharya - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
We use ab initio calculations and theoretical analysis to investigate the influence of uniaxial
tensile strain on valley drifts and Berry curvatures in the monolayer MoSi 2 N 4, a …

Spin-orbit-coupling-induced band splitting in two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites: Importance of organic cations

S Bhattacharya, Y Kanai - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
We investigate how the spin-orbit-coupling-induced lifting of the spin degeneracy depends
indirectly on constituting organic motifs in two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic …

Strain-driven topological quantum phase transition in (pseudo) cubic (mixed)-Cs/MA/FA halide perovskites

A Phutela, S Sheoran, D Gill… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The centrosymmetric halide perovskites undergo a continuous phase transition from a trivial
to topological insulator at the critical value of strain. Contrarily, in noncentrosymmetric halide …

How cation nature controls the bandgap and bulk Rashba splitting of halide perovskites

LO de Araujo, CRC Rêgo, W Wenzel… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of instability issues presented by metal halide perovskites based on
methylammonium (MA), its replacement to Cs has emerged as an alternative to improve the …

Strong unidirectional Rashba state induced by extended vacancy line defects in a monolayer

MAU Absor, I Santoso, Harsojo - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The correlation between spin-orbit coupling and low crystal symmetry in the 1 T′ phase of
the tungsten ditellurides (WTe 2) monolayer (ML) plays a significant role in its electronic and …

Nonrelativistic spin splittings in twisted bilayers of centrosymmetric antiferromagnets: A case study of MnPSe3 and MnSe

S Sheoran, S Bhattacharya - arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.19395, 2023 - arxiv.org
Antiferromagnetism-induced spin splittings--even without atomic spin-orbit coupling--are
promising for highly efficient spintronics applications. Although two-dimensional (2D) …