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- ​Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
- Investigates what happens when spins go ballistic
- Describes spin transport experiments on a computer
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis focuses on the exploration of nontrivial spin dynamics in graphene-based devices and topological materials, using realistic theoretical models and state-of-the-art quantum transport methodologies. The main outcomes of this work are: (i) the analysis of the crossover from diffusive to ballistic spin transport regimes in ultraclean graphene nonlocal devices, and (ii) investigation of spin transport and spin dynamics phenomena (such as the (quantum) spin Hall effect) in novel topological materials, such as monolayer Weyl semimetals WeTe2 and MoTe2. Indeed, the ballistic spin transport results are key for further interpretation of ultraclean spintronic devices, and will enable extracting precise values of spin diffusion lengths in diffusive transport and guide experiments in the (quasi)ballistic regime. Furthermore, the thesis provides an in-depth theoretical interpretation of puzzling huge measured efficiencies of the spin Hall effect in MoTe2, as well as a prediction of a novel canted quantum spin Hall effect in WTe2 with spins pointing in the yz plane.
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Book Title: Spin Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials
Book Subtitle: A Theoretical Study
Authors: Marc Vila Tusell
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86114-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86113-1Published: 11 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86116-2Published: 12 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86114-8Published: 10 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 160
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Materials Science, general, Condensed Matter Physics, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Quantum Physics, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials