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Magnetization without polarization

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A pure electrical generation of magnetization through electrons' valley magnetic moment has been observed in a strained two-dimensional semiconductor.

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Figure 1: Magnetization with and without valley polarization.

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  1. Department of Physics and at the Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Hongyi Yu & Wang Yao

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Yu, H., Yao, W. Magnetization without polarization. Nature Mater 16, 876–877 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4979

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