Science Daily November 12, 2019
Generating and manipulating out-of-plane spins without applying an external electric or magnetic field has been a key challenge in spintronics. Researchers in Australia demonstrate for the first time that pyrite-type (Pyrite is an iron-sulfide mineral that displays multiple internal planes of electronic symmetry) crystals can host unconventional energy- and direction-dependent spin textures on the surface, with both in-plane and out-of-plane spin components, in sharp contrast to spin textures in conventional topological materials. The findings provide a platform for experimentalists to detect and exploit unconventional surface spin textures in future spin-based nanoelectronic devices…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ