Towards colloidal spintronics through Rashba spin-orbit interaction in lead sulphide nanosheets

Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed; Thomas Bielewicz; Martin Sebastian Zöllner; Carmen Herrmann; Christian Klinke

doi:10.1038/ncomms15721

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Towards colloidal spintronics through Rashba spin-orbit interaction in lead sulphide nanosheets

Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed,
Thomas Bielewicz,
Martin Sebastian Zöllner,
Carmen Herrmann,
Christian Klinke

Affiliations

Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed: Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Thomas Bielewicz: Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Martin Sebastian Zöllner: Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Carmen Herrmann: Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Christian Klinke: Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15721
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Exploring the Rashba spin splitting in colloidal materials enables spintronic device with low cost and high flexibility. Here, the authors report Rashba spin splitting in colloidal PbS nanosheets and demonstrate a mechanism for selectively exciting the carriers with different spin states.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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