Communications Physics (Sep 2021)

Kinetic magnetoelectric effect in topological insulators

  • Ken Osumi,
  • Tiantian Zhang,
  • Shuichi Murakami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00702-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The kinetic magnetoelectric effect is an orbital analog of the Edelstein effect and offers an additional degree of freedom to control magnetization via the charge current. Here, using DFT calculations, the authors demonstrate the presence of said effect in a topological insulator identifying Cu2ZnSnSe4 as a potential candidate