Emerging spintronic and valleytronic phenomena in noncentrosymmetric variants of the Kane-Mele X4Y2Z6 materials family ( X = Pt, Pd, Ni; Y = Hg, Zn, Cd; Z = S, Se, Te)

Abstract

Emerging spintronic and valleytronic phenomena in noncentrosymmetric variants of the Kane-Mele <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>X</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Y</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi><mml:mn>6</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> materials family ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>X</mml:mi></mml:math> = Pt, Pd, Ni; <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Y</mml:mi></mml:math> = Hg, Zn, Cd; <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math> = S, Se, Te)