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most citedStrong Spin-Orbit Torque Induced by the Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect in Cr1-xPtx

27 citations · 113 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Initialization-free ultralow-power programmable spin-orbit torque logic devices enabled by chirally asymmetric switching

Qianbiao Liu, Lijun Zhu

Spin logic is of great interest for the development of high-performance, non-Von Neumann artificial intelligence chips. Of particular advantage is the programmable spin-orbit torqu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026★ 1 cited

Negligible current-induced torque from the bulk and interface of Al

Taiyang Zhang, Lujun Zhu, Zhihao Yan +1

The light metal Al was predicted to have strong orbital Hall and Rashba effects from its bulk and interface, respectively. In this letter, we report experimental evidence that neit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 4 cited

Enhancing z spin generation in trivial spin Hall materials for scalable, energy-efficient, field-free, complete spin-orbit torque switching applications

Qianbiao Liu, Lijun Zhu

Despite the remarkable efforts in the past two decades, it has remained a major challenge to achieve switching of perpendicularly magnetized spin-orbit torque devices in a scalable…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Absence of orbital current torque in Ta/ferromagnet bilayers

Qianbiao Liu, Lijun Zhu

It has become a heated debate as to whether the orbital Hall effect of a material could generate a non-local orbital current and a non-zero spin-orbit torque on an adjacent magneti…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 7 cited

Linear Enhancement of Spin-Orbit Torques and Absence of Bulk Rashba-Type Spin Splitting in Perpendicularly Magnetized [Pt/Co/W]n Superlattices

Zhihao Yan, Zhengxiao Li, Lujun Zhu +2

The development of magnetic heterostructures with strong spin-orbit torques (SOTs), low impedance, strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), and good integration compatibilit…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Physics Origin of Universal Unusual Magnetoresistance

Lijun Zhu, Qianbiao Liu, Xiangrong Wang

The discovery of the unusual magnetoresistance (UMR) during the rotation of magnetization in the plane perpendicular to the electric current, which has been typically attributed to…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 18 cited

Efficient generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current in polycrystalline heavy metal devices with broken electric symmetries

Qianbiao Liu, Xin Lin, Ariel Shaked +3

Spin currents of perpendicularly polarized spins (z spins) by an in-plane charge current have received blooming interest for the potential in energy-efficient spin-orbit torque swi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Strongly asymmetric magnetization switching and programmable complete Boolean logic enabled by long-range intralayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Qianbiao Liu, Long Liu, Guozhong Xing +1

Electrical switching of magnetization is central to spintronics. Despite the enormous efforts on the spin torques and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) effects, some fund…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

A Two-Field-Scan Harmonic Hall Voltage Analysis For Fast, Accurate Quantification Of Spin-Orbit Torques In Magnetic Heterostructures

Xin Lin, Lijun Zhu

The efficiencies of the spin-orbit torques (SOTs) play a key role in the determination of the power consumption, integration density, and endurance of SOT-driven devices. Accurate…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 7 cited

Giant coercivity, resistivity upturn, and anomalous Hall effect in ferrimagnetic FeTb

Lijun Zhu, Lujun Zhu, Qianbiao Liu +1

Despite the blooming interest, the transition-metal rare-earth ferrimagnets have not been comprehensively understood in terms of their coercivity and transport properties. Here, we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 27 cited

Strong Spin-Orbit Torque Induced by the Intrinsic Spin Hall Effect in Cr1-xPtx

Qianbiao Liu, Jingwei Li, Lujun Zhu +3

We report on a spin-orbit torque study of the spin current generation in Cr1-xPtx alloy, using the light 3d ferromagnetic Co as the spin current detector. We find that the dampingl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 20 cited

Boosting spin-orbit torque efficiency in spin-current generator/magnet/oxide superlattices

Lijun Zhu, Jingwei Li, Lujun Zhu +1

Efficient manipulation of magnetic materials is essential for spintronics. In spin-current generator/magnet bilayers, the efficiency of spin-orbit torques per magnetic layer thickn…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 26 cited

Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and spin-orbit torque in Au1-xPtx/Co bilayers with varying interfacial spin-orbit coupling

Lijun Zhu, Lujun Zhu, Xin Ma +2

The quantitative roles of the interfacial spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) and dampinglike spin-orbit torque (τDL) have remained unsettled after…