Giant spin Hall effects and topological surface states in ternary-layered MAX carbides Mn+1AlCn (M= Nb, Ta, n=1, 2, 3)

Yanhui Chen, Hong-Yan Lu, Wenjin Yang +5

In this work, we report a systematic study of the electronic structures, band topology, and intrinsic spin Hall effect (SHE) of the layered MAX carbides Mn+1AlCn (M= Nb, Ta, n=1, 2…