Antiferromagnets

Emergence of p-wave collinear magnetism in antiferromagnets with reflection-asymmetric magnetic motifs

Identifies a class of compensated antiferromagnets in which antiparallel spins occupy symmetry-inequivalent sites related by a mirror operation — enabling a magnetoelectric …

reynel-cardenas

Matter with apparent and hidden spin physics

Perspective unifying the *apparent* vs. *hidden* dichotomy across the Rashba effect, ferroelectricity, and the new families of non-relativistic spin-split antiferromagnets — a …

jia-xin-xiong

Tunable hidden non-relativistic spin splitting in layered Ruddlesden–Popper oxides

Extends hidden spin polarisation to layered Ruddlesden–Popper oxides: non-relativistic spin splittings exist locally on each perovskite layer but cancel globally when there is an …

tongxie-zhang
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Ferroelectricity in antiferromagnetic wurtzite nitrides

Establishes MnSiN₂ and MnGeN₂ as aristotypes of a new multiferroic wurtzite family — simultaneously ferroelectric and G-type antiferromagnetic at room temperature — opening a route …

sara-m.-baksa

Anion correlation induced nonrelativistic spin splitting in rutile antiferromagnets

Anion-displacement correlation as a chemical route to tune non-relativistic spin splitting in rutile antiferromagnets — invited contribution to the altermagnetic & related …

siddhartha-s.-nathan

A route to non-relativistic altermagnetic spin splitting via ultrafast light

Ultrafast optical excitation as a non-magnetic route to switch on non-relativistic spin splitting in antiferromagnets — a control knob for transient spintronics.

h.z.x.-chen
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Octupole-driven spin-transfer torque switching of all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions

Report of a record‑high 363% TMR at room temperature and current‑induced switching at ~10 MA/cm² in fabricated nanoscale PtMn₃|MgO|PtMn₃ junctions. Theoretical and computational …

j.-kang

Spin chains with highly quantum character through strong covalency in Ca₃CrN₃

Strong Cr–N covalency stabilises low-spin S = ½ Cr³⁺ in Ca₃CrN₃, producing quasi-1D spin chains with a very large nearest-neighbour antiferromagnetic exchange J = 340 K and no …

linus-kautzsch
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Non-relativistic spin splitting at the Brillouin Zone center in compensated magnets

Identifies a new symmetry-protected non-relativistic spin splitting that survives at the Brillouin-zone centre — extending the spin-splitting classification scheme. Editors' …

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Linding Yuan
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Degeneracy removal of spin bands in antiferromagnets with non-interconvertible spin motif pair

Establishes the *non-interconvertible spin motif pair* symmetry criterion as the operational definition for these candidates — a rule that can be evaluated by inspection or by …

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Linding Yuan
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Uncovering hidden spin polarization of energy bands in antiferromagnets

Generalises hidden spin polarisation — previously known for non-magnetic systems — to antiferromagnetic crystals, opening a route to use compensated magnets as platforms for …

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Linding Yuan

Strong influence of nonmagnetic ligands on the momentum-dependent spin splitting in antiferromagnets

Shows that non-magnetic ligand chemistry — not just the transition-metal sub-lattice — controls the magnitude of the non-relativistic spin splitting, giving a chemical knob for …

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Linding Yuan
Prediction of low-Z collinear and noncollinear antiferromagnetic compounds having momentum-dependent spin splitting even without spin-orbit coupling featured image

Prediction of low-Z collinear and noncollinear antiferromagnetic compounds having momentum-dependent spin splitting even without spin-orbit coupling

First materials database screen for SOC-independent spin splitting in collinear and noncollinear antiferromagnets.

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Linding Yuan

Giant momentum-dependent spin splitting in centrosymmetric low-Z antiferromagnets

Foundational paper establishing the symmetry conditions for a non-relativistic, momentum-dependent spin splitting in antiferromagnets. Editors' Suggestion, *Featured in Physics*, …

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Linding Yuan