The discovery of ferroelectricity in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials has
brought important functionalities to the 2D materials family, and may trigger a revolution in …

Spin–orbit coupling induces a unique form of Zeeman interaction in momentum space in
materials that lack inversion symmetry: the electron's spin is locked on an effective magnetic …

Oxide materials possess a vast range of functional properties, ranging from
superconductivity to multiferroicity, that stem from the interplay between the lattice, charge …

While early magnetic memory designs relied on magnetization switching by locally
generated magnetic fields, key insights in condensed matter physics later suggested the …

We review the class of materials known as polar metals, in which polarity and metallicity
coexist in the same phase. While the notion of polar metals was first invoked more than 50 …

Signal transmission in the brain relies on voltage-gated ion channels, which exhibit the
electrical behaviour of memristors, resistors with memory. State-of-the-art technologies …

Materials with programmable conductivity and stiffness offer new design opportunities for
next-generation engineered systems in soft robotics and electronic devices. However …

Direct and inverse spin Hall effects lie at the heart of novel applications that utilize spins of
electrons as information carriers, allowing the generation of spin currents and detecting …

A magnon is a collective excitation of the spin structure in a magnetic insulator and can
transmit spin angular momentum with negligible dissipation. This quantum of a spin wave …

This theoretical Perspective reviews spin–orbit coupling (SOC), including the Rashba effect
and Dresselhaus effect, in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. We first introduce the …