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</span></span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Exploitation<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>intrinsic<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>spin<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>electron,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>spintronics,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>facilitates the development of multifunctional and novel devices that could play an important role<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Beyond-CMOS<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>era.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Two-dimensional<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>(2D)<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>crystals<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>van<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>der<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Waals heterostructures<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>particularly<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>promising<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>spintronics<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>device<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>applications<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>due<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>to their unique properties, including strong responses to field effect gating and proximity interactions, which may enable new functionalities that are impossible with conventional bulk materials [1].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Black phosphorus is a particularly promising 2D semiconducting material for spintronics<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>due<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>high<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>charge<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>mobilities,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>low<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>atomic<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>mass,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>puckered crystalline structure. It is expected to lead to anisotropic spin transport with nanosecond<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt">
</span>spin-lifetimes.<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>introduce<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span>ultra-thin<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>BP<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span>as<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span>unique<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>platform<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt">
</span>for studying rich spin-dependent physics in this seminar. Firstly, I will show that BP supports all electrical spin injection, transport,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>precession,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>detection<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>room<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>temperature<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>[2].<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Then,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>present<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>recent<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>findings<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>impact<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>unique<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>crystal<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>structure<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>BP<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>spin<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>dynamics,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>revealing<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>strong<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>anisotropic<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>spin<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>transport<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>along<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>three<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>orthogonal axes [3]. Finally, I will discuss the influence of the carrier type and concentration on spin transport. The exceptional spin transport,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>its strong<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>gate-tunability, and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>strong<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>spin-lifetime<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>anisotropy<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>we<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>observe<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>BP<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>add<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>growing body of evidence for the potential of 2D materials in functional spin-based device applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">References</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none">[1]<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>A.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Avsar<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>et<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>al.,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Rev.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Mod.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Phys.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>92,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>021003<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>(2020);<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>[2]<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>A.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Avsar<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>et<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>al.,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Nat.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Phys.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>13,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>888-894<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>(2017);<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>[3]<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>L.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Cording<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>et<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>al.,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Nat.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">Mater.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:1.3pt;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">(2024),</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:1.3pt;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01779-__;!!LkSTlj0I!Hh5BLsnNtFIvtmPqfXyUDlFULDnsj4zcnMi0uraLJ6-2fcSZTQ8kMb0cgM0XlFvH5hpwluzT6m4hwQ65PucoGqV7o8E$">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01779-</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">8.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BIO:<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span></span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Dr.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Avsar<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>been<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Assistant<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>NRF<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Fellow<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Material<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Science<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Engineering<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>at the National University of Singapore (NUS) since September 2022. Before joining NUS, Dr. Ahmet was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Newcastle University (UK) and worked as an EPFL Fellow (co-funded
by the European Marie Curie COFUND<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>program)<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Swiss<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Federal<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Institute<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Technology<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Lausanne<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>(EPFL,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Switzerland)<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>between<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>2016<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>2020<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>after completing his PhD in Physics at NUS. He is interested in exploiting the multiple quantum degrees of freedom (spin, pseudospin,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>valley)<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>available<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>novel<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>materials<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>ultimate<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>atomically<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>thin<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>limit<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>applications<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>energy-efficient <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
information technologies. He fabricates mesoscopic devices based on two-dimensional heterostructures and characterizes
</span>their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties (mostly) at low temperatures. His NRF-supported research program utilizes electrons, magnons, and superconducting quasiparticles to transport and process spin information for efficient and environmentally
sustainable green computing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none">Host:<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Piero<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Canepa,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span></span></b><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:pcanepa@central.uh.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:blue;letter-spacing:-.1pt">pcanepa@central.uh.edu</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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