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<p>This paper presents a novel approach for generating and controlling spin currents in an antiferromagnetic twisted honeycomb bilayer in response to elastic deformation. Using a continuum model based on the Bistritzer–MacDonald model that captures the physics of low-energy moiré bands, we calculate the spin-current response in the Berry-phase formalism. The resulting moiré superlattice potential modulates the electronic band structure, leading to emergent topological phases and novel transport properties such as quantized piezo responses both for spin and charge transport. This approach allows us to tune the system across different topological regimes and to explore the piezo-spintronic responses as a function of the band topology. When inversion symmetry is broken either by a sublattice potential <i>V</i>, alignment with an hBN substrate, uniaxial strain, or structural asymmetry present in the moiré superlattice, the system acquires a finite Berry curvature that is opposite in the <i>K</i> and <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({K}^{{\prime} }\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <msup> <mrow> <mi>K</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>′</mo> </mrow> </msup> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> valleys (protected by valley time reversal symmetry). In contrast, for strain, the valley-contrasting nature of the pseudo-gauge field ensures that the quantized response is robust and proportional to the sum of the valley Chern numbers. These notable physical properties make these systems promising candidates for groundbreaking spintronic and valleytronic devices.</p>

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Quantized piezospintronic effect in antiferromagnetic Moiré systems

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    2026年4月7日

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  • Mario Castro,
  • Benjamín Mancilla,
  • Fabian Wolff,
  • Alvaro S. Nunez

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This paper presents a novel approach for generating and controlling spin currents in an antiferromagnetic twisted honeycomb bilayer in response to elastic deformation. Using a continuum model based on the Bistritzer–MacDonald model that captures the physics of low-energy moiré bands, we calculate the spin-current response in the Berry-phase formalism. The resulting moiré superlattice potential modulates the electronic band structure, leading to emergent topological phases and novel transport properties such as quantized piezo responses both for spin and charge transport. This approach allows us to tune the system across different topological regimes and to explore the piezo-spintronic responses as a function of the band topology. When inversion symmetry is broken either by a sublattice potential V, alignment with an hBN substrate, uniaxial strain, or structural asymmetry present in the moiré superlattice, the system acquires a finite Berry curvature that is opposite in the K and \({K}^{{\prime} }\) K ′ valleys (protected by valley time reversal symmetry). In contrast, for strain, the valley-contrasting nature of the pseudo-gauge field ensures that the quantized response is robust and proportional to the sum of the valley Chern numbers. These notable physical properties make these systems promising candidates for groundbreaking spintronic and valleytronic devices.