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Realizing altermagnetism in two-dimensional metal-organic framework semiconductors with electric-field-controlled anisotropic spin current.

Yixuan CheHaifeng LvXiao-Jun WuJinglong Yang
Published in: Chemical science (2024)
Altermagnets exhibit momentum-dependent spin-splitting in a collinear antiferromagnetic order due to their peculiar crystallographic and magnetic symmetry, resulting in the creation of spin currents with light elements. Here, we report two two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic framework (MOF) semiconductors, M(pyz) 2 (M = Ca and Sr, pyz = pyrazine), which exhibit both altermagnetism and topological nodal point and line by using first-principles calculations and group theory. The altermagnetic 2D MOFs exhibit unconventional spin-splitting and macroscopic zero magnetization caused by 4-fold rotation in crystalline real space and 2-fold rotation in spin space, leading to the generation and control of anisotropic spin currents when an in-plane electric field ( E ) is applied. In particular, pure spin current with the spin Hall effect occurs when E is applied along the angular bisector of the two spin arrangements. Our work indicates the existence of altermagnetic MOF systems and a universal approach to generate electric-field-controlled spin currents for potential applications in antiferromagnetic spintronics.
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