Recent publications
- T. Naimer, P. E. Faria Jr., K. Zollner, and J. Fabian
Radial Rashba spin-orbit fields in commensurate twisted transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers
Physical Review B 113, 045417 (2026)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/jyfh-q2r7 - K. Zollner, L. Cvitkovich, R. Silvioli, A. V. Stier, and J. Fabian
Resonant magnetic proximity hot spots in Co/hBN/graphene
ArXiv preprint (2026)
https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.07781 - L. Cvitkovich, K. Zollner, and J. Fabian
Machine Learning Prediction of Magnetic Proximity Effect in van der Waals Heterostructures: From Atoms to Moiré
ArXiv preprint (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2508.12406 - A. Bergmann-Iwe, S. Deb, K. Zollner, V. Schneidt, M. Hemaid, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, R. Schwartz, J. Fabian, and T. Korn
Effect of spin-dependent tunneling in a MoSe₂/Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ van der Waals heterostructure on exciton and trion emission
Physical Review Applied 24, 034008 (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/km88-dxsb - J. Bärenfänger, K. Zollner, L. Cvitkovich, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Hartl, J. Fabian, J. Eroms, D. Weiss, and M. Ciorga
Highly efficient lateral spin valve device based on graphene/hBN/Fe3GeTe2
2D Materials 12, 045008 (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/adf453 - T. S. Ghiasi, D. Petrosyan, J. Ingla-Aynés, T. Bras, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Mañas-Valero, E. Coronado, K. Zollner, J. Fabian, P. Kim, and H. S. J. van der Zant
Quantum spin Hall effect in magnetic graphene
Nature Communications 16, 5336 (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60377-1 - A. M. Seiler, Y. Zhumagulov, K. Zollner, C. Yoon, D. Urbaniak, F. R. Geisenhof, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Fabian, F. Zhang, and R. T. Weitz
Layer-selective spin-orbit coupling and strong correlation in bilayer graphene
2D Materials 12, 035009 (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/add74a - K. Zollner, M. Kurpas, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
First-principles determination of spin–orbit coupling parameters in two-dimensional materials
Nature Reviews Physics 7, 255 (2025)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42254-025-00818-4 - K. Zollner and J. Fabian
Proximity Effects, Topological States, and Correlated Physics in Graphene Heterostructures
2D Materials 12, 013004 (2024)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ad9dfd - A. Beer, K. Zollner, C. Serati de Brito, P. E. Faria Jr., P. Parzefall, T. S. Ghiasi, J. Ingla-Aynés, S. Mañas-Valero, C. Boix-Constant, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Fabian, H. S. J. van der Zant, Y. Galvão Gobato, and C. Schüller
Proximity-Induced Exchange Interaction and Prolonged Valley Lifetime in MoSe2/CrSBr Van-Der-Waals Heterostructure with Orthogonal Spin Textures
ACS Nano 18, 31044 (2024)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c07336 - J. Fabian and K. Zollner
Engineering Electron Spin in van der Waals Heterostructures
Europhysics News 55, 20 (2024)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epn/2024407 - T. Frank, P. E. Faria Jr., K. Zollner, and J. Fabian
Emergence of radial Rashba spin-orbit fields in twisted van der Waals heterostructures
Physical Review B 109, L241403 (2024)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L241403 - M. Graml, K. Zollner, D. Hernangómez-Pérez, P. E. Faria Jr., and J. Wilhelm
Low-Scaling GW Algorithm Applied to Twisted Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Heterobilayers
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 20, 2202 (2024)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01230 - K. Zollner, S. M. João, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Fabian
Twist- and gate-tunable proximity spin-orbit coupling, spin relaxation anisotropy, and charge-to-spin conversion in heterostructures of graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides
Physical Review B 108, 235166 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.235166 - C. Serati de Brito, P. E. Faria Jr., T. S. Ghiasi, J. Ingla-Aynés, C. R. Rabahi, C. Cavalini, F. Dirnberger, S. Mañas-Valero, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Zollner, J. Fabian, C. Schüller, H. S. J. van der Zant, and Y. G. Gobato
Charge Transfer and Asymmetric Coupling of MoSe2 Valleys to the Magnetic Order of CrSBr
Nano Letters 23, 11073 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03431 - K. Zollner, E. Icking, and J. Fabian
Electronic and spin-orbit properties of h-BN encapsulated bilayer graphene
Physical Review B 108, 125126 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.125126 - P. E. Faria Jr., K. A. de Mare, K. Zollner, K.-h. Ahn, S. I. Erlingsson, M. van Schilfgaarde, and K. Výborný
Sensitivity of the MnTe valence band to the orientation of magnetic moments
Physical Review B 107, L100417 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L100417 - X. Chen, K. Zollner, C. Moulsdale, V. I. Fal'ko, and A. Knothe
Semimetallic and semiconducting graphene-hBN multilayers with parallel or reverse stacking
Physical Review B 107, 125402 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.125402 - K. Zollner, P. E. Faria Jr., and J. Fabian
Strong manipulation of the valley splitting upon twisting and gating in MoSe₂/CrI₃ and WSe₂/CrI₃ van der Waals heterostructures
Physical Review B 107, 035112 (2023)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.035112 - P. E. Faria Jr., K. Zollner, T. Woźniak, M. Kurpas, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
First-principles insights into the spin-valley physics of strained transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers
New Journal of Physics 24, 083004 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac7e21 - E. Blundo, P. E. Faria Jr., A. Surrente, G. Pettinari, M. A. Prosnikov, K. Olkowska-Pucko, K. Zollner, T. Woźniak, M. R. Molas, P. C. M. Christianen, A. Chaves, T. Kazimierczuk, M. Felici, A. Babiński, J. Fabian, and A. Polimeni
Strain-Induced Exciton Hybridization in WS₂ Monolayers Unveiled by Zeeman-Splitting Measurements
Physical Review Letters 129, 067402 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.067402 - K. Zollner and J. Fabian
Proximity effects in graphene on monolayers of transition-metal phosphorus trichalcogenides MPX3
Physical Review B 106, 035137 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.035137 - K. Zollner, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
Proximity spin-orbit and exchange coupling in ABA and ABC trilayer graphene van der Waals heterostructures
Physical Review B 105, 115126 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.115126 - L. Chen, K. Zollner, S. Parzefall, J. Schmitt, M. Kronseder, J. Fabian, D. Weiss, and C. Back
Connections between spin-orbit torques and unidirectional magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic-metal–heavy-metal heterostructures
Physical Review B 105, L020406 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.L020406 - K. Zollner, and J. Fabian
Engineering proximity exchange by twisting: Reversal of ferromagnetic and emergence of antiferromagnetic Dirac bands in graphene/Cr₂Ge₂Te₆
Physical Review Letters 128, 106401 (2022)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.106401 - T. Naimer, K. Zollner, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
Twist-angle dependent proximity induced spin-orbit coupling in graphene/transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures
Physical Review B 104, 195156 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.195156 - A. M. Hoque, D. Khokhriakov, K. Zollner, B. Zhao, B. Karpiak, J. Fabian, and S. P. Dash
All-electrical creation and control of spin-galvanic signal in graphene and molybdenum ditelluride heterostructures at room temperature
Communications Physics 4, 124 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00611-6 - K. Zollner, A. W. Cummings, S. Roche, and J. Fabian
Graphene on two-dimensional hexagonal BN, AlN, and GaN: Electronic, spin-orbit, and spin relaxation properties.
Physical Review B 103, 075129 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.075129 - K. Zollner
Proximity-induced spin-orbit and exchange coupling in van der Waals heterostructures
Doctoral thesis (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.5283/epub.44686 - K. Zollner, and J. Fabian
Bilayer graphene encapsulated within monolayers of WS₂ or Cr₂Ge₂Te₆: Tunable proximity spin-orbit or exchange coupling
Physical Review B 104, 075126 (2021)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.075126 - K. Zollner, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
Swapping Exchange and Spin-Orbit Coupling in 2D van der Waals Heterostructures
Physical Review Letters 125, 196402 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.196402 - D. Czubak, S. Gaucher, L. Oppermann, J. Herfort, K. Zollner, J. Fabian, H. T. Grahn, and M. Ramsteiner
Electronic and magnetic properties of α-FeGe₂ films embedded in vertical spin valve devices
Physical Review Materials 4, 104415 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.104415 - K. Zollner, M. D. Petrovic, K. Dolui, P. Plechac, B. K. Nikolić, and J. Fabian
Scattering-induced and highly tunable by gate damping-like spin-orbit torque in graphene doubly proximitized by two-dimensional magnet Cr2Ge2Te6 and monolayer WS2
Physical Review Research 2, 043057 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043057 - K. Zollner, P. E. Faria Jr., and J. Fabian
Giant proximity exchange and valley splitting in TMDC/hBN/(Co, Ni) heterostructures
Physical Review B 101, 085112 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.085112 - K. Zollner and J. Fabian
Heterostructures of Graphene and Topological Insulators Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3, and Sb2Te3
Physica Status Solidi (B) 258, 2000081 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202000081 - K. Dolui, M. D. Petrovic, K. Zollner, P. Plechac, J. Fabian, and B. K. Nikolić
Proximity Spin–Orbit Torque on a Two-Dimensional Magnet within van der Waals Heterostructure: Current-Driven Antiferromagnet-to-Ferromagnet Reversible Nonequilibrium Phase Transition in Bilayer CrI3
Nano Letters 20, 2288 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04556 - P. Högl, T. Frank, K. Zollner, D. Kochan, M. Gmitra, and J. Fabian
Quantum anomalous Hall effects in graphene from proximity-induced uniform and staggered spin-orbit and exchange coupling
Physical Review Letters 124, 136403 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.136403