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ArticleNature communications2026

Imaging of a van der Waals spin-orbit torque system using spin ensembles in hBN.

Xi Zhang, Jingcheng Zhou, Chaowei Hu, PeiYu Cai, Kuangyin Deng, Chuangtang Wang, Nishkarsh Agarwal, Hanshang Jin, Faris A Al-Matouq, Stelo Xu and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Xi Zhang *School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-4829
Jingcheng Zhou *School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7196-7779
Chaowei HuDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0109
PeiYu CaiInstitute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3903-8941
Kuangyin DengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7799-5136
Chuangtang WangDepartment of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-6270-4837
Nishkarsh AgarwalDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7893-6149
Hanshang JinDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Faris A Al-MatouqSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Stelo XuDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Roshan S TrivediSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-2975-3340
Senlei LiSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sumedh RathiSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Hanyi LuSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zhigang JiangSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9884-3337
Valentin TaufourDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-9960
Robert HovdenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-8803
Liuyan ZhaoDepartment of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-3537
Ran ChengDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-2172
Xiaodong XuDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-2095
Elton J G SantosInstitute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-5787
Jiun-Haw ChuDepartment of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-1210
Chunhui Rita DuSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. cdu71@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-7711
Hailong WangSchool of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. hwang3021@gatech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-8487

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0024870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, optically active spin defects embedded in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals have emerged as a transformative quantum sensing platform to explore cutting-edge materials science. Taking advantage of excellent solid-state integrability, this new class of spin defects can be readily arranged in nanoscale proximity to target materials, showing great promise for realizing in-situ quantum sensing of microscopic spin and charge behaviors in vdW heterostructures. Here we report hexagonal boron nitride-based quantum imaging of field-free deterministic magnetic switching and electric current distributions in an all-vdW spin-orbit torque (SOT) system. By visualizing variations of nanoscale magnetic stray field profile of room-temperature 2D magnet Fe

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