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MXene with Janus Structure at Transition metal site -A route to Emergent Properties

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Pith's one-line read Janus MXenes TiMoCO2 and TiWCO2 are predicted to be a topological insulator and a Rashba semimetal, respectively.

desk verdict Peak Berry curvature dipole values are presented as equilibrium NLAH conductivities, overstating the result for the semiconductor and likely the metal; the Rashba and Z2 parts are sound. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.10122 v2 pith:RGN7AC5Y submitted 2026-08-10 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Rajdeep Biswas , Tanusri Saha Dasgupta This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords MXeneJanusstructurespin-orbitcouplingRashbaeffectZ2topologicalinsulatorBerrycurvaturedipolenonlinearanomalousHallstrainengineering
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The pith

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The reading

The paper predicts that two monolayer MXene compounds with a Janus (asymmetric) metal layer, TiMoCO2 and TiWCO2, turn the combination of broken inversion symmetry and strong spin-orbit coupling into distinct quantum functionalities. TiMoCO2 is predicted to be a $Z_2$ topological insulator with a narrow indirect gap and a Berry curvature dipole that can change sign under tensile strain, offering a strain-controlled nonlinear Hall switch. TiWCO2 is predicted to be a trivial semimetal with a giant Rashba coefficient of $1.34\,\mathrm{eV\,\AA}$ and a Berry curvature dipole of $24$–$25\,\mathrm{\AA}$, yielding a nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity of $120 \times 10^{-4} G_0$, about two orders of magnitude above earlier Janus transition-metal dichalcogenide benchmarks. These results establish Janus MXenes as a tunable materials platform for spintronics and nonlinear Hall devices.

What carries the argument

The central object is the Janus o-MXene structure — two distinct transition-metal layers (Ti on one side, Mo or W on the other) sandwiching a carbon layer, with oxygen passivation — which breaks inversion symmetry and produces an out-of-plane electric dipole. The mechanisms that carry the argument are (i) Rashba spin splitting from broken inversion symmetry plus strong spin-orbit coupling at the $4d/5d$ site, quantified by $\alpha_R = 2E_R/k_R$; (ii) the Berry curvature dipole $D_{bd} = \int_k f_0 \, \partial\Omega_n^d/\partial k_b$, whose first moment gives the nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity; and (iii) the $Z_2$ invariant computed from the evolution of Wannier charge centers, which separates the topological insulator TiMoCO2 from the trivial semimetal TiWCO2.

What would settle it

A spin-polarized density-functional calculation (e.g., with PBE+U or hybrid functionals) that finds a magnetic ground state for TiMoCO2 or TiWCO2 would invalidate the $Z_2$ classification and the Berry curvature dipole analysis; alternatively, a nonlinear Hall transport measurement on a TiWCO2 monolayer could check whether the conductivity approaches the predicted $120 \times 10^{-4} G_0$ scale after accounting for the relaxation time $\tau$.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

Within a nonmagnetic PBE+SOC framework, the authors find that the out-of-plane ordered Janus o-MXene structure of TiMoCO2 and TiWCO2 breaks inversion symmetry and creates a net electric dipole. TiMoCO2 is a $Z_2$ topological insulator: its Wannier charge centers show odd crossings, and a spectral function calculation reveals a conducting edge state at the $[010]$ surface. TiWCO2 is a trivial semimetal, but its strong W $5d$ spin-orbit coupling gives a Rashba coefficient $\alpha_R = 1.34\,\mathrm{eV\,\AA}$ and a Berry curvature dipole of $24$–$25\,\mathrm{\AA}$ that produce a nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity of $120 \times 10^{-4} G_0$ at an applied field of $10^3\,\mathrm{V/m}$ with $\tau = 10^{-12}\,\mathrm{s}$, two orders of magnitude larger than that of known Janus transition-metal dichalcogenides. For TiMoCO2, $2$–$3\%$ tensile strain induces a semiconductor-to-semimetal transition while preserving the $Z_2$ invariant, and the Berry curvature dipole flips sign with an enhanced peak value of $17 \times 10^{-4} G_0$ at $2\%$ strain.

Load-bearing premise

All predictions rest on nonmagnetic PBE+SOC density-functional calculations, so if either compound has a lower-energy spin-polarized ground state, the time-reversal-symmetric $Z_2$ classification and Berry curvature dipole analysis would need to be redone.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • TiWCO2 could be used as a metallic Rashba platform to induce spin-orbit coupling in graphene or TMDC monolayers via proximity.
  • The predicted nonlinear Hall conductivity makes TiWCO2 a candidate for frequency doubling and terahertz detection beyond the current WTe2 benchmark.
  • For TiMoCO2, tensile strain acts as a switch that reverses the sign of the nonlinear Hall current while keeping the $Z_2$ topology intact, enabling strain-gated Hall devices.
  • The 4d-to-5d substitution (Mo to W) at the Janus site is the control knob that turns a topological insulator into a Rashba semimetal.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Editorial inference: since PBE often underestimates gaps, the 0.1 eV gap of TiMoCO2 could close or open under hybrid functionals, but the $Z_2$ invariant is robust as long as the gap does not close.
  • Editorial inference: the predicted Berry curvature dipole of 24–25 Å is unusually large; if confirmed, it might be traced to the W $d$-orbital character near the Fermi level, suggesting a design rule: heavy $5d$ metals in Janus MXenes maximize the BCD.
  • Editorial inference: a natural experimental route would be selective etching of ordered MAX phases such as Mo2TiAlC2 to obtain the Janus monolayer, since these parent phases are already known.
  • Editorial inference: if the nonmagnetic assumption fails, the nonlinear Hall response could instead become magnetic-field-tunable, which would still be technologically useful but would change the theoretical framework.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 5 minor

Summary. The paper uses DFT (PBE+SOC) and Wannier interpolation to study the structural stability and electronic properties of Janus o-MXene TiM''CO2 with M''=Mo and W. It reports that TiMoCO2 is a narrow-gap Z2 topological insulator, while TiWCO2 is a trivial metal with a strong Rashba effect (alpha_R up to 1.34 eV Å) and a very large Berry curvature dipole (24-25 Å), which the authors convert into a nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity of about 120×10^-4 G0. The paper also reports that tensile strain drives TiMoCO2 from a topological insulator to a Z2 semimetal and modulates the sign and magnitude of the Berry curvature dipole. The work includes energetics for o-MXene versus i-MXene ordering, electrostatic potential differences, phonon/MD stability checks (in the SM), Wannier charge center Z2 invariants, surface spectral functions, and strain-dependent transport estimates.

Significance. If the results are correct, the paper identifies a new materials family—Janus bimetallic MXenes—with a rare combination of topological, Rashba, and nonlinear Hall properties, and it suggests strain as a control knob. The computational work is careful and follows standard practice: Wannier interpolation, WannierTools/WannierBerri usage, dense k-grids, and explicit checks of structural stability. The energetics comparison between o- and i-MXene configurations and the electrostatic potential analysis are thoughtful. The central claims are falsifiable predictions that could guide future experimental work on MXenes. However, the headline quantitative claim about the nonlinear Hall conductivity depends on assumptions about the Fermi level and on unverified nonmagnetic ordering, which limits the significance until those points are addressed.

major comments (3)
  1. [§II] All calculations are performed within a nonmagnetic PBE+SOC framework, and no spin-polarized total-energy comparison is reported. Ti, Mo, and W are transition metals, and MXenes are known to often have magnetic instabilities; without testing ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic configurations, the time-reversal-symmetric Z2 classification and the Berry curvature dipole analysis rest on an unverified assumption. Please report spin-polarized total energies (for example, several collinear magnetic orders) for both TiMoCO2 and TiWCO2 and, if a magnetic state is lower in energy, re-evaluate the topological and transport conclusions.
  2. [§III C, Eq. (1)] The nonlinear Hall conductivity is obtained using assumed values of τ = 10^-12 s and E = 10^3 V/m, and the quoted result scales linearly with τ. These parameters are not derived from the material or from experiment, so the 'colossal' 120 × 10^-4 G0 value is not an intrinsic property but a convoluted estimate. Please state explicitly that these are assumed and provide the dependence on τ (or a range of plausible values) so readers can assess the robustness of the claim.
  3. [§III D, Fig. 7] The strain-dependent Berry curvature dipole for TiMoCO2 is again reported as a peak value within ±200 meV of E_F. The same Fermi-level issue as above applies here: for the unstrained semiconductor the equilibrium BCD is zero, and only after the strain-induced semimetal transition does a Fermi-surface contribution exist. The paper should report D(E_F) as a function of strain, not just the peak in an energy window, and specify the position of the chemical potential for the semi-metallic phases.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract uses '120 x 0.0001 G0' and '17 X 0.0001 G0'; these should be written as 120 × 10^-4 G0 and 17 × 10^-4 G0 for consistency with the text.
  2. [Conclusion] The conclusion contains the typo 'extraordinaryly'; it should be 'extraordinarily'.
  3. [§III C] The manuscript compares the TWCO nonlinear conductivity with 'WTe2 literature benchmarks' but does not give the quoted WTe2 value in the same units; please provide the specific benchmark numbers used for the two-orders-of-magnitude claim.
  4. [Fig. 4] The Rashba parameter for TWCO is given as 1.06 eV Å below E_F and 1.34 eV Å above E_F, but the text later emphasizes only 1.34 (and the abstract says 1.35). Please reconcile these numbers and label the figure consistently.
  5. [Throughout] The language is occasionally promotional ('colossal', 'unprecedented', 'extraordinary'). While the results are interesting, please make the wording more measured and explicitly tie each superlative to the quantitative comparison with previous work.

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged · score 2.0 of 10

No circular derivation found; Z2 and BCD results are computed from DFT via Wannier interpolation, not fitted to the claims. Minor self-citations are background only.

full rationale

The central results (Z2 invariant, Rashba coefficient, Berry curvature dipole, nonlinear Hall conductivity) are obtained by a direct first-principles pipeline: PBE+SOC DFT to maximally localized Wannier functions, then WCC-based Z2 calculation (Soluyanov-Vanderbilt) and WannierBerri integration of the Berry curvature dipole on a 1000x1000x1 grid. No parameter is fitted to the target claims. The conductivity conversion uses stated values tau=1e-12 s and E=1e3 V/m, which are external choices, not fit parameters. The Rashba coefficient is read from the band splitting using the standard definition. Self-citations ([5], [20], [23]) are used for background statements ('similar studies for the Janus MXene structure are limited', 'better cycling stability', MXene definition) and are not load-bearing for any computed result; the TiMoCO2 and TiWCO2 calculations are presented and re-derived in this paper. The stated limitation 'calculated within the nonmagnetic PBE+SOC framework' is a correctness caveat (a magnetic ground state would invalidate the time-reversal Z2 and BCD treatment), not a circular reduction. The use of the peak Berry curvature dipole within energy windows rather than the equilibrium Fermi-level value is a quantitative overstatement risk for the insulating/strain cases, but not a circular step: the numbers still come from the same DFT/Wannier calculation. Structural-stability details are deferred to a Supplemental Material not included in the provided text, which is a missing-support issue, not circularity. Overall, no claimed prediction reduces by construction to its input; the score is 2 only because of several minor self-citations with author overlap, none of which carries the derivation.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on standard DFT and Wannier interpolation, plus a chosen relaxation time and an assumed nonmagnetic ground state. No new particles, forces, or conserved quantities are introduced.

free parameters (2)
  • Relaxation time tau = 1e-12 s
    Used in Equation (1) to convert the Berry curvature dipole into the nonlinear Hall conductivity values quoted in the text. Chosen as a representative value, not computed or fitted.
  • Applied electric field E = 1e3 V/m
    Used to estimate the nonlinear conductivity from the dipole moment and the relaxation time. A representative value, not derived from experiment.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The PBE-GGA exchange-correlation functional gives accurate band ordering and topology for these MXene monolayers.
    All electronic structure and topology claims rest on PBE+SOC results; PBE is known to underestimate gaps and can misorder bands.
  • domain assumption Both compounds are nonmagnetic.
    Section II states calculations are within the nonmagnetic PBE+SOC framework; no spin-polarized calculation is reported.
  • standard math The maximally localized Wannier functions faithfully reproduce the ab initio bands.
    Used for Z2 invariant and Berry curvature dipole; standard practice, but the Wannier fit quality is not demonstrated in the main text.
  • domain assumption The semiclassical Boltzmann formula with a constant relaxation time describes the nonlinear Hall response.
    Equation (1) is adopted from Sodemann and Fu; assumes tau is independent of momentum and energy, which is an approximation for metals.
  • domain assumption Phonon and ab initio molecular dynamics results in the Supplementary Material confirm stability.
    The main text omits the actual spectra and MD energy traces, deferring to the SM; stability is thus assumed from unshown data.

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Motivated by the discovery of bimetallic MXene compounds with Janus metal sites, we investigate Janus MXenes TiM"CO2, where M" = Mo, W. Our computational analysis reveals that broken inversion symmetry in the Janus structure, coupled with strong spin-orbit coupling at M", generates diverse and remarkable functionalities. These include pronounced Rashba spin splitting, non-trivial Z2 topology, Berry-curvature-dipole-driven nonlinear anomalous Hall effect, and strain control of the Berry curvature dipole. Notably, the 4d transition-metal-based TiMoCO2 and 5d transition-metal-based TiWCO2, with M" elements from the same column of the periodic table, display markedly different behaviors. While TiMoCO2 is a Z2 topological insulator, TiWCO2 is a trivial semimetal. Both compounds, however, exhibit compelling quantum properties. TiWCO2 shows a robust Rashba effect with a large Rashba coefficient of 1.35 eV. Angstrom and a large nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity of 120 x 0.0001 G0. TiMoCO2, a Z2 narrow-gap semiconductor with weaker Rashba splitting and moderate nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity, exhibits a strain-driven transition from semiconductor to semimetal. This transition modulates both the sign and magnitude of the Berry curvature dipole, yielding a sizable nonlinear anomalous Hall conductivity of 17 X 0.0001 G0 under 2% tensile strain. Our findings underscore the potential of MXenes as a platform for investigating and tailoring multifunctional quantum phenomena.

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