A pure electrical generation of magnetization through electrons' valley magnetic moment has been observed in a strained two-dimensional semiconductor.
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Yu, H., Yao, W. Magnetization without polarization. Nature Mater 16, 876–877 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4979
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