The present disclosure generally relates to spintronic material stacks and devices. A spintronic stack comprises an amorphous layer, a texturing layer comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: TaxW1-x, where x is from zero to 1, MgO, Ru, Ti,
TiN, YPt, B2 alloys X—Al, where X is one of Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, or Ir, CrMo, TaxW1-x N, HfN, and TaxHf1-xN, a
barrier layer comprising one or more materials selected from the group consisting of: X—AlGe, X—AlGeN, where X is one of Co, Ni, Ru, or Ir, TaxW1-xN, HfN, and TaxHf1-xN, and
TiN, a YPtBi layer having a (110), (111), or (100) orientation, an interlayer, and a ferromagnetic layer. The texturing barrier
layers each individually comprises a material having a
high resistivity to minimize
shunting, and function as a
crystal symmetry transfer layer to provide the a (110), (111), or (100) orientation to the YPtBi layer.