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<p>Thanks, <span>Federico for the reply.</span></p>
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<p><span>I do understand that when SOC is used than spin polarization is not considered.</span></p>
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<p>But that's the problem the paper which I 'm referring does talk about it and do provide the information regarding </p>
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<p>the spin polarization, in the paper "<span>Valence Band Splitting on Multilayer MoS2: Mixing of Spin−Orbit Coupling and </span></p>
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<p><span>Interlayer Coupling</span>" the figure 2. Please check and suggest the method they might have implemented. And I have do </p>
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<p>emailed them (paper authors) but I 'm yet to receive a reply form them.</p>
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<p>link for the paper: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27225320" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk313182" previewremoved="true">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27225320</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards,</span><br>
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<p>Ghadiyali Mohammed Kader,</p>
<p>University of Mumbai</p>
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