Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable, nanoscale spin structures that have emerged as promising candidates for the next generation of data storage and logic devices. Their unique swirling ...

Imagine a pair of filters connected by a narrow tube. The filters represent ferromagnetic layers, and the tube symbolizes a thin insulating barrier. The alignment of the filters' pores determines the ...

Spintronic devices work with spin textures caused by quantum-physical interactions. Scientists have now studied graphene-cobalt-iridium heterostructures at BESSY II. The results show how two desired ...

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide films that are important for various next ...

Electrical current flowing in an altermagnetic bilayer CrS can become spin-polarized using an external electric field, thus paving a way towards all-electrical spintronic devices for future computing ...

MIT physicists have demonstrated a new form of magnetism that could one day be harnessed to build faster, denser, and less power-hungry "spintronic" memory chips. The new magnetic state is a mash-up ...

Spintronic devices, which leverage electron spin rather than charge, present a promising alternative. In particular, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) materials are attractive due to their unique ...

Quantum mechanics states that electrons have two stable spins—up and down. With the advent of nanoscale fabrication methods, device companies are harnessing this knowledge to create devices. The ...

A long standing mystery in spintronics has revolved around why some promising crystalline materials stubbornly refuse to conduct electricity the way theory predicts. That puzzle, rooted in how ...

Spintronics, also known as spin electronics, is a rapidly developing field that explores the potential of utilising the spin of electrons in solid-state devices. Spin is one of the three inherent ...

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that ...