Topic
Spintronics
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Approaching the magnetic singularity
MIT researchers discover a material that changes electrical resistance only when a magnetic field is applied at a narrowly confined angle.
June 20, 2019 -
Controllable fast, tiny magnetic bits
MIT researchers show how to make and drive nanoscale magnetic quasi-particles known as skyrmions for spintronic memory devices.
January 3, 2019 -
Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips
Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices.
November 12, 2018 -
Developing new magnetic device materials
Summer Scholar Stephanie Bauman interns in Luqiao Liu lab synthesizing and testing manganese gallium samples for spintronic applications.
October 2, 2017 -
Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage
Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.
October 2, 2017 -
Geoffrey Beach: Drawn to explore magnetism
Materials researcher is working on the magnetic memory of the future.
April 24, 2017 -
Toward “valleytronic” devices for data storage or computer logic systems
Researchers have discovered a new way to tune electronic energy levels in some 2-D materials.
March 9, 2017 -
Booting up spin-based device studies
Summer Scholar Grant Smith works to establish parameters for making ferromagnetic thin films in the Luqiao Liu lab.
August 15, 2016 -
Mixing topology and spin
MIT-led team demonstrates paired topology and intrinsic magnetism in compound combining gadolinium, platinum, and bismuth.
July 19, 2016 -
Researchers find unexpected magnetic effect
Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.
May 9, 2016 -
Achieving zero resistance in energy flow
MIT postdoc Cui-Zu Chang makes a spintronic breakthrough in the Moodera group.
May 6, 2016 -
Research highlight: Jagadeesh Moodera
Step-by-step, the Moodera Research Group is building the essential knowledge and hardware for next-generation quantum computers.
April 29, 2016 -
How to make large 2-D sheets
MIT-led team develops method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.
September 21, 2015 -
Unusual magnetic behavior observed at a material interface
Findings could lead to a building block for future quantum computers, and a research tool for physics.
August 18, 2015 -
Spin designers
Caroline Ross and Geoffrey Beach are studying how the “spin” of electrons on nanomagnets could be manipulated to create faster, more energy-efficient computers.
January 7, 2015 -
Team visualizes complex electronic state
Multidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.
May 18, 2014 -
Storing data in individual molecules
An international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature.
January 23, 2013 -
A one-way street for spinning atoms
Work correlating ultracold atoms’ spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
August 30, 2012 -
Electronics takes on a new spin
Researchers at MIT find a way to observe and control the way electrons spin on the surface of exotic new materials.
December 5, 2011