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Briefing
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- Computer Model Simulation – Materials scientists at Duke University created two new magnetic materials atom-by-atom: one a combination of cobalt, manganese and titanium (Co2MnTi) and another a mixture of manganese, platinum and palladium (Mn2PtPd) after successful simulations using supercomputer
- Selection Process – Narrowed down prototypes from 236,115 to 35,602 potentially stable compounds, before eliminating further to reach final 14 that have magnetism capability and right structure
- Correct Prediction – Materials worked as predicted, with one losing magnetism at 938 Kelvin as modeled in computer
- Material Characteristics – First material has no expensive rare earth components, useful for commercial applications, while second material has no magnetism of its own but is responsive to external magnetic fields, with applications in magnetic field sensing, hard drives and Random Access Memory (RAM)
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