Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers discovered combining graphene with magnetic materials enables spin effect in electrons, leading to advanced computer memory

Briefing

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers discovered combining graphene with magnetic materials enables spin effect in electrons, leading to advanced computer memory

June 4, 2018

Briefing
  • New Multi-Material Structure – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers found that coupling graphene with ultra-thin magnetic materials, like cobalt and nickel, enables spin effect in electrons that can be controlled
  • Potential Application – Such spintronic behavior can be exploited to make low-power and high-speed computer memory
  • Next Steps – Include incorporating graphene and magnetic multi-layer material into insulator or semiconductor, bringing closer to realization of potential application

Accelerator
Advanced Materials, Computation and Storage

Sector
Information Technology

Organization
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Source

Original Publication Date
May 28, 2018

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