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A new chapter in antiferromagnetic spintronics is unfolding

A research team has made critical achievements in antiferromagnetic spintronics, revealing emerging frontier distinguished by coherent spin dynamics. Key findings include spin generation and transport, electrically driven spin rotation, and ultrafast spintronic effects.

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Magnetic sandwich mediating between two worlds

Researchers developed a method to efficiently couple terahertz waves with spin waves, clarifying fundamental mechanisms previously thought impossible. This breakthrough enables the development of novel spin-based technologies for data processing.

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Researchers devise tunable conducting edge

Scientists have developed a magnetized state in monolayer tungsten ditelluride, allowing for controlled electron flow and potential applications in non-volatile memory chips. The discovery enables the creation of smaller, more energy-efficient devices that consume less power and dissipate less energy.

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A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise

Physicists at Rice University have found telltale signs of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations coupled to superconductivity in uranium ditelluride, a rare material promising fault-free quantum computing. The discovery upends the leading explanation of how this state of matter arises in the material.

Physicists discover novel quantum effect in bilayer graphene

Theorists have observed a rare phenomenon called the quantum anomalous Hall effect in bilayer graphene, a naturally occurring, two-atom thin layer of carbon atoms. The researchers found eight different ground states exhibiting ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity simultaneously.

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The magnet that didn't exist

Scientists from QuTech have observed experimental signatures of Nagaoka ferromagnetism using an engineered quantum system. This phenomenon was predicted by Japanese physicist Yosuke Nagaoka in 1966 and has never been observed naturally. The researchers created a two-dimensional lattice of four quantum dots, which allowed them to trap t...

What decides the ferromagnetism in the non-encapsulated few-layer CrI3

Researchers have found that non-encapsulated few-layer CrI3 has a rhombohedral structure at low temperatures, contradicting previous findings. The study also shows spin-phonon coupling occurring below 60K, which affects the Hamiltonian of Raman modes and has potential implications for novel spintronic devices

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Berkeley Lab scientists discover new atomically layered, thin magnet

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have discovered a new atomically layered, thin magnet in a two-dimensional material, revealing intrinsic ferromagnetism and unprecedented control over ferromagnetic behavior. The discovery has major implications for nanoscale memory, spintronic devices, and magnetic sensors.

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New method helps stabilize materials with elusive magnetism

Researchers introduce two approaches to stabilize itinerant ferromagnetic state in quantum gases, allowing for experimental detection and study of this elusive physical state. By imposing moderate optical lattices or studying cloud evolution, the methods reduce three-body recombination rates, enabling longer-lived ferromagnetic domains.

New ferromagnetic superconductors AEuFe4As4 (A = Rb, Cs)

Researchers have discovered a new ferromagnetic superconductor, CsEuFe4As4, where both bulk superconductivity and full ferromagnetism are realized simultaneously. The material exhibits robust SC and FM, with the ferromagnetic ordering demonstrated by field-dependent magnetization.

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Best of both worlds

Ferromagnetic semiconductors have overcome a longstanding physical constraint by growing iron-doped semiconductors at room temperature. This breakthrough enables new opportunities for utilizing spin degrees of freedom in semiconductor devices, such as spin transistors.

Another advance on the road to spintronics

Researchers used HARPES to investigate the bulk electronic structure of GaMnAs, finding evidence that two prevailing mechanisms co-exist to give rise to ferromagnetism. This breakthrough provides a better fundamental understanding of electronic interactions in dilute magnetic semiconductors.

Ferromagnetism plus superconductivity

Scientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and TU Dresden created a unique material, Bi3Ni, with nanometer-scale size, which exhibits both ferromagnetism and superconductivity. This phenomenon is rare and not yet fully understood, with the possibility of featuring a special type of superconductivity.

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Magnetism's subatomic roots

Rice physicists Qimiao Si and Seiji Yamamoto create a theoretical model to understand the quantum quirks of high-temperature superconductors and ferromagnetism. Their model predicts the origins of metallic ferromagnetism, providing a rigorous answer to a long-standing question in condensed matter physics.

Physicists observe magnetism in gas for the first time

Researchers observed magnetic behavior in an atomic gas, cooled to near absolute zero, and found it became ferromagnetic when repulsive forces were increased. The discovery may change textbooks on magnetism, showing that a gas of fermions can exhibit magnetic properties without a crystalline structure.

Magnetism to its lowest terms

An international team observed ferromagnetism in one-dimensional cobalt chains, which exhibit both short- and long-range magnetic order. The chains' localized orbital magnetic moments are much larger than those in thin films or bulk crystals, opening up new possibilities for nanoscale magnetic structures.

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ASU professor finds new twist to old theory

Ralph V. Chamberlin has successfully extended the mean-field theory of ferromagnetism to describe the behavior of ferromagnetic materials at lower temperatures, eliminating the need for an alternative theory. This breakthrough allows for the accurate description of ferromagnets in a wider range of temperatures.

Researchers pin down phenomenon of 'pinning' of magnetic layers

Direct images of aligned magnetic domains on both sides of an interface reveal the phenomenon of 'pinning' in layered magnetic structures. The researchers used photoemission electron microscopy to distinguish between layers with different chemical elements, demonstrating that exchange bias is an intrinsic property of the interface.

New study shows ferromagnet and anti-ferromagnet alignment colinear

Researchers from Arizona State University, IBM Almaden Research Labs, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have confirmed the alignment between electron spins in ferromagnets and anti-ferromagnets is colinear. This finding improves understanding of exchange bias, a phenomenon useful for controlling magnetization in magnetic disk storage.

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