Ferromagnetic iron germanide nanowires grown on graphene could serve as spin injection contacts for graphene-based spintronics. The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. As both the conduction and valence band edges meet at the Fermi level, the transport and optical properties of zero-gap materials ...

This illustration shows the crystal structure of the topological insulator bismuth selenide, Se-Bi-Se-Bi-Se, consisting of five atomic layers ('quinlayers') of alternating selenide (Se) and bismuth ...

Conventional electronic devices rely on the generation, transport, manipulation, and detection of electric charge carriers, such as electrons and holes. Spintronics employs the intrinsic angular ...

Scientists have turned a longstanding challenge in electronics - material defects - nto a quantum-enhanced solution, paving the way for new-generation ultra-low-power spintronic devices. (Nanowerk ...

Antiferromagnetic (AF) crystals like NiO are experiencing a renaissance as promising materials for ultrafast spintronics. To re-establish old experimental results of surface property investigations ...

This photo shows Nitin Samarth in his research lab at Penn State working with the molecular beam epitaxy equipment, which provides an ultra-pure environment for his research team's experiments.