Researchers from IMDEA-Nanociencia Institute and from Autonoma and
Complutense Universities of Madrid (Spain) have managed to give graphene
magnetic properties.
The breakthrough, published in the journal 'Nature
Physics', opens the door to the development of graphene-based
spintronic devices, that is, devices based on the spin or rotation of
the electron, and could transform the electronics industry.
Scientists were already aware that graphene, an incredible material formed of a mesh of hexagonal carbon atoms, has extraordinary conductivity, mechanical and optical properties.
Scientists were already aware that graphene, an incredible material formed of a mesh of hexagonal carbon atoms, has extraordinary conductivity, mechanical and optical properties.
Now it is possible to give it yet one
more property: magnetism, implying a breakthrough in electronics.
Computerised simulation of TCNQ molecules on graphene layer, where they acquire a magnetic order. (Credit: IMDEA-Nanoscience) |
Credit: http://www.alphagalileo.org
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