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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.

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 ...

Our data-driven world demands more—more capacity, more efficiency, more computing power. To meet society's insatiable need for electronic speed, physicists have been pushing the burgeoning field of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.