2D van der Waals Magnets Above Room Temperature (MIT)


A new technical paper titled "Field-free deterministic switching of all–van der Waals spin-orbit torque system above room temperature" was published by researchers at MIT, with funding by the NSF and U.S. Department of Energy. Abstract "Two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials hold promise for the development of high-density, energy-efficient spintronic devices for memory an... » read more

Switching a Perpendicular Ferromagnetic Layer by Competing Spin Currents


ABSTRACT "An ultimate goal of spintronics is to control magnetism via electrical means. One promising way is to utilize a current-induced spin-orbit torque (SOT) originating from the strong spin-orbit coupling in heavy metals and their interfaces to switch a single perpendicularly magnetized ferromagnetic layer at room temperature. However, experimental realization of SOT switching to date req... » read more