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New Third Class of Magnetism could transform Digital Memory: Experiment bridges theory and real-life realization

A new class of magnetism called altermagnetism has been imaged for the first time in a new study. The findings could lead to the development of new magnetic memory devices with the potential to increase operation speeds of up to a thousand times.

Altermagnetism is a distinct form of magnetic order where the tiny constituent magnetic building blocks align antiparallel to their neighbors but the structure hosting each one is rotated compared to its neighbors.

Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Physics and Astronomy have shown that this new third class of magnetism exists and can be controlled in microscopic devices. The findings have been published in Nature.

Professor Peter Wadley, who led the research, explains, “Altermagnets consist of magnetic moments ...

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Scientists Discover Novel Way of Reading Data in Antiferromagnets, Unlocking their use as Computer Memory

A microscopic image of the tiny device containing antiferromagnetic manganese bismuth telluride (green) that the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore researchers did their experiments on. The lines (light yellow) radiating from the centre are electrodes from which current was passed through the manganese bismuth telluride. (Image: NTU Singapore)

Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) investigators have made a significant advance in developing alternative materials for the high-speed memory chips that let computers access information quickly and that bypass the limitations of existing materials.

They have discovered a way that allows them to make sense of previously hard-to-read data stored in these alternative materials, known as antifer...

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New Type of Computer Memory could greatly Reduce Energy use and Improve Performance

New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and improve performance
Cross-sectional TEM images and energy-dispersive x-ray measurements from high-angle annular dark-field scanning TEM for different thin films. (A) Pure HfOx deposited at 400°C. Clear crystallites are visible in the film; red arrows indicate some of the grain boundaries. (B) Pure HfOx deposited at 30°C. While these films are not polycrystalline like pure HfOx deposited at 400°C, neither are they as uniform as the composite films presented in (C). (C) The thin films which resulted in stable electrical performance are amorphous or nanocrystalline. Some pillar-like structures can be discerned, indicated by red arrows. The addition of Ba to the films clearly leads to material uniformity by suppressing crystallization...
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Researchers discover Predictable Behavior in Promising Material for Computer Memory

Research findings recently featured on the cover of the journal Advanced Electronic Materials.
Nov 01, 2021 — Atlanta, GA

A team of researchers has discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia. In the last few years, a class of materials called antiferroelectrics has been increasingly studied for its potential applications in modern computer memory devices. Research has shown that antiferroelectric-based memories might have greater energy efficiency and faster read and write speeds than conventional memories, among other appealing attributes. Further, the same compounds that can exhibit antiferroelectric behavior are already integrated into existing semiconductor chip manufacturing processes.

Now, a team led by ...

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