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A Key Development in the drive for Energy-Efficient Electronics

Driving forward energy-efficient electronics
Sample of the advanced material undergoing analysis by muon spectroscopy. A muon is a sub-atomic particle. 

Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of electronics that will require less power and generate less heat.

It involves exploiting the complex quantum properties of electrons – in this case, the spin state of electrons.

In a world first, the researchers – led by a team of physicists from the University of Leeds – have announced in the journal Science Advances that they have created a ‘spin capacitor’ that is able to generate and hold the spin state of electrons for a number of hours.

Previous attempts have only ever held the spin state for a fraction of a second. In electronics, a capacitor holds energy in the form of electric charge...

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