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A new spin on organic semiconductors

26 Mar 2019
Researchers have found that certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge, a phenomenon which could...
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Conceptual image of spin current flow in a superconductor

Some superconductors can also carry currents of ‘spin’

16 Apr 2018
Researchers have shown that certain superconductors – materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance at very low temperatures – can also...
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The Electron Manifesto: transforming high performance computing with 'spintronics'

26 Jul 2017
Electron ‘spin’ could hold the key to managing the world’s growing data demands without consuming huge amounts of energy. Now, researchers have shown...
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Spin, an intrinsic property of electrons, is related to the dynamics of electrons excited as a result of singlet fission – a process which could be used to extract energy in future solar cell technologies.

Researchers road-test powerful method for studying singlet fission

17 Oct 2016
In a new study, researchers measure the spin properties of electronic states produced in singlet fission – a process which could have a central role...
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Growing quantities of data storage online are driving up the energy costs of high-performance computing and data centres. Superconducting spintronics offer a potential means of significantly increasing their energy-efficiency to resolve this problem.

Cambridge to research future computing tech that could “ignite a technology field”

15 Apr 2016
A Cambridge-led project aiming to develop a new architecture for future computing based on superconducting spintronics - technology designed to...
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The next generation of computing

04 Jul 2011
Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the...
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