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Project

Unraveling the structure and magnetism of novel ferromagnetic semiconductors at the atomic level.

For a long time, electronics has been based on the charge of electrons. By exploiting the additional spin degree of freedom, spin-electronics (or spintronics) promises a new generation of devices with the advantages of non-volatility and higher processing speed, integration density and power efficiency. A crucial step towards the full exploitation of the potential of spintronics lies in the discovery of magnetic semiconductors exhibiting ferromagnetic order above room temperature. This project consists of experimentally investigating the mechanism of magnetoelastic spin order, a new paradigm of ferromagnetic order in semiconductors. Using a unique combination of powerful, complementary experimental methods, such as electron emission channeling, atom probe tomography and synchrotron techniques, we aim to unravel the relation between local structure and ferromagnetism in semiconductors.

Date:1 Jan 2014 →  31 Dec 2017
Keywords:Ferromagnetic, Magnetism
Disciplines:Classical physics, Elementary particle and high energy physics, Other physical sciences