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Merging Nanoporous Materials with Energy-Efficient Spintronics

Descrizione del progetto

Un innovativo materiale nanoporoso spiana la strada alla spintronica ad alte prestazioni

Il progetto SPIN-PORICS, finanziato dall’UE, mira a rivoluzionare le applicazioni della spintronica incorporando materiali nanoporosi appositamente progettati al fine di migliorare l’efficienza energetica. Riuscire a sostituire la corrente elettrica con un campo elettrico potrebbe contribuire a ridurre il consumo di energia, riducendo al minimo la dissipazione di calore e aggirando i problemi legati alla deformazione. Tali problemi sono tipicamente riscontrati nei dispositivi di memorizzazione magnetica e magneto-elettronici. Utilizzando la tensione, le proprietà magnetiche del nuovo nanomateriale composito saranno calibrate a temperatura ambiente. Il materiale potrebbe essere utilizzato nella registrazione magnetica assistita elettricamente, nella commutazione guidata dalla tensione di memorie magnetiche ad accesso casuale e nei transistor a effetto di campo basato sullo spin.

Obiettivo

This Project aims to integrate engineered nanoporous materials into novel energy-efficient spintronic applications. Magnetic storage and magneto-electronic devices are conventionally controlled by means of magnetic fields (via electromagnetic induction) or using spin-polarized electric currents (spin-transfer torque). Both principles involve significant energy loss by heat dissipation (Joule effect). The replacement of electric current with electric field would drastically reduce the overall power consumption. Strain-mediated magneto-electric coupling in piezoelectric-magnetostrictive bilayers might appear a proper strategy to achieve this goal. However, this approach is not suitable in spintronics because of the clamping effects with the substrate, need of epitaxial interfaces and risk of fatigue-induced mechanical failure. The exciting possibility to control ferromagnetism of metals and semiconductors directly with electric field (without strain) has been recently reported, but most significant effects occur below 300 K and only in ultra-thin films or nanoparticles. This Project tackles the development of a new type of nanocomposite material, comprising an electrically conducting or semiconducting nanoporous layer filled with a suitable dielectric material, where the magnetic properties of the metal/semiconductor will be largely tuned at room temperature (RT) by simply applying a voltage, via electric charge accumulation. The porous layer will consist of specific alloys (Cu-Ni or Fe-Rh) or oxide diluted magnetic semiconductors, where surface magnetic properties have been recently reported to be sensitive to electric field at RT. Based on these new materials, three technological applications are envisaged: electrically-assisted magnetic recording, voltage-driven switching of magnetic random-access memories and spin field-effect transistors. The obtained results are likely to open new paradigms in the field of spintronics and could be of high economic transcendence.

Meccanismo di finanziamento

ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant

Istituzione ospitante

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 794 380,00
Indirizzo
EDIF A CAMPUS DE LA UAB BELLATERRA CERDANYOLA V
08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
Spagna

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Regione
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 794 380,00

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