Lord Kelvin: The Father of Spintronics
Today marks 107 years since the death of William ‘Lord Kelvin’ Thomson. A revolutionary in many fields, he is famous in spintronics for his discovery... The post Lord Kelvin: The Father of Spintronics...
View ArticleMagnetic Bubble Memory Takes the 1970s by Storm
Forever Knowing Bubbles In the 1970s magnetic bubble memory promised to be alternative to the bulky, expensive memories that came before it. Followers of current... The post Magnetic Bubble Memory...
View ArticleMetglas spintronics – the next step for this 1980s smart material?
Back in the early 1980s scientific and commercial interest in metallic glass materials was beginning to take off. And in recent years there have begun... The post Metglas spintronics – the next step...
View ArticleSpin Glass Half Full
Toughened Readers I’m sure readers of New Scientist in the 1970s must been made of tougher stuff than their present day counter parts. This ambitious... The post Spin Glass Half Full appeared first on...
View ArticleSpin Flip Raman: A Knight to Remember
Raman Spectroscopy – Something for the Future? Raman spectroscopy is not a technique we are used to seeing in spintronics, but as organic spintronics gains... The post Spin Flip Raman: A Knight to...
View ArticleAMR – The Start of Something Special
William Thomson – The Father of Spintronics? This paper from 1856 helped trigger the entire field of spintronics – but you’d be forgiven for not... The post AMR – The Start of Something Special...
View ArticleMaxwell’s Equations – Let There Be Light!
Maxwell’s Equations Maxwell’s equations, just like spintronics itself, involve understanding and combining electricity and magnetism. Unsurprisingly then, Maxwell’s equations come up in spintronics...
View ArticleTake the Strain – Joule Magnetostriction
Transformer Hum Whether you realise it or not you have probably already encountered magnetostriction at some point in your life. The characteristic ‘transformer hum‘ is... The post Take the Strain –...
View ArticleHall Effect of Fame
The Hall Effect is beloved of condensed matter physicists the world over for its use in characterisation of materials and sensing of magnetic fields. Now... The post Hall Effect of Fame appeared first...
View ArticleThe Fallen Heroes of Magnetic Storage
MRAM seems set to be the next big thing for the spintronics industry. But what can we say about the fallen heroes of magnetic storage... The post The Fallen Heroes of Magnetic Storage appeared first on...
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