Generation and manipulation of spin currents for advanced electronic devices
(PHYSorg.com Nanotechnology)

Graphene-based van der Waals heterostructures could be used to design ultra-compact and low-energy electronic devices and magnetic memory devices, according to a study led by ICREA Prof. Sergio O. Valenzuela, head of the ICN2 Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group. This is what a paper published in the latest issue of the journal suggests. The results have shown that it is possible to perform an efficient and tunable spin-charge conversion in these structures, and, for the first time, even at room temperature. The paper is published in Nature Materials. The first authors are L. Antonio Benítez and Williams Savero Torres, of the same group. The results complement recent studies carried out within this same initiative, including one published in 2019 in Nano Letters by scientists from the University of Groningen (RUG).