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Topological materials have exciting potential for next-generation, ultra-low energy electronics, including thermoelectric and spintronic devices. However, a restriction on the use of such materials in spintronics has been that all topological materials studied thus far have spin states that lie parallel to the plane of the material, while many/most/all practical spintronic devices would require out-of-plane spin states. Generating and manipulating out-of-plane spins without applying an external electric or magnetic field has been a key challenge in spintronics.  Crystal structure of Pyrite OsSe2/OsTe2.
“A number of pyrite-type materials have previously been theoretically predicted to show the desired out-of-plan spin textures,” explains lead author Dr Yuefeng Yin, in Monash Engineering’s Computational Materials Lab. Pyrite (colloquially known as fool’s gold) is an iron-sulfide mineral that displays multiple internal planes of electronic symmetry. ”The presence of strong local symmetry protects out-of-plan spin states,” explains Yuefeng, “so we decided to look closer at some of these crystals.” As well as funding from the Australian Research Council (Centre of Excellence and ARC Laureates funding) the authors gratefully acknowledge computational support from the Monash Campus Cluster, NCI computational facility and Pawsey Supercomputing Facility. Topological insulators are novel materials that behave as electrical insulators in their interior, but can carry a current along their edges. Unlike a conventional electrical path, such topological edge paths can carry electrical current with near-zero dissipation of energy, meaning that topological transistors can switch without burning energy. Topological materials are investigated within FLEET’s Research theme 1, seeking ultra-low resistance electronic paths with which to create a new generation of ultra-low energy electronics. FLEET. Posted: Nov 12, 2019. |
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