Superconductivity found in thin films of titanium oxide
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered superconductivity in thin films of titanium oxide (Ti4O7) and gamma-phase trititanium pentoxide (γ-Ti3O5). The achievement advances fundamental knowledge of nanomaterials that could one day be used in the development of ultrafast computers.
Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Researchers from MIT and Germany have shown that virtual particles known as skyrmions, discovered just a few years ago, hold promise as a new way of storing data -- one that could overcome fundamental limits that might otherwise be signaling the end of 'Moore's Law.'
Journal
Nature Nanotechnology
02.10.2017
Observation of the spin Nernst effect - pp977 - 981
S. Meyer, Y.-T. Chen, S. Wimmer, M. Althammer, T. Wimmer, R. Schlitz, S. Geprägs, H. Huebl, D. Ködderitzsch, H. Ebert, G. E. W. Bauer, R. Gross & S. T. B. Goennenwein
doi:10.1038/nmat4964
The observation of the spin Nernst effect in platinum thin film is reported. This and the spin Hall effects are found to be of similar magnitude.
A tuned oxide superlattice possesses two coexisting phases — one ferroelectric, the other with vortex order — which can be interconverted under electric field, changing material properties.
Zirconium nanoparticles introduced into aluminium alloy powders control solidification during 3D printing, enabling the production of crack-free materials with strengths comparable to the corresponding wrought material.
