Recent Advances in Novel Materials for Future Spintronics

• Main Author: Wang, Xiaotian (auth)
• Other Authors: Chen, Hong (auth), Khenata, Rabah (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Chemistry; n/a; doping; spin polarization; first-principle; quaternary Heusler alloy; electronic structure; Prussian blue analogue; first-principles calculations; first-principles calculation; magnetic anisotropy; pressure; Nb (100) surface; Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction; optical properties; skyrmion; equiatomic quaternary Heusler compounds; Heusler alloy; interface structure; first principles; magnetism; spin transport; first-principles method; monolayer CrSi2; half-metallic material; H adsorption; half-metallic materials; lattice dynamics; spin gapless semiconductor; first-principle calculations; half-metallicity; bulk CrSi2; covalent hybridization; H diffusion; electronic property; MgBi2O6; physical nature; Mo doping; phase stability; mechanical anisotropy; quaternary Heusler compound; magnetic properties; exchange energy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

As we all know, electrons carry both charge and spin. The processing of information in conventional electronic devices is based only on the charge of electrons. Spin electronics, or spintronics, uses the spin of electrons, as well as their charge, to process information. Metals, semiconductors, and insulators are the basic materials that constitute the components of electronic devices, and these types of materials have been transforming all aspects of society for over a century. In contrast, magnetic metals, half-metals (including zero-gap half-metals), magnetic semiconductors (including spin-gapless semiconductors), dilute magnetic semiconductors, and magnetic insulators are the materials that will form the basis for spintronic devices. This book aims to collect a range of papers on novel materials that have intriguing physical properties and numerous potential practical applications in spintronics.