Titanium oxide doped with cobalt produces magnetic properties at room temperature
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spintronics also known as magnetoelectronics may replace electronics as the medium of choice for computer memory. The discovery of a mechanism that produces permanent magnets at room temperature, without any external influence, may soon improve the design of spintronic devices. Takumi Ohtsuki from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima and his colleagues in Japan, made the discovery in a class of material called a dilute ferromagnetic oxide.