New X-ray microscopy technique images magnetic nanostructure
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A new X-ray technique for producing instantaneous nanoscale images of the magnetic polarity in materials has been demonstrated by SLAC scientist Joshua Turner. Such a capability is important for understanding the basics of magnetism and how new spintronic materials, which use the "up-down" spins of electrons to furnish the "on-off" instructions currently provided to electronic devices by plus and minus electric charges, would behave in future energy-efficient computers, digital memories and data storage devices.