A group of scientists, headed by researchers from Brown University, have discovered a solution to a longstanding obstacle in the realm of two-dimensional electronics, by studying the spin structure in “magic-angle” graphene.
Over the past twenty years, physicists have been attempting to directly influence the spin of electrons in 2D materials such as graphene. Successfully achieving this could catalyze significant progress in the rapidly developing realm of 2D electronics,, a field where super-fast, small and flexible electronic devices carry out computations based on quantum mechanics.
However, a major obstacle is that the standard method scientists use to gauge the spin of electrons — an essential behavior that gives everything in the physical universe its structure — usually doesn’t work in 2D materials.
This makes it incredibly difficult to fully understand the materials and propel forward technological advances based on them. But a team of scientists led by Brown University researchers believes they now have a way around this longstanding challenge. They describe their solution in a new study published in Nature Physics.
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