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Nature 447, 268-269 (17 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447269a; Published online 16 May 2007
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Spintronics: Silicon twists
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For decades, silicon has been the dominant material for conventional, charge-based electronics. A new twist makes silicon ripe to enter the domain of spintronics, where the new currency is electron spin.
Modern computers present serious challenges for conventional, silicon-based electronics. Ever-increasing demands on processor speed, memory storage and power consumption — the era of the laptop that can keep us warm in winter is fast upon us — are forcing researchers to explore unfamiliar territory in the quest for increased performance.
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is in the Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
Email: zigor@buffalo.edu - Jaroslav Fabian is at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Email: jaroslav.fabian@physik.uni-regensburg.de
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