Breakthrough in Konstanz: Blatter radical could revolutionize spintronics!

Breakthrough in Konstanz: Blatter radical could revolutionize spintronics!

Spintronics, a promising technology for future information processing, is at the heart of developments in modern data storage. It offers the possibility of processing data faster and more energy-efficiently by using the spin of electrons rather than the charge. This revolutionary approach circumvents many of the challenges associated with the miniaturization of today's information systems, particularly the problems of heat generation.

In a groundbreaking research project, an international team led by Elke Scheer from the University of Konstanz has identified the Blatter radical as a promising candidate for future spintronics applications. Loud uni-konstanz.de This radical has been known since the 1960s and offers the advantages of robustness and versatility, coupled with the size of a typical molecule.

The potential of the Blatter radical

One of the challenges of using radicals in spintronics is their reactivity and instability. However, the research team has proven that the Blatter radical remains stable and its magnetic information can be easily read and controlled. These properties make it particularly suitable for use as a model system in spintronics research. Applications could include photodetector and thermoelectric devices that benefit from the advantages of this new technology.

In addition, a significant negative magnetoresistance was found for radical molecules, which is explained by the Kondo effect. This discovery represents a further step in the research and application of spintronics and highlights the potential of the Blatter radical as an information carrier.

Cooperation and specialist publication

Several prominent institutions are involved in the research, including the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, Xiamen University in China, the University of Hamburg, Columbia University in New York and the Forschungszentrum Jülich. The study was published in the journal Chem (Cell Press) and is a result of research projects within the Collaborative Research Center SFB 767 “Controlled Nanosystems: Interaction and Interfacing to the Macroscale”, which was active from 2008 to 2019.

The results of these studies open new perspectives for the development of spintronics technologies and offer a promising outlook for the future of data storage and processing. Spintronics could therefore become a key technology for the next generation of information systems.