Nano News: 06/05/15

The future for antiferromagnetic memories

A review published in ("Prospect for Antiferromagnetic Spintronics") compiles the approaches that have been employed for reading and storing information in antiferromagnets and answers the question about how to write on antiferromagnetics successfully. Dr Xavi Martí and Dr Ignasi Fina, together with Tomas Jungwirth from the Institute of Physics ASCR...

A universal transition

Understanding what causes materials to change from electrical insulators to metallic conductors is relevant not only to the development of practical electronic devices, but also for fundamental insight into the physical properties of materials. The organic material EtMe3P[Pd(dmit)2]2 is an insulator that becomes a conductor under certain conditions....

Unlocking nanofibers' potential

Nanofibers — polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter — have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells. But so far, their high cost of manufacture has relegated them to just a few niche industries. In the latest issue of the journal ("Parallel nanomanufacturing via electrohydrodynamic...