In a recent paper published in the journal Advanced Materials, MSI PIs Professor Jian-Ping Wang (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Associate Professor Tony Low (Electrical and Computer Engineering), and Dr. Javier Garcia Barriocanal (Characterization Facility) and colleagues showed that using a nickel-tungsten material, Ni4W, reduced the amount of energy needed to write data. The material is inexpensive to manufacture and could lead to devices with lower power consumption and higher speed.
A story about this research can be found on the College of Science and Engineering website: Researchers demonstrate a new material to reduce power consumption of electronics. The paper is available on the journal website: Large spin-orbit torque with multi-directional spin components in Ni4W.
Professor Wang uses MSI to support research into new magnetic materials for permanent magnet and spintronic applications. Professor Low is studying electronics, spintronics, and plasmonics in 2D materials. MSI provides supercomputing resources to Dr. Garcia Barriocanal and the Characterization Facility for large-scale data analysis.