Heat transfer fluids are widely used as coolants in vehicles and industrial processes to dissipate heat and prevent overheating. However, the cooling potential of current fluids based on water and oils is typically too low to meet the ever more demanding needs of industry. In microelectronics, for instance, absolute temperature control is crucial for the…
Graphene Manipulates Surface Magnetism at Room Temperature
In a refreshing change of perspective, theoretical physicist Dr. Zeila Zanolli has looked at the proximity effects of graphene on a magnetic semiconducting substrate, finding it to affect the substrate’s magnetism down to several layers below the surface. Her paper was published on Oct. 5 in Physical Review B. Related work also led her to…
Breakthrough in Spin Transport in Graphene Achieved
Breakthrough Reached for Spin Relaxation in Graphene
Researchers report numerical simulations for spin relaxation in graphene/TMDC heterostructures. Their calculations indicate a spin lifetime anisotropy that is orders of magnitude larger than anything observed in graphene until now. Published in Physical Review Letters, spintronics researchers of the ICN2 Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group led by ICREA Professor Stephan Roche have gleaned potentially game-changing…