A team from Max Planck Institute has developed control of oxygen defects and magnetic properties in SrCoOx thin films via ionic liquid gating. XAS & XMCD spectroscopy at BOREAS beamline of the ALBA Synchrotron was used to characterise the resulting properties.
A study published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces studies the asymmetry of the magnetic proximity effect in both heavy metals-ferromagnetic-heavy metal trilayers and, for the first time, in multilayered systems. The study, that counted with the collaboration of the BOREAS beamline at ALBA, will provide useful guidelines to the design and production of advanced spintronic devices based on multilayered systems, with applications in information and communication technologies.
A research led by the UAB has managed to emulate learning neuromorphic abilities using thin layers of cobalt oxide. The experiment, performed at the ALBA Synchrotron, is a new step towards brain-inspired computers.
A multinational research project led by the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) in Seoul, introduced a method to measure the multi-electron states of isolated magnetic atoms. Among others, data obtained at BOREAS beamline in ALBA has been key for answering the question: which orbitals do the electrons occupy?
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, the ALBA Synchrotron and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have succeeded in creating a two-dimensional ferromagnetic material for the first time exhibiting an easy-plane magnetic anisotropy, i.e. an “XY class” of 2D ferromagnet. This is of fundamental relevance and was elusive so far, without discarding potential application in energy efficient information technologies. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism experiments at BOREAS beamline of ALBA first proved the ferromagnetic nature of the system, while further measurements at BESSY VEKMAG facility completed the demonstration of the XY universality class. The results have been published in the renowned journal Science.
