Nanomagnets bend the rules
April 21, 2005 | Source: KurzweilAI
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that a class of nanostructured materials that are key components of computer memories and other important technologies undergo a previously unrecognized shift in the rate at which magnetization changes at low temperatures.
The results could point the way to marked improvements in the performance of microwave devices.