Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), using facilities at MIT and Harvard University’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (part of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure network), have demonstrated current-controlled, non-volatile magnetization switching in an atomically thin van der Waals magnetic material at room temperature. Magnets composed of atomically thin van der Waals materials can typically only be controlled at extremely cold temperatures, so the fact that the researchers were able to control these materials at room temperature is key. The researchers’ ultimate goal is to bring van der Waals magnets to commercial applications, including magnetic-based devices with unprecedented speed, efficiency, and scalability.
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