News tagged with x ray magnetic circular dichroism

'Colossal' Magnetic Effect Under Pressure

(PhysOrg.com) -- Millions of people today carry around pocket-sized music players capable of holding thousands of songs, thanks to the discovery 20 years ago of a phenomenon known as the “giant magnetoresistance ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (23) | comments 3




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An unlikely route to ferroelectricity

(Phys.org) -- Ferroelectricity, which was first observed in the 1940s, is an interesting phenomenon involving the spontaneous (non-induced) formation of charge polarization (separation of charge) in certain ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Novel magnetic material operates under extreme stress conditions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ferromagnetic materials are key ingredients in vast arrays of technologies including wind turbines, computer hard-disks, credit card readers, and many more. Typically these magnets operate ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New magnetic imaging technique heralds advance in spintronics

Impressive results from experiments at Diamond Light Source on magnetic lensless imaging by Fourier transform holography using extended references have been published today in Optics Express, the journal of the ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An electronic dance of spins and orbits

Because of their potential application in spintronic devices such as next-generation spin-based transistors, the quest for new materials with significant spin-orbit interactions in the electronic ground state ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

An energy-saving magnetic fridge? Perhaps, but first some basic research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget the magnets on your fridge. How about a magnet in your fridge, one that keeps your leftover pizza cold while consuming less energy than today’s refrigerators?

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Iron-nitrogen compound forms strongest magnet known

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of scientists from the University of Minnesota say that Fe16N2 crystals are more magnetic than the most magnetic material previously known, and its magnetism exceeds the predicted ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (45) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Single-Molecule Magnets Open New Door for Information Technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by scientists in Italy and France shows that that single molecules have the ability to store information via their magnetic state. Their work is a first step toward a new generation ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 2 feature

Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 02, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Magnetism loses under pressure

Scientists have discovered that the magnetic strength of magnetite—the most abundant magnetic mineral on Earth—declines drastically when put under pressure. Researchers from the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 0


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