Russian Physicists Dash Hopes of Material for the 'Electronics of the Future'
Scientists from National University of Science and Technology MISiS (NUST MISiS) became the first in the world to publish the results of research carried out on the metal alloy that was thought to be able to replace silicon in electronics.
The experiment, however, did not confirm the foreign scientists' theory that this material possessed all the necessary properties.
The Russian experts' findings were published in the international scientific Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
The study focused on the Mn2FeAl (manganese-iron-aluminum) alloy. Similar materials are believed to be promising for spintronics — a modern alternative to silicon-based electronics.
Spintronics studies the interaction between the electrons' intrinsic angular momentums, or spins, and electromagnetic fields. It uses the findings to develop the so-called spintronic devices that, unlike traditional electronics, run on the electrons' spin current rather than the electric one.
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