Researchers have obtained a flexible tape of an antiferromagnetic material able to store information in a more robust and secure way than the ubiquitous ferromagnetic materials. This innovation may have application where flexibility and data storage robustness are required, such as credit or identification cards.
Following the experimental discovery of the first topological insulator (TI) Bi2Te3 in 2009, the discovery of MnBi4Te7 10 years later is another hallmark in this research field. This material features topological electronic order coexisting with an intrinsic net magnetization at low temperatures. The finding has been uncovered by an international collaboration including the teams from the universities and research institutes in Würzburg and Dresden, and has been corroborated by the measurements at Diamond Light Source (UK), the Advanced Light Source (US), Petra III-Desy (Germany) and the ALBA Synchrotron.
Researchers have studied the dynamic changes in the distribution of cobalt and iron atoms during the growth of mixed cobalt-iron oxides on a metallic substrate at the CIRCE beamline in the ALBA Synchrotron. This is the first time that growth at such high temperatures (1.000 ºC) has been followed in real space and real time with synchrotron radiation, providing valuable chemical information.
On 22nd March 2010, ALBA was inaugurated becoming one of the most important scientific infrastructures of Spain. Since then, its synchrotron light has been a great ally for numerous advances in a huge range of scientific fields, such as biomedicine, materials science, nanotechnology or archaeology. The ALBA Synchrotron represents a formidable return of knowledge, development and well-being for society.
Since 13th March ALBA has been shutdown due to COVID-19 precautionary measures but is tele-open.
