Spontaneous spin polarization demonstrated in a two-dimensional material
Monday, March 11, 2019 - 11:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists from the University of Basel have demonstrated spin alignment of free electrons within a two-dimensional material. Writing in the latest edition of Nature Nanotechnology, they described their observation of spontaneous spin polarization, which cannot occur in ideal two-dimensional materials according to a well-known theorem from the 1960s.