What is Spintronics?
Spintronics is a new electronics in which the information is transported by the spin of the carriers
Why Organics?
Organic semiconductors are particularly suitable for transport of spin polarization because the scattering rate is orders of magnitude smaller than in ordinary inorganic semiconductors
What is Organic Spintronics?
Organic Spintronics is a new field of Spintronics in which the spintronic devices are constituted by organic semiconductors and magnetic metals. In particular, as magnetic metals we have implemented the processing of half metallic ferromagnetic material such colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials.
The combination of organic semiconductors and magnetic metals allows to achieve low spin scattering rates and room temperature operations. Organic Spintronics s.r.l. posses the intellectual property rights for the use of organic semiconductors in combination with CMR materials (US Patent n° 6 325 914 - dec. 2001) .
Fields of application
Devices based on organic semiconductor/CMR junctions may find application in:
- magnetic sensors,
- non-volatile memory elements
- logic spintronic devices (spin FET)
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