Chiral Materials Unlock Unprecedented Efficiency in Spintronic Information Flow

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Pittsburgh investigated how the spin information of an electron, called a pure spin current, moves through chiral materials. They found that the direction in which the spins are injected into chiral materials affects their ability to pass through them. These chiral “gateways” could be used to design energy-efficient spintronic devices for data storage, communication, and computing.

Spintronic devices harness the spin of an electron, rather than its charge, to create current and move information through electronic devices.