Graphene spintronics: the European Flagship perspective
Review article, 2015
We review current challenges and perspectives in graphene spintronics, which is one of the most promising directions of innovation, given its room-temperature long-spin lifetimes and the ability of graphene to be easily interfaced with other classes of materials (ferromagnets, magnetic insulators, semiconductors, oxides, etc), allowing proximity effects to be harvested. The general context of spintronics is first discussed together with open issues and recent advances achieved by theGraphene Spintronics Work Package consortiumwithin the Graphene Flagship project. Based on such progress, which establishes the state of the art, several novel opportunities for spin manipulation such as the generation of pure spin current (through spinHall effect) and the control of magnetization through the spin torque phenomena appear on the horizon. Practical applications arewithin reach, but will require the demonstration of wafer-scale graphene device integration, and the realization of functional prototypes employed for determined applications such as magnetic sensors or nano-oscillators. This is a specially commissioned editorial from the Graphene Flagship Work Package on Spintronics. This editorial is part of the 2DMaterials focus collection on ‘Progress on the science and applications of two dimensional materials,’ published in association with the Graphene Flagship. It provides an overview of key recent advances of the spintronics work package aswell as the mid-term objectives of the consortium.
Author
Stefan Roche
Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Johan Åkerman
University of Gothenburg
Bernd Beschoten
RWTH Aachen University
Jean-Christophe Charlier
Universite catholique de Louvain
Mairbek Chshiev
Grenoble Alpes University
Saroj Prasad Dash
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics
Bruno Dlubak
Thales Group
Jaroslav Fabian
University of Regensburg
Albert Fert
Thales Group
Marcos Guimarães
Cornell University
University of Groningen
Francisco Guinea
University of Manchester
IMDEA Nanoscience Institute
Irina Grigorieva
University of Manchester
Christian Schönenberger
University of Basel
Pierre Seneor
Thales Group
Christoph Stampfer
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sergio O. Valenzuela
Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Xavier Waintal
Grenoble Alpes University
Bart van Wees
University of Groningen
2D Materials
2053-1583 (eISSN)
Vol. 2 3 030202- 030202Areas of Advance
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Energy
Materials Science
Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Nano Technology
DOI
10.1088/2053-1583/2/3/030202