Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science that deals with spintronic phenomena.
- noun Spintronic devices and systems.
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- noun physics The
storage andtransfer ofinformation using the spin state ofelectrons as well as theircharge
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The idea of spintronics is we could use the spins of the electron instead of an electrical charge to process and store massive amounts of data on disks," said Chris Marrows, a physicist at Leeds University who specializes in spintronics.
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[AF] – Quantum computing is one of the axes, one of the roads, but now in spintronics, you have for example what is called the spin transfer phenomenon.
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I wrote a piece for TheFeature about "spintronics" -- nanotechnology-based storage that is going to show up in products as early as next year.
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[AF] – Yeah, this is one of the axes in spintronics.
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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The resulting electronics, dubbed spintronics, would effectively let computers store and transfer twice as much data per electron.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
vanishedone commented on the word spintronics
'Spintronics, or spin electronics, refers to the study of the role played by electron (and more generally nuclear) spin in solid state physics, and possible devices that specifically exploit spin properties instead of or in addition to charge degrees of freedom.' (umd.edu)
Nothing to do with politics, as it turns out (no pun intended).
December 6, 2007
qms commented on the word spintronics
I think that the moment has come,
As qubits have turned my brain numb,
To abandon spintronics
For frosty gin tonics
And concede that I simply am dumb.
February 11, 2016