What Has Been Achieved: First production of air-stable wafer scale two-dimensional Pb films and heterostructures showing improved spin-orbit torque conversion.
Importance of the Achievement: This work pioneers a potential new platform for spin transport devices. that enables many forms of device fabrication and characterization that are difficult or not possible with traditional platforms, due to air stability.
How is the achievement related to the IRG, and how does it help it achieve its goals? Strong and wide cross-disciplinary collaboration from synthesis to fabrication, characterization, and theory.
Where the findings are published: A. Vera et. al. ACS Nano, 18, 21985-21997 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c04075