SCIENCE - Vanadium dioxide research opens door to new, multifunctional spintronic smart sensors

New research findings open the door to smarter sensors by integrating vanadium dioxide onto a silicon chip and using lasers to make the material magnetic. The advance paves the way for multifunctional spintronic smart sensors for use in military applications and next-generation spintronic devices ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140205091613.ht