Owing to rapid developments in spintronics,spin-based logic devices have emerged as promising tools for next-generation computing technologies.This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in spin ...Owing to rapid developments in spintronics,spin-based logic devices have emerged as promising tools for next-generation computing technologies.This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in spin logic devices,particularly focusing on fundamental device concepts rooted in nanomagnets,magnetoresistive random access memory,spin–orbit torques,electric-field modu-lation,and magnetic domain walls.The operation principles of these devices are comprehensively analyzed,and recent progress in spin logic devices based on negative differential resistance-enhanced anomalous Hall effect is summarized.These devices exhibit reconfigur-able logic capabilities and integrate nonvolatile data storage and computing functionalities.For current-driven spin logic devices,negative differential resistance elements are employed to nonlinearly enhance anomalous Hall effect signals from magnetic bits,enabling reconfig-urable Boolean logic operations.Besides,voltage-driven spin logic devices employ another type of negative differential resistance ele-ment to achieve logic functionalities with excellent cascading ability.By cascading several elementary logic gates,the logic circuit of a full adder can be obtained,and the potential of voltage-driven spin logic devices for implementing complex logic functions can be veri-fied.This review contributes to the understanding of the evolving landscape of spin logic devices and underscores the promising pro-spects they offer for the future of emerging computing schemes.展开更多
As the family of magnetic materials is rapidly growing,two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals(vdW)magnets have attracted increasing attention as a platform to explore fundamental physical problems of magnetism and their pot...As the family of magnetic materials is rapidly growing,two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals(vdW)magnets have attracted increasing attention as a platform to explore fundamental physical problems of magnetism and their potential applications.This paper reviews the recent progress on emergent vd W magnetic compounds and their potential applications in devices.First,we summarize the current vd W magnetic materials and their synthetic methods.Then,we focus on their structure and the modulation of magnetic properties by analyzing the representative vd W magnetic materials with different magnetic structures.In addition,we pay attention to the heterostructures of vd W magnetic materials,which are expected to produce revolutionary applications of magnetism-related devices.To motivate the researchers in this area,we finally provide the challenges and outlook on 2D vd W magnetism.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2017YFA0206202 and 2022YFA1203904)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52271160).
文摘Owing to rapid developments in spintronics,spin-based logic devices have emerged as promising tools for next-generation computing technologies.This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in spin logic devices,particularly focusing on fundamental device concepts rooted in nanomagnets,magnetoresistive random access memory,spin–orbit torques,electric-field modu-lation,and magnetic domain walls.The operation principles of these devices are comprehensively analyzed,and recent progress in spin logic devices based on negative differential resistance-enhanced anomalous Hall effect is summarized.These devices exhibit reconfigur-able logic capabilities and integrate nonvolatile data storage and computing functionalities.For current-driven spin logic devices,negative differential resistance elements are employed to nonlinearly enhance anomalous Hall effect signals from magnetic bits,enabling reconfig-urable Boolean logic operations.Besides,voltage-driven spin logic devices employ another type of negative differential resistance ele-ment to achieve logic functionalities with excellent cascading ability.By cascading several elementary logic gates,the logic circuit of a full adder can be obtained,and the potential of voltage-driven spin logic devices for implementing complex logic functions can be veri-fied.This review contributes to the understanding of the evolving landscape of spin logic devices and underscores the promising pro-spects they offer for the future of emerging computing schemes.
基金funding support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11975035,51731001,11805006,and 11675006)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0206303 and 2017YFA0403701)。
文摘As the family of magnetic materials is rapidly growing,two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals(vdW)magnets have attracted increasing attention as a platform to explore fundamental physical problems of magnetism and their potential applications.This paper reviews the recent progress on emergent vd W magnetic compounds and their potential applications in devices.First,we summarize the current vd W magnetic materials and their synthetic methods.Then,we focus on their structure and the modulation of magnetic properties by analyzing the representative vd W magnetic materials with different magnetic structures.In addition,we pay attention to the heterostructures of vd W magnetic materials,which are expected to produce revolutionary applications of magnetism-related devices.To motivate the researchers in this area,we finally provide the challenges and outlook on 2D vd W magnetism.
