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When you stack several monolayers of cobalt to obtain perpendicular anisotropy the effect is diminished as the number of layers increases. However, when a layer of graphene is added to the stack the perpendicular anisotropy increases up to two times for twelve to thirteen monolayers.* INAC completed the calculations, which were confirmed by lab experiments […] >>

Researchers at Spintec have achieved higher STT-MRAM write speeds with lower electrical write voltage. They did it by introducing easy cone anisotropy into the storage layer; this causes a 10° to 15° misalignment between the initial magnetism of the storage layer (switchable) and the reference layer. This initial angle makes reversing magnetism faster and easier […] >>

LEDs developed under a joint research project between Leti and INAC could cost four times less to produce than competing products while generating three times more light. Ikea and Valeo are banking on it! The LEDs have not yet hit the market, but the two companies have purchased stakes in Aledia, the Grenoble-based startup that […] >>

What do you get when you place a photodiode under the buried oxide of a FDSOI transistor? A transistor that is very sensitive to visible light! The transistor, developed and tested in laboratory conditions, was presented by Leti at the IEDM 2016 conference, where it garnered substantial interest. Because energy is transferred by capacitive coupling, […] >>

Long space missions present such a high risk of bacterial infection that astronauts spend 10% of their time cleaning! One of the objectives of the ISS Proxima mission (in which ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is participating) is to study five advanced antibacterial materials on board. Because the bacteria cannot adhere to the materials, they simply […] >>