The explosive growth of the internet has significantly increased power consumption by data centers around the world. The spintronic data storage technologies they use enable them to read, write and store information. Many countries have been racing to develop high-performance spintronic devices to reduce global power consumption by data centers.
Magnetic materials are key components of electric vehicle motors. Permanent magnets used in automobiles are critical to energy conservation and sustainability. Solving one of the challenges, temperature resistance, will greatly improve the performance of automobiles, including energy savings. In addition, various magnetic phenomena driven by electron spin—the source of magnetism—may potentially be exploited to bring about significant technological innovations. These could include dramatically enhanced existing device performance in addition to substantially improved energy efficiency and reduced energy loss.
In pursuit of its mission to make society more sustainable, the Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials has been engaged in digital innovation research to develop functional magnetic and spintronic materials by leveraging unique magnetic phenomena.