Defrosting magnetic single molecules

摘要

In the future, computer memory could be made from molecular magnets say European researchers. Eliseo Ruiz and Santiago Alvarez, University of Barcelona, Spain and colleagues in Germany have created a mathematical model to improve single molecule magnets (SMMs) - molecules that magnetise in a particular direction. Ruiz plans for the SMMs to be used in the future to manufacture computer memory, with a single molecule representing each digit in a binary string: 1 if magnetised in one direction, 0 if magnetised in another.