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An Ultrathin Flexible Programmable Spin Logic Device Based on Spin–Orbit Torque

Meiling Li, Chexin Li, Xiaoguang Xu, Mengxi Wang, Zhiqiang Zhu, Kangkang Meng, Bin He, Guoqiang Yu, Youfan Hu, Lian‐Mao Peng, Yong Jiang

2023Nano Letters28 citationsDOI

Abstract

Flexible electronic devices have shown increasingly promising value facilitating our daily lives. However, flexible spintronic devices remain in their infancy. Here, this research demonstrates a type of nonvolatile, low power dissipation, and programmable flexible spin logic device, which is based on the spin-orbit torque in polyimide (PI)/Ta/Pt/Co/Pt heterostructures fabricated via capillary-assisted electrochemical delamination. The magnetization switching ratio is shown to be about 50% for the flexible device and does not change after 100 cycles of bending, indicating the device has stable performance. By designing the path of pulse current, five Boolean logic gates AND, NAND, NOT, NOR, and OR can be realized in an integrated two-element device. Moreover, such peeling-off devices can be successfully transferred to almost any substrate, such as paper and human skin, and maintain high performance. The flexible PI/Ta/Pt/Co/Pt spin logic device serves as logic-in-memory architecture and can be used in wearable electronics.

Topics & Concepts

Spin (aerodynamics)Materials scienceOptoelectronicsTorqueNanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsMagnetic properties of thin filmsQuantum and electron transport phenomenaFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
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