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Publié le 04/06/2013

Angle-resolved photoemission gives evidence of the half metallicity of magnetite

The half-metallic nature of Fe3O4 has been demonstrated using the state-of-the-art photoemission set-up of the CASSIOPEE beamline. This a crucial result because it shows that the details of the...

Publié le 25/03/2013

Approaching the Holy Grail of spintronics

Until now, spintronics has shone particularly in the development of efficient electronic components. However, it is also necessary to transmit the encoded information over mesoscopic distances...

Publié le 04/12/2012

LE RAYON DE SOLEIL - N°22 the synchrotron magazine

Decembre 2012. On November 6, 2002, SOLEIL was granted permission from the Saint-Aubin local authority to build a synchrotron on the Orme des Merisiers site. In the last ten years...

Publié le 18/11/2012

A major advance in microelectronics

Graphene, a two-dimensional crystal composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, has very promising properties for electronics. However, before these potential applications could be realized, it was...

Publié le 10/01/2012

The true nature of a model interface finally revealed

Combining photoemission spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and ab initio calculations allowed to determine the structural model of the alkali-metal/Si(111):B interface.

Publié le 04/11/2011

LE RAYON DE SOLEIL - N°21 the synchrotron magazine

November 2011. The construction of the NANOSCOPIUM beamline, which began in mid-October, will considerably increase our experimental capabilities in terms of x-ray imaging,...