From Quantum Materials to Microsystems
The expression “quantum materials” identifies materials whose properties “cannot be described in terms of semiclassical particles and low-level quantum mechanics”, i.e., where lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom are strongly intertwined. Despite their intriguing and exotic propertie...
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| description | The expression “quantum materials” identifies materials whose properties “cannot be described in terms of semiclassical particles and low-level quantum mechanics”, i.e., where lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom are strongly intertwined. Despite their intriguing and exotic properties, overall, they appear far away from the world of microsystems, i.e., micro-nano integrated devices, including electronic, optical, mechanical and biological components. With reference to ferroics, i.e., functional materials with ferromagnetic and/or ferroelectric order, possibly coupled to other degrees of freedom (such as lattice deformations and atomic distortions), here we address a fundamental question: “how can we bridge the gap between fundamental academic research focused on quantum materials and microsystems?”. Starting from the successful story of semiconductors, the aim of this paper is to design a roadmap towards the development of a novel technology platform for unconventional computing based on ferroic quantum materials. By describing the paradigmatic case of GeTe, the father compound of a new class of materials (ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors), we outline how an efficient integration among academic sectors and with industry, through a research pipeline going from microscopic modeling to device applications, can bring curiosity-driven discoveries to the level of CMOS compatible technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d207e80b0c94f848900777d2c852c1d2023-12-01T21:34:05ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-06-011513447810.3390/ma15134478From Quantum Materials to MicrosystemsRiccardo Bertacco0Giancarlo Panaccione1Silvia Picozzi2Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyLaboratorio TASC in Area Science Park—Basovizza, CNR-IOM, 34149 Trieste, ItalyConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-SPIN c/o Università G. D’Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, ItalyThe expression “quantum materials” identifies materials whose properties “cannot be described in terms of semiclassical particles and low-level quantum mechanics”, i.e., where lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom are strongly intertwined. Despite their intriguing and exotic properties, overall, they appear far away from the world of microsystems, i.e., micro-nano integrated devices, including electronic, optical, mechanical and biological components. With reference to ferroics, i.e., functional materials with ferromagnetic and/or ferroelectric order, possibly coupled to other degrees of freedom (such as lattice deformations and atomic distortions), here we address a fundamental question: “how can we bridge the gap between fundamental academic research focused on quantum materials and microsystems?”. Starting from the successful story of semiconductors, the aim of this paper is to design a roadmap towards the development of a novel technology platform for unconventional computing based on ferroic quantum materials. By describing the paradigmatic case of GeTe, the father compound of a new class of materials (ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors), we outline how an efficient integration among academic sectors and with industry, through a research pipeline going from microscopic modeling to device applications, can bring curiosity-driven discoveries to the level of CMOS compatible technology.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/13/4478quantum materialsferroicsmicrosystems |
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| title | From Quantum Materials to Microsystems |
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