Researchers Put 'Spin' in Silicon, Advance New Age of Electronics

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The worlds first silicon spin-transport devices fabricated and measured in Ian Appelbaums lab at the University of Delaware. More than 25 individual silicon spin-transport devices are represented one within each tiny wire grid on this ceramic chip ho ...
The world's first silicon spin-transport devices, fabricated and measured in Ian Appelbaum's lab at the University of Delaware. More than 25 individual silicon spin-transport devices are represented, one within each tiny wire grid, on this ceramic chip holder. Credit: Jon Cox, University of Delaware

Electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech have demonstrated for the first time how the spin properties of electrons in silicon--the world's most dominant semiconductor, used in electronics ranging from computers to cell phones--can be measured and controlled.


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