The research team’s paper on the intermetallic molecular nanomagnet has been published in the prestigious Nature Communications journal, the MSN portal has reported.
Scientists have been looking into nanomagnets since the 1990s, but the Polish team is the first to have created a nano-scale structure similar to that of a regular-sized magnet.
The invention allows nanomagnets to enjoy some of the desirable properties of bigger magnets, according to MSN.
Applications of nanomagnets
‘In the short term, the nanomagnets can supersede magnetic materials that have reached their full capacity, for instance, in hard drives which cannot undergo further miniaturisation,’ MSN quoted a member of the research team, Michał Magott, as saying.
Maggot added that in the long run nanomagnets can also find application in the highly sought-after spin transistor, which one day is believed to supplant present-day transistors.
Though nanomagnets require further research, their use might be key to the development of the technological sector, MSN added.
(pjm/pm)
Source: MSN