Spintronics and spintronic devices

Companies/R&D Institutions studying spintronics and spintronic devices

A spintronic device is a device that processes information based on the spin of an electron. While conventional electronic devices use electrical charges to carry information, spintronic devices use the direction of an electron's spins to carry and process information. Because spintronic devices are high-speed, low-power devices, they are expected to make a remarkable contribution to the future of information technologies, which currently suffer from increasing energy consumption.

The spins used in spintronic devices are usually the spins of an electron, but studies of the nuclear spins of an atomic nucleus are also underway. The applications of nuclear spins have already been implemented in the medical field as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but they require a much larger magnetic field than electron spins. However, nuclear spins have a longer coherent time than electron spins, which is an advantage for longer information retention.

Spintronics is the latest subject of academic studies to pursue the above-mentioned technologies, which generate innovations such as electronics, magnetics, photonics in the electronics and telecommunications industries by exploiting new physical phenomena obtained by controlling both electric and magnetic properties of materials. At the same time, it is also a subject of growing interest as a relatively rare field of scientific and technological innovation in which basic scientific innovation and industrial innovation join hands for progress.

I   Overview

1. About Spintronic Devices
2. Application Fields of Spintronic Devices
   1) Magnetic memory
   - Tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR)
   - Spin-transfer torque (STT)
   - Spin-orbit torque (SOT)
   2) Magnetic read device
   3) Spin Hall effect devices
   4) Spin field effect transistors (Spin-FET)
   5) Optical spin-wave memory
3. Market Sizes Regarding Spintronic Devices
4. Studies on Spintronic Devices by Companies/R&D Institutions
   1) University Public Corporation Osaka
   2) National University Corporation Osaka University
   3) National University Corporation Kobe University
   4) National University Corporation, the University of
       Tokyo
5. Future Perspectives of Spintronic Devices

II   Spintronic Integrated Circuits

1. About Spintronic Integrated Circuits
2. Characteristics of Spintronic Integrated Circuits
   1) High speed movement
   2) Low power consumption
   3) Nonvolatility
   4) Scalability
3. Market Sizes Related to Spintronic Integrated Circuits
4. Studies on Spintronic Integrated Circuits by Companies/R&D Institutions
   1) National University Corporation Osaka University
   2) National University Corporation Kyushu University
   3) National University Corporation Tohoku University
   4) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
       (JAIST)
5. Challenges and Future Perspectives of Spintronic Integrated Circuits

III   Spintronics Based Memories

1. Conventional Mainstream Memories
2. Expectations of Next-Generation Memories
3. Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM), Representing Next-Generation Memories
4. Market Sizes Related to Spintronics Based Memories
5. Studies on Spintronics Based Memories by Companies/R&D Institutions
   1) National University Corporation Kyushu University
   2) National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of
       Technology
   3) Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
6. Future Perspectives of Spintronics Based Memories
   1) High-speed movements and low power consumption
   2) High durability and reliability
   3) Increased integration
   4) Advances in manufacturing technology
   5) Adaptation to new architecture
   6) Improved energy efficiency

IV   Spintronic Thermal Management

1. About Spintronic Thermal Management
2. Spintronic Thermal Management Theory
   1) The spin Seebeck effect
   2) The spin Peltier effect
   3) The spin Hall effect
3. Market Sizes Related to Spintronic Thermal Management
4. Studies on Spintronic Thermal Management by Companies/R&D Institutions
   1) National University Corporation Kyushu University
   2) National University Corporation Saitama University
   3) National University Corporation Tohoku University
   4) National University Corporation University of Fukui
   5) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)/
       National University Corporation, the University of
       Tokyo
5. Challenges and Future Perspectives of Spintronic Thermal Management

V   Quantum Spintronics

1. Quantum Spintronics in the Spotlight
2. Examples of Quantum Spintronics Applications
   1) Quantum Molecular Spintronics
   2) Spintronics Quantum Computing
3. Market Sizes Related to Quantum Spintronics
4. Studies on Quantum Spintronics by Companies/R&D Institutions
   1) National University Corporation Osaka University
   2) National University Corporation, the University of
       Tokyo
   3) National University Corporation Tohoku University (1)
   4) National University Corporation Tohoku University (2)
   5) Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
   6) National University Corporation Hiroshima University
5.  Future Perspectives of Quantum Spintronics