Author: DIPC

SPRING (Spin Research In Graphene) is a EU-funded H2020 interdisciplinary project that has the objective of developing new graphene-based magnetic components that contribute to the creation of faster and environmentally friendly electronic devices. The coordination institute of this international alliance is CIC nanoGUNE (ES) in partnership with IBM (CH), University of Santiago de Compostela (ES), Technical University of Delft (NL), University of Oxford (UK) and Donostia International Physics Center (ES).

SPRING combines recent scientific breakthroughs from these six European consortium members to fabricate custom-crafted magnetic graphene nanostructures and test their potential as basic elements in quantum spintronic devices. This interdisciplinary project is covering scientific fields such as two - dimensional nanostructures, graphene, spintronic, natural sciences and data processing amongst others. The targeted long-term vision is the development of an all-graphene – environmentally friendly – platform where we aim to use spins for transporting, storing and processing information.

With that mission, in a first stage, open shell graphene nanostructures will be fabricated with atomic precision and designed functionality. Their magnetism and spin-states will be then characterized. Finally, their potential as basic elements in quantum spintronic devices will be tested. 

Find all the information in SPRING´s official portal: https://www.springfetopen.eu/

Representatives of all involved institutions. Image: DIPC