Magnonics (the study of excitations in a magnetic material) may well replace electronics as the basis of modern computing. This would drastically increase energy efficiency and provide devices that can be miniaturized beyond the limit of current technology. However, the control of magnetic textures in nano-sized magnets is not straightforward to achieve. A team of researchers in Brazil and Chile have found a novel and elegant way to create stable magnetic configurations that had previously not been possible…….
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/68386
