Green materials for sustainable magneto-electronic memories

As compute energy usage becomes unsustainable in the era of ubiquitous data and AI computing, we need to develop materials and devices that enable super energy-efficient beyond-CMOS computing. The next generation of computing hardware will focus on low voltage switching and interconnects. Current proposals rely on the collective switch of order parameters like magnetization but still based on critical and potentially harmful materials as heavy metals and rare earths, which are unsustainable for environmental and geopolitical reasons. Here, we exploit breakthrough advances in the physics of low dimensional materials and spin-orbital phenomena to revolutionize magnetic storage devices by harnessing light and environmentally friendly materials.