Multiferroics are a new class of materials that respond to both magnetic and electric fields, a combination that does not generally occur simultaneously. This makes multiferroics promising materials ...

With the help of computer models, the British chemist and materials scientist developed a new family of crystalline compounds: multiferroics, materials that respond to both electric and magnetic ...

2022 Europhysics Prize and Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics winner Nicola Spaldin talks to Laura Hiscott about her work on magnetoelectric multiferroics, the importance of finding fun in research ...

The British scientist Nicola Spaldin received the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics. At the Planetarium Hamburg, the materials researcher from ETH Zurich was honoured for her outstanding work, ...

One of the extraordinary features of the microelectronics revolution is its ability to scale, a featured captured by Moore’s Law. That has led to a rapid and massive increase in computing ...

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The ubiquitous electronic devices that make our lives easier (cellphones, GPS, computers) all contain two types of components, which either store or deliver information in the electronic circuits.

At 48, Nicola Spaldin, an American scientist at ETH Zurich, pioneers research into multiferroics and the creation of new materials with as-yet-unknown applications.

Nicola Spaldin, Professor of Materials Theory at the ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for her ground-breaking research into multiferroic materials, with which she ...