Nanowerk  November 25, 2024 Pristine graphene is potentially an ideal medium for transporting spin information. Proximity effects can also be used in graphene to generate and detect spins by acquiring spin–orbit coupling or magnetic exchange coupling. However, the development of seamless spintronic devices that are based only on proximity effects remains challenging. An international team of researchers (Spain, Belgium, France) found that a two-dimensional graphene spin valve that was enabled by proximity to the van der Waals magnet Cr2Ge2Te6. Spin precession measurements showed that graphene acquires both spin–orbit coupling and magnetic exchange coupling when interfaced with the Cr2Ge2Te6 leading to […]