Researchers from the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in collaboration with researchers from Barcelona, Berkeley, and Halle have demonstrated an experimental spin-based microelectronic device using an antiferromagnetic semiconductor compound Sr2IrO4.
A book Essentials of Econophysics Modelling from Dr František Slanina is a course in methods and models rooted in physics and used in modelling economic and social phenomena. It covers the discipline of econophysics, which creates an interface between physics and economics.
Researchers from the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in collaboration with researchers from Berkeley and Barcelona, have demonstrated that it is possible to use another type of magnetic materials, the so-called antiferromagnets to store information. Antiferromagnetic materials are magnetic inside, however, their microscopic magnetic moments sitting on individual atoms alternate between two opposite orientations.
The numerical simulations of correlated materials using the supercomputer is a young field of the 21st century. Interesting research brought two papers in Physical Review Letters.
Academy Council took up proposals of Academy prizes and honorary medals on its 30th meeting on June 7, 2011. besides Czech representatives, the Council recommended awarding Professor Dieter Vollhardt from the University of Augsburg for his merits in physical sciences.
