Extremely fast, compact, energy-efficient computer memory using multiferroic nickel iodide

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-paving-extremely-fast-compact-memory.html

"strong magnetoelectric coupling in atomically thin nickel iodide flake: manipulate magnetic field with electric field and vice versa... exciting using fs-scale laser pulses, tracking resulting electric/ magnetic changes/ coupling via impact on specific optical properties.... strong coupling between electrons' spin/ orbital motion on iodine atoms (spin-orbit coupling), and in nickel iodide's magnetic order (spin spiral or spin helix)... computer magnetic memory, chemical sensors, interconnects in quantum computing platforms"