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Ultrafast 20 ns, stable, 2D floating gate non-volatile flash memory built upon a van der Waals heterostructure and a metal-nanocrystal storage layer

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1105690 "molybdenum disulfide channel, hexagonal boron nitride insulating tunneling dielectric, discrete platinum nanocrystal floating gate storage layer... superior data retention/ reliability... single defect/ leakage in tunneling layer does not cause complete charge loss... minimized charge trapping defects ensures sharp interfaces, contributing to stability/ speed... 10 year retention time at room temperature... 20K cycle endurance... in-memory computing reduces the number of transistors needed"

Faster, more energy efficient opto-magnetic spin memory/ storage uses one-fifth the previous light intensity

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072797   "alloy nanofilms with up to 70% platinum dissolved in cobalt... platinum's relativistic quantum mechanical effect boosts opto-magnetic torque, changing direction of magnets... electron orbital angular momentum generated by circularly polarized light... light-based spin memory/ storage"

Nanoparticle platinum/ magnesium alloy catalyst surpasses 2025 fuel cell performance targets

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-alloy-surpasses-fuel-cell.html "cheaper, highly efficient, durable, long-life... platinum/ magnesium synergy very strong, preventing degradation over time... overcomes nanoparticle synthesis challenge, combining platinum's excellent reaction speed with magnesium's durability/ affordability... also, other electrochemical reactions (hydrogen production)" Related: Creating nanoislands enhances platinum catalyst efficiency https://phys.org/news/2025-01-nanoislands-platinum-catalyst-efficiency.html Platinum catalyst brings high-efficiency hydrogen vehicles closer to commercialization https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122689