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Quantum Mechanics II 24 Feb 2018, 15:51 source: Karolinum The second book of Quantum Mechanics by J. Klíma and B. Velický just appeared in the bookstores. Read more	Ulrafast spin transfer torque 24 Feb 2018, 15:43 source: IOPscience P. Baláž, M. Žonda, K. Carva et al. presented a theoretical model of generation of spin transfer torque in metallic spin valves using a femtosecond laser pulse. Read more
Reading antiferromagnets 24 Feb 2018, 15:26 source: Nature I. Turek contributed to a research demonstrating reproducible switching in antiferromagnetic Mn₂Au using current pulse generated bulk spin-orbit torques and read-out by magnetoresistance measurements. Read more	Meta-Contacted Benzene 24 Feb 2018, 15:17 source: Wikipedia R. Sýkora and T. Novotný commented on a paper discussing a question "Is the Antiresonance in Meta-Contacted Benzene Due to the Destructive Superposition of Waves Traveling Two Different Routes around the Benzene Ring?" Read more

Recent publications

P. Baláž, M. Žonda, K. Carva, et al.
Transport theory for femtosecond laser-induced spin-transfer torques
J. Phys.: Cond. Matter 30, 115801 (2018)
A. H. Reid, X. Shen, P. Maldonado, et al.
Beyond a phenomenological description of magnetostriction
Nature Comm. 9, 388 (2018)
S. Yu. Bodnar, L. Šmejkal, I. Turek, et al.
Writing and reading antiferromagnetic Mn2Au by Néel spin-orbit torques and large anisotropic magnetoresistance
Nature Comm. 9, 348 (2018)