One of the most innovative possibilities offered by oxides is the use of heat currents for computational purposes. Towards this goal, phase-change oxides, including ferroelectrics, ferromagnets and related materials, could reproduce sources, logic units and memories used in current and future computing schemes.
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This Comment was cofunded by the European Union (European Research Council (ERC), DYNAMHEAT, No. 101077402; European Program FP7-NMP-LARGE-7, QUANTIHEAT, No. 604668). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the ERC. J.Í.-G. acknowledges the funding of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) through Grant C21/MS/15799044/FERRODYNAMICS. R.R. acknowledges financial support by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 under grant PID2020–119777GB-I00, and the Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence Program under grant CEX2019–000917-S, and by the Generalitat de Catalunya under grant 2021 SGR 01519.
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Nataf, G.F., Volz, S., Ordonez-Miranda, J. et al. Using oxides to compute with heat. Nat Rev Mater (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00690-1
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