Led by Robert Hartmann Endowed Chair and Distinguished McKnight University Prof. Jian-Ping Wang, the Nanospin research group works in an exciting research area of nanomagnetism and quantum spintronics with a focus on searching, investigating, and fabricating novel nanomagnetic materials and quantum spintronic devices for future information technologies (spintronic computing and storage) and emerging nano biomedical technologies (personalized magnetic medical devices and magnetic hyperthermia for drug delivery and therapy).

Brandon's recent work published in Advanced Electronic Materials!
Mahendra's recent work published in Nature Materials!
Graduation of Dr. Klemm!
The youngest PhDs from our group.
Graduation of Dr. Lv and congratulations on his Nature Communications paper!
Our best wishes to Dr. Mehedi as he joins Carpenter Technology Corporation!
Graduation of Dr. Schhlip!
A warm welcome to Renata Saha and congratulations on her CSE fellowship!
Todd Kelin’s paper published on Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
Group Happy Hour & Farewell to Dr. Quarterman!
Patrick Quarterman joined the NIST.
Tom presents at ICM.

Recent Work Highlights

Sputtered L10-FePd and its Synthetic Antiferromagnet on Si/SiO2 Wafers for Scalable Spintronics by Lyu et al. (Advanced Functional Materials)

Deyuan's-AFM-Paper-2023

Ultralow Current Switching of Synthetic-Antiferromagnetic Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Via Electric-Field Assisted by Spin–Orbit Torque by Zink et al. (Advanced Electronic Materials)

Brandon's AEM Paper

Bipolar Electric-Field Switching of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions through Voltage-Controlled Exchange Coupling by Zhang et al. (Nano Letters)

Zhang Nano Letters

Large unidirectional spin Hall and Rashba−Edelstein magnetoresistance in topological insulator/magnetic insulator heterostructures by Yang et al. (Applied Physics Reviews)

Applied Physics Reviews

Voltage control of ferrimagnetic order and voltage-assisted writing of ferrimagnetic spin textures by Huang et al. (Nature Nanotechnology)

Voltage control of ferrimagnetic order and voltage-assisted writing of ferrimagnetic spin textures

High-frequency magnetoacoustic resonance through strain-spin coupling in perpendicular magnetic multilayers by Delin et al. (Science Advances)

Science Advances

Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films by Mahendra et al. (Nature Materials)

 

Nature Comm

Demonstration of Ru as the 4th ferromagnetic element at room temperature by Patrick et al. (Nature Communications)

 

Demonstration of Ru as the 4th ferromagnetic element at room temperature

Mapping strain with magnetics  by Junyang et al. (Nature Electronics)

 

Mapping strain with magnetics

Unidirectional spin-Hall and Rashba− Edelstein magnetoresistance in topological insulator-ferromagnet layer heterostructures by Yang et al. (Nature Communications)

 

Unidirectional spin-Hall and Rashba− Edelstein magnetoresistance in topological insulator-ferromagnet layer heterostructures

Portable GMR Handheld Platform for the Detection of Influenza A Virus by Kai et al. (ACS Sensors)

 

Portable GMR Handheld Platform for the Detection of Influenza A Virus

Recent News

Former Student Dr. Renata Saha Featured on CSE Student Spotlight

Former student Dr. Renata Saha was recently featured on CSE Student Spotlight.

Graduation of Dr. Renata Saha!

Congratulations to Dr. Renata Saha! She has successfully defended her thesis titled "Exploring Micromagnetic Neurostimulation as an Alternative to Electrode Neurostimulation". We wish her good luck with her future aspirations!

Graduation of Dr. Deyuan Lyu!

Congratulations to Dr. Deyuan Lyu! He has successfully defended his thesis titled "Novel Structures, Materials, and Switching Mechanisms of Advanced Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions". We wish him best of luck with his future quests!

Graduation of Dr. Jianxin Zhu!

Congratulations to Dr. Jianxin Zhu! He has successfully defended his thesis titled "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Magnetic Thin Film and Processing". We wish him good luck with his future pursuits!

Graduation of Dr. Yihong Fan!

Congratulations to Dr. Yihong Fan! He has successfully defended his thesis titled "Unidirectional Magnetoresistive Behaviors: Materials, Characterization, and Prospects". We wish him good luck on his future endeavors!