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).
Delin's recent work published in Science Advances!
Mahendra's recent work published in Nature Materials!
Graduation of Dr. Klemm!
Graduation of Dr. Lv and congratulations on his Nature Communications paper!
The youngest PhDs from our group.
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
High-frequency magnetoacoustic resonance through strain-spin coupling in perpendicular magnetic multilayers by Delin et al. (Science Advances)
Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films by Mahendra et al. (Nature Materials)
Demonstration of Ru as the 4th ferromagnetic element at room temperature by Patrick et al. (Nature Communications)
Mapping strain with magnetics by Junyang et al. (Nature Electronics)
Unidirectional spin-Hall and Rashba− Edelstein magnetoresistance in topological insulator-ferromagnet layer heterostructures by Yang et al. (Nature Communications)
Portable GMR Handheld Platform for the Detection of Influenza A Virus by Kai et al. (ACS Sensors)
Recent News
February 5, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Xudong Hang! He has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Magnetic properties and potential applications of Fe16N2" on Feb 5th, 2021. Xudong will join Citrix Systems.
January 14, 2021
Congratulations to Onri! He is recently featured on the UMN News: Hardwired for science.
January 7, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Diqing Su! She has successfully defended her PhD thesis titled "Magnetic Biosensing Technologies and Applications" on Jan 7th, 2021.
December 5, 2020
Our group member Onri Jay Benally is recently featured on the CSE website: Hardwired for science - CSE researcher finds fit in spintronics lab.
November 30, 2020
In a joint undertaking, Dr. Delin Zhang and co-authors from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the School of Physics and Astronomy have reported direct observation of magnon-phonon coupling in time and frequency domains under femtosecond laser excitation.
