Led by 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 nano magnetic 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).
Recent News
August 4, 2018
Wang’s group alumni Jon Harms (Micron) and Todd Klein (Zepto Life) visited Prof. Wang.
August 1, 2018
Congratulations to Mahendra and coauthors, their recent work "Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films" is published on Nature Materials.
July 27, 2018
Prof. Wang with his research team is funded by a 4-year, $3.1 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to develop novel electronics for the protection of the U.S. economy and its national security. This grant will support the investigation of new approaches to advance nanostructured thin film devices known as Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJs), that are used in a variety of electronics, including hard drives and sensors. "The University of Minnesota has been a leader for years in spintronics research.
July 20, 2018
Patrick, Xudong, and Tom presented their work at the 2018 International Conference on Magnetism (ICM) in San Francisco from July 16 - 20, 2018
July 12, 2018
Congratulations to Yang Lv, who has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on July 12. His dissertation topic is Spintronic Device Physics and Device Applications for Novel and Future Electronic Information Processing and Storage.
Our best wishes to Dr. Lv as he continues his research as a Post-doc in our group!
Recent Work Highlights
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)
