We congratulate Olena (Helen) Gomonay on obtaining her first DFG research grant “SHARP: Spintronics witHAntiferRomagntes and Phonos”. Well done Helen!
The proposed research project will open and explore new ways to detect and manipulate antiferromagnets using phonons and magneto-elastic coupling effects.
SPICE welcomes today the network meeting of the new SPP program on Skyrmions. The meeting is organised by Karin Everschor-Sitte and Christian Pfleiderer.
The Computational Material Design group is combining the properties of materials to enhance or create new physical phenomena. The versatility of multiferroics, that combine ferroelectricity, magnetism and deformation, is an ideal playground. In this family of material, those combining ferroelectricity and magnetism, so-called magneto-electrics, are of particular interest for technological application.
Our strength is based on the ability to study both the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium properties of multiferroics. We focus on the non-collinear states of matter, such as magnetic skyrmions and spin spirals or magneto-electric domain walls, in which both equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties are intimately connected.
Our approach is based on density functional theory (DFT) to understand the fundamental properties of materials such as ferroelectric polarization, magnetic couplings, transport properties and their interplay. Due to its high computational cost, DFT is limited to the study of several tens of atoms at 0 Kelvin. In order to reach the experimental temperatures and length scales, we map our DFT results onto Hamiltonians which are then solved via Monte-Carlo or spin dynamics simulations.
Therefore, the Computational Materials Design subgroup is composed of experts from several fields who can cover a broad range of materials, length and temperature scales. We use several DFT packages such as the FLEUR (FLAPW basis) and VASP (PAW basis) ab initio packages.
We benefit from the expertise of colleagues via close collaborations:
Read the full article here: IDW Online: Emmy Noether Research Group
At the meeting of the DFG senate, the new collaborative research centre (Sonderforschungsbereich - SFB) on spin phenomena (Spin+X) was approved. The Sinova Group takes part in this large scale project which unites the 30 leading groups in spintronics and spin - related research from Physics, Chemistry and Engineering at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the TU Kaiserslautern. The project is initially funded with 12 Mio. Euros for 4 years and can be extended up to 12 years.
For more information read the JGU press release.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz established the Gutenberg Research College in 2007 to highlight the university's academic strengths and to promote promising new research fields. Its main instrument is the granting of fellowships to excellent researchers from all disciplines. This year, the GRC welcomed four new fellows, with Jairo Sinova among them.
Our group will be joining the Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 1538 on spin-caloritronics.
