Our group will be joining the Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 1538 on spin-caloritronics.
Research
20.02.2014 Sinova’s group joins SpinCat SPP
Prof. Dr. Jairo Sinova
Welcome to the spintronics and nanoelectronics research group of Jairo Sinova. As a condensed matter theory group we are interested in physical phenomena of many body systems in which the behaviour of the collective system is quite unique and different from the behaviour of its individual components. Condensed matter physics is a vast field of physics which provides endless opportunities. Our group has focused over the past few years on the subfield of spintronics and mesoscopic electronic transport. These fields study the effects coupling the spin and charge degrees of freedom of the electron have on bulk properties of materials as well as transport and optical phenomena. Some of our main contributions to this field are related to spin Hall effects and diluted magnetic semiconductor physics. Despite this specialisation, it is our philosophy not to narrow our focus to our own comfort zone in order to stay attentive to novel and unforeseen connections to other points of views and topics.
Read more about Jairo Sinova's biography, his visions for the SPICE Center and why to him, Science Teamwork is like Dancing a Tango.
12.12.2013 – Sinova receives prestigious European Research Council Synergy grant
In collaboration with Henning Sirringhaus (lead PI; Cambridge), Joerg Wunderlich (Cambridge and Prague), and Iain McCulloch (Imperial College) we will explore a new mergence of organic physics and chemistry with spintronic physics to achieve new ways of spin-charge conversion. For more information visit the ERC and the JGU press release here.
15.10.2013 – Jairo Sinova receives the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Theoretical Physics
Jairo Sinova has been honored by the AvH Professorship award. This will see him relocate to Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany as of January 2014. This new wonderful opportunity has been made possible by many friends at Mainz, particularly Prof. Mathias Kläui, and all over the world. A principal task that he will undertake is to establish a new kind of interdisciplinary center that focuses on bringing together new fields and disciplines researching spin-phenomena that are ready for a new level of interaction. The various press releases are here and here.
For information regarding the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship see here.