Wang is the principal investigator at the Nano Magnetism and Quantum Spintronics Lab, which works in the 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).

Wang also directs the Center for Spintronic Materials for Advanced InfoRmation Technologies (SMART Center) and Center for Spintronic Materials, Novel Interfaces and Architectures.

My primary research interests include Nanomagnetism and Quantum Spintronics with a focus on searching, fundamentally understanding and fabricating novel magnetic materials and quantum spintronic devices. Some of research programs in my group are listed as below.

To study magnetic materials with extremely high magnetic anisotropy, giant saturation magnetization, high spin polarization ratio and large spin-orbit torque and find new ways to make such materials applicable for future information storage and computing, biomedical and green energy technologies.

To design and apply nanomagnetic materials and spintronic devices for disease early detection and neuron stimulation and sensing.

To purse fundamental understanding of new spintronic phenomenon and design and fabricate novel spintronic devices such as spin-based memory, spin-based logic device and system and quantum computing bits and gates.

Nano Magnetism and Quantum Spintronics Lab Website

Education

Postdoctoral fellowship, 1996, National University of Singapore

Ph.D., Physics, 1995, Institute of Physics, CAS

M.S., Physics, 1992, Lanzhou University

B.S., Physics, 1989, Lanzhou University

Professional Background

Robert F. Hartmann Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering

Principal investigator at the Nano Magnetism and Quantum Spintronics Lab

Honors and Awards

2020 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow for outstanding contributions to the synthesis and fundamental understanding of magnetic and spintronic materials, and to the fabrication of devices for applications in computing

2019 Innovator Award of Entrepreneurial Researcher

2019 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Technical Excellence Award

2016 Robert F. Hartmann Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2015 IEEE Fellow for contributions to magnetic material and spintronic devices for magnetic recording, information processing and biomedical applications

2014 Titans of Technology – Inventor (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal)

2014-2016 Centennial Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2012 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, University of Minnesota

2010 Outstanding Professor for Undergraduate Teaching, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota

2006 Information Storage Industry Consortium (INSIC) Technical Achievement Award

Selected Publications

Peterson, T.J., Mahendra, D.C., Fan, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, D., Li, H., Swatek, P., Garcia-Barriocanal, J. and Wang, J.P., “Large fieldlike torque in amorphous Ru 2 Sn 3 originated from the intrinsic spin Hall effect.” "Physical Review Materials. 5(4), p.045003. (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.045003

Jiang, W., de Sousa, D.J., Wang, J.P. and Low, T., “Giant Anomalous Hall Effect due to Double-Degenerate Quasiflat Bands.” Physical Review Letters. 126(10), p.106601. (2021) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.106601

Azadani, J.G., Jiang, W., Wang, J.P. and Low, T., “Ferromagnetic phase of the spinel compound MgV 2 O 4 and its spintronics properties.” Physical Review B. 102(15), p.155144. (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.155144

Zhang, D.L., Zhu, J., Qu, T., Lattery, D.M., Victora, R.H., Wang, X. and Wang, J.P., “High-frequency magnetoacoustic resonance through strain-spin coupling in perpendicular magnetic multilayers.” Science advances, 6(38), p.eabb4607. (2020) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb4607

Hang, X., Matsuda, M., Held, J.T., Mkhoyan, K.A. and Wang, J.P., “Magnetic structure of Fe 16 N 2 determined by polarized neutron diffraction on thin-film samples.” Physical Review B. 102(10), p.104402. (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.104402

Xu, M., Li, M., Khanal, P., Habiboglu, A., Insana, B., Xiong, Y., Peterson, T., Myers, J.C., Ortega, D., Qu, H., Chien, C.L., Zhang, C., Wang, J.P. and Wang, W.G., “Voltage-Controlled Antiferromagnetism in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions.” Physical Review Letters. 124(18), p.187701. (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.187701

Jiang, W., Huang, H., Liu, F., Wang, J.P. and Low, T., “Magnetic Weyl semimetals with diamond structure realized in spinel compounds.” Physical Review B. 101(12), p.121113. (202) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.121113

De Sousa, D.J.P., Haney, P.M., Zhang, D.L., Wang, J.P. and Low, T., “Bidirectional switching assisted by interlayer exchange coupling in asymmetric magnetic tunnel junctions.” Physical Review B. 101(8), p.081404. (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.081404

Hickey, D.R., Wu, R.J., Lee, J.S., Azadani, J.G., Grassi, R., Mahendra, D.C., Wang, J.P., Low, T., Samarth, N. and Mkhoyan, K.A., “Large-scale interlayer rotations and Te grain boundaries in (Bi, Sb) 2 Te 3 thin films.” Physical Review Materials. 4(1), p.011201. (2020) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.011201

Everhardt, A.S., Mahendra, D.C., Huang, X., Sayed, S., Gosavi, T.A., Tang, Y., Lin, C.C., Manipatruni, S., Young, I.A., Datta, S. and Wang, J.P., “Tunable charge to spin conversion in strontium iridate thin films.” Physical Review Materials. 3(5), p.051201. (2019)  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.051201

Wang, M., Cai, W., Zhu, D., Wang, Z., Kan, J., Zhao, Z., Cao, K., Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, T. and Park, C., “Field-free switching of a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction through the interplay of spin–orbit and spin-transfer torques.” Nature Electronics. 1(11), p.582.  (2018) DOI: 10.1038/ s41928-018-0160-7

Mahendra DC, Roberto Grassi, Jun-Yang Chen, Mahdi Jamali, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Delin Zhang, Zhengyang Zhao, Hongshi Li, P. Quarterman, Yang Lv, Mo Li, Aurelien Manchon, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Tony Low & Jian-Ping Wang. "Room-temperature high spin–orbit torque due to quantum confinement in sputtered BixSe(1–x) films" Nature Materials. (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0136-z

Liu, J., Schliep, K., He, S.H., Ma, B., Jing, Y., Flannigan, D.J. and Wang, J.P., “Iron nanoparticles with tunable tetragonal structure and magnetic properties.” Physical Review Materials, 2(5), p.054415. (2018) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054415

DL Zhang, C Sun, Y Lv, KB Schliep, Z Zhao, JY Chen, PM Voyles, JP Wang, “L 1 0 Fe− Pd Synthetic Antiferromagnet through an fcc Ru Spacer Utilized for Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions.” Physical Review Applied. (2018) 9 (4), 044028; DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.044028

Quarterman, P., Congli Sun, Javier Garcia-Barriocanal, D. C. Mahendra, Yang Lv, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Dmitri E. Nikonov, Ian A. Young, Paul M. Voyles, and Jian-Ping Wang. "Demonstration of Ru as the 4th ferromagnetic element at room temperature." Nature Communications. 9, no. 1 (2018): 2058. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04512-1

Chen, J. Y. and Wang, J. P., “Mapping strain with magnetics.” Nature Electronics 1, (2018) 96-97. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-018-0029-9

Lv, Yang, James Kally, Delin Zhang, Joon Sue Lee, Mahdi Jamali, Nitin Samarth, and Jian-Ping Wang. "Unidirectional spin-Hall and Rashba− Edelstein magnetoresistance in topological insulator-ferromagnet layer heterostructures." Nature Communications. 9, no. 1 (2018): 111. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02491-3

Chen, J.Y., He, L., Wang, J.P. and Li, M., “All-Optical Switching of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Single Subpicosecond Laser Pulses.” Physical Review Applied. 7(2), p.021001. (2017)  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.021001

Schliep, K. B., Chen, J. Y., Li, M., Wang, J. P., & Flannigan, D. J. “Laser-initiated magnetization reversal and correlated morphological effects visualized with in situ Fresnel transmission electron microscopy.” Physical Review B.  Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 94(10), [104407]. (2016) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.104407

Jiang, Y., Dabade, V., Allard, L. F., Lara-Curzio, E., James, R., & Wang, J. P. “Synthesis of α′′-Fe16 N2 Compound Anisotropic Magnet by the Strained-Wire Method.” Physical Review Applied. 6(2), [024013]. (2016) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.024013

J. P. Wang.  “Magnetic Data Storage - Tilting for Top”, Nature Materials. 4 (3), 191 (2005) DOI: 10.1038/nmat1344