2009.9.4
Applications to the Graduate Program of Materials Science and Engineering
at the University of Tsukuba for academic year 2010 is now invited. The
application deadline is November 6, 2009. details
2009.7.7
"Demonstration of half-metallicity in Fermi-level-tuned Heusler alloy Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 at room temperature" by R. Shan et al. PRL 102, 246601 (2009), has bee listed in the Editor's Choice of Science, Vol. 325, Issue of 03 July 2009.
2009.6.15
Mr. Y. M. Chen, Dr. T. Ohkubo and Prof. K. Hono have succeeded in obtaining 3D atomic tomography from an insulating bulk ceramics sample (yittoria
stabilized tetragonal zirconia with spinel dispersoids) by laser assisted 3D atom probe using a UV femto-second pulsed laser. This is the firs successful atom probe analysis of insulating bulk ceramics sample. The paper has been accepted for publication in Scripta Materialia.
2009.4.1
Dr. Shinya Kasai, formerly Kyoto Univerisity, joined the Spintronics Group as as a senior researcher.
Dr. Seiji Mitami, formerly Chief Researcher, has been appointed as Spintronics Group Leader.
Dr. Koichiro Inomata, formerly NIMS Fellow and Spintronics Group Leader, has been honored as
Emeritus Fellow.
2009.2.23
The Honda Memorial Foundation announced that Prof. Kazuhiro Hono, Fellow of NIMS and Managing Director
of Magnetic Materials Center, NIMS, has been selected as a recepient of
the 6th Honda Frontier Award. The award ceremony is to be held in May 8th
in Gakushi Kaikan.
2008.10.6
A workshop on "Microstructures and Properties of Magnetic Materials" will be held in October 27, 2008 at NIMS coorganized by the Magnetic Materials Center and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitronics. Everyone is welcome to attend. No registration fee.
2008.10.1
Prof. David. E. Laughlin will give a MMC Lecture on Atomic and Magnetic Ordering in Alloys at 9:00 am in October 23 at the Sengen Site, NIMS. Everyone is welcome.
2008.10.1
Dr. Seiji Mitani, formerly Associate Professor at the Institute of Materials
Research, Tohoku University, has joined the spintronics group as a Chief
Researcher.
2008.9.14
Furubayashi et al. have reported relatively large current-perpendicular-to-plane
giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) values from the spin valves made of Co2FeAlSi and Co2MnSi Heusler alloy electrodes. The results have been presented at the 32nd annual conference of the magnetic society of Japan in September 14, 2008. The abstracts have been published in the Digests of the 32nd Annual Conference on Magnetics in Japan 2008, 13pB-6 and 14a2PS-29. These results will be presented in the 53rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, November 10 -14, Austin. A part of the results has been published in Appl. Phys. Lett.
Perumal et al. succeeded in processing L10 FePt-C nanogranular perpendicular
anisotropy films on oxidized Si substrates with a (100) textured MgO intermediate
layer. The films have well-isolated L10 FePt nanoparticles with a c-axis
texture and the particle size was 5.5nm with a size distribution of 2.3nm
in variance by adjusting FePt thickness. Perpendicular coercivity is controllable
between 8 and 15 kOe with high squareness. The results were presented at
the 32nd annual conference of the magnetic society of Japan in September
14, 2008. The abstracts have been published in the Digests of the 32nd
Annual Conference on Magnetics in Japan 2008, 12pA-3. The result will be
presented in the 53rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,
November 10 -14, Austin. A part of the results has been published in Applied Physics Express.
2008.9.2
Dr. Koichiro Inomata, Fellow of NIMS and Spintronics Group Leader, was
honored as fellow of Applied Physics Society of Japan at the annual meeting
of the Applied Physics Society of Japan held in Chubu University in September
2. The citation is on his distinguished research on spintronics and magnetism
of metals.
