The Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials (CMSM) conducts comprehensive research from the fundamentals to applications of magnetic and spintronics materials, which are essential for next-generation information devices and a green energy society. The center aims to pioneer new functions in conventional magnetic materials and to create state-of-the-art materials and novel devices that drive information and energy conversion, including high-performance magnets, magnetic recording technologies, non-volatile memory, spin and heat flow control, and spin caloritronics. By fusing trans-scale material science—incorporating data science, AI, micromagnetics calculations, material processing, advanced structural analysis, and first-principles calculations—they advance research balancing both practical and academic value.
- Director
- TAKAHASHI, Yukiko
The center’s groups are interconnected, integrating material development, theoretical guidance, device application, and data-driven research to realize new physical phenomena and innovative functions, always aiming for innovation in information and energy fields through multidimensional collaboration and social/industrial deployment via projects and academia-industry partnerships
Each group within the center has distinct roles:
- Magnetic Functional Device Group
- Applied research on innovative magnetic devices and sensors, including half metals, in collaboration with the Materials Development Group for social implementation.
- Magnetic Recording Materials Group
- Develops materials and recording methods for ultra-high-density magnetic storage devices, utilizing data science and nano-analysis in next-generation media and exploring new principles like heat-assisted and multi-value recording.
- Spintronics Group
- Research on high-performance devices such as tunnel magnetoresistance elements using film technology and new materials, exchanging knowledge with the Spin Physics and Spin Theory Groups.
- Spin Physics Group
- Demonstrates spintronic phenomena in devices, including efficient magnetization switching and skyrmion phenomena, collaborating with the Energy Group to discover and functionalize new phenomena.
- Spin Caloritronics Group
- Focuses on spin caloritronics, integrating thermoelectric and heat transport with spin phenomena for energy conversion and control, working with the Spin Property and Device Groups to develop novel thermal control devices.
- Spin Theory Group
- Studies property theories using first-principles and machine learning, predicting finite-temperature properties, building material databases, and providing design guidelines in close partnership with the Spintronics and Device Groups.
- Green Magnetic Materials Group
- Designs permanent magnets, soft magnetic materials, and magnetic refrigeration materials while exploring sustainable materials through nano-analysis, data science, and simulations, collaborating with the Theory Group for performance improvement and new compound exploration.
- DXMag
- Promotes AI-driven research and device/material development for industrial application, facilitating rapid materials design and evaluation through collaboration with all center groups.
