Spintronics 

This category covers:

  • Multiferroics
  • Nanoscale Spintronics
  • Spintronics and Magnetism
  • Spintronics and Nanomaterials

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Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Institute of Advanced Studies

 NameResearch Interests
Asst Prof Chen LangDr. Chen has worked on ferroic systems including ferroelectrics, ferromagnetic, multiferroic thin films as well as nanostructured multiferroic materials. He also initiated the projects of making nanostructured NIM heterostructures using ferroelectrics and multiferroics. He is also interested with other functional thin films & devices.
Assoc Prof Christopher ShearwoodAssoc Prof Christopher Shearwood main research focus are in the area of MEMS, BIOMEMS, sensors and actuators although he has also accumulated experience in transdermal drug delivery, spintronics, thin film magnetism, x-ray topography, electron and ion beam lithography, shape memory alloys, and nano-metals. He has published over 40 top quality international journal papers, as well as numerous conference papers, book chapters, and patents.
Asst Prof Dong ZhiliDr. Dong has more than twenty years experience in transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction of materials. His research interests include open-framework materials, nanostructured functional materials, advanced coatings and materials synthesis.
Assoc Prof Fan WeijunHis research interests include semiconductor band structure calculations by using effective mass theory, the first-principles method and empirical pseudopotential method (EPM); Compound semiconductor material growth, characterizations and device fabrications; Si photonics; Spintronics.
Asst Prof (Adj) Goh Kia Liang GregoryProf. Goh's expertise is in hdyrothermal synthesis, film and nanostructure growth a epitaxy. His current research interests include: * Growth of TiO2 films for spintronic and photocatalytic applications * Hydrothermal synthesis of lead-free piezoelectrics * Inorganic photovoltaic materials * Low temperature solution epitaxy of ZnO films and nanostructures
Prof Huan Cheng Hon, AlfredAlfred Huan's research interests lie primarily in surface science and spectroscopy. He has published over 180 papers in international refereed journals and 1 book chapter, with a current H-index of 19 and citation rate of 7.92. He has been the PI of several research grants awarded by Ministry of Education and A*STAR, with total exceeding S$4 million. He serves on the editorial board of a new journal (Research Letters in Physics), and is a member of the Programme Committees for the ICMAT and VASSCAA conference series
Asst Prof Lew Wen SiangDr Lew's areas of expertise are spintronic devices, nanoscale magnetism, and bio magnetic sensors.
Assoc Prof Liang Meng HengHis current research interest is in atomistic simulation of materials. He develops simulation software to predict, explain and explore the properties, structure and behaviour of materials. He focuses on fundamental materials and processing issues such as crack growth, epitaxial growth, ion implantation, surface reconstruction, dislocation core structures, point defects and grain growth at the molecular level. He works on materials like titanium, semiconductors, oxides and bone tissue. He uses energy minimisation, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and first principles calculations in his simulation works.
Assoc Prof Raju Vijayaraghavan RamanujanNanomaterials are the focus of research work in Ramanujan?s group, especially magnetic and thermoelectric nanomaterials for energy, bioengineering, information storage and defense applications. Processing, characterization and property measurements are carried out in his group (presently 8 graduate students and 3 Research Fellows). Recent PhD theses include: Characterization and processing of cobalt based magnetic nanomaterials (Li Huafang),Microstructural evolution and processing of melt spun and mechanically alloyed Fe-Ni-B-Mo nanomagnetic materials (Du Siwei), Alloying effects on nanostructure formation in iron based soft magnetic materials (Yanrong Zhang) and Directed self assembly of patterned magnetic nanostructures (A. Srivastava). A strong emphasis is placed on electron microscopy and phase transformations are used as an important tool to tailor the microstructure. A bioengineering project, in collaboration with SingHealth, aims to develop magnetic nanoparticles for human liver cancer treatment. Synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles, coating these particles with a suitable polymer and cancer drug, followed by in-vitro and in-vivo testing of the coated particles is being carried out. MRI imaging is being used as an investigative tool in this work. Microelectronic reliability issues, e.g., stress-induced diffusive voiding in microelectronic materials are being studied. Magnetocaloric materials for energy applications, patterned nanostructures for ultra high density data storage media, giant energy product exchange coupled magnetic nanomaterials and nanomaterials for artificial muscles, targeted drug delivery and gene delivery are topics of ongoing research.
Prof Shen ZexiangProf Shen's areas of expertise are Raman spectroscopy and microscopy, Nano Science and Nano Technology, near-field optics, spintronics and strain characterzation of Si devices. His current research works focus on near-field Raman microscopy, Plasmonics, nano materials and devices, graphene and nanosphere lithography.