Welcome to SHINES EFRC

The SHINES EFRC explores the interplay of spin, charge, and heat to control the transport of spin and energy to achieve significantly higher energy efficiencies in nanoscale electronic devices.The SHINES EFRC was funded in 2014 with the following objectives: (1) better understanding of and significant improvement in pure spin current effects in nanoscale electronic devices, including magnonic switching, spin-torque oscillations, spin-orbit torques, and spin Seebeck effect through novel materials and heterostructures;(2) engineering of acoustic phonon and magnon transport in nano-structured materials via controlling their dispersions and interactions; and (3)exploration of spin-orbit coupling for low energy effects and spin superconducting condensate for dissipationless spin and energy transport.The SHINES EFRC received a two-year extension in 2018 with a focus on antiferromagnetic spintronics. 

Among many remarkable accomplishments in research and education, SHINES has published 180 peer reviewed articles since 2014 (until April 2020), 31% of which appeared in high-impact journals including 25 in Nature and other Nature Publishing Group journals, 13 in Science and Science Advances, and 17 Physical Review Letters. SHINES filed 4 US patents (2 issued).One PI received the prestigious Wolf Prize, two PIs received IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) Magnetism Awards and Neel Medals, One PI received the Brillouin Medal, One PI received the PECASE award, several PIs became APS fellows and Associate Editors of major scientific journals, and over a dozen of graduate students have obtained Ph.D. degrees.