Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES) (Final Report)
Jing Cheng Shi · 2021
What are the major goals of the project?This project covers the funding period of 08/01/2014-07/31/2020.The project received a no-cost extension for 6 months which ended on 01/31/2021.The overall project is divided into two periods: full funding of $3 million/year with the total of $12 million for the first four years (08/01/2014-07/1/2018); and $1.9 million for the two-year extension (08/01/2018-07/31/2020).During the first four-year period, SHINES supported 14 PIs plus two UCR seed PIs (internally funded).During the 2-year extension, only 7 PIs were involved, and 8 UCR seed PIs were supported using UCR internal funds.Four-year period (08/01/2014-07/31/2018): The four-year objectives include (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.