News
Updates on publications, awards, talks, and events from the Nan Lab.
Award
Tianxiang Nan receives the Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellence in Research
September 2026
Tianxiang Nan received the Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellence in Research at iWOE32 in Sendai, Japan, recognizing his contributions to efficient spin-orbit torque manipulation in complex oxide thin films and heterostructures.
Event
Dingsong Jiang presents at ESSERC 2026
September 2026
Dingsong Jiang presented our work on a field-free spin-orbit torque device with controllable switching polarity for logic and memory applications at ESSERC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Group
Yahui Ji completes her PhD and joins CRSC
September 2026
Yahui Ji completed her PhD and joined China Railway Signal & Communication Group (CRSC) as a Hardware Technology Researcher. Congratulations on her graduation and the next chapter of her career. The photo captures her doctoral dissertation defense.
Group
Guiping Ji completes her postdoctoral appointment and joins HIKSTOR
August 2026
Guiping Ji completed her postdoctoral appointment in the Nan Lab and joined HIKSTOR as an MRAM engineer. We congratulate her on this next step and wish her every success.
Publication
Polar nano-regions enable large spin Hall conductivity in metallic PtCoO2
June 12, 2026
Published in Nature Materials, our study shows how polar nano-regions improve charge-to-spin conversion in highly conductive PtCoO2, enabling spin-orbit torque switching with reduced voltage and power.
Publication
Unconventional magnon-mediated spin torque enabled by ferroelectric domain engineering in multiferroic BiFeO3
April 10, 2026
Published in Nature Communications, our study demonstrates how ferroelectric domain engineering controls magnon spin polarization to enable deterministic, field-free magnetization switching.
Publication
New work on acoustically mediated piezoelectric antennas
February 2026
Our recent work introduces an acoustic and electromagnetic co-simulation framework for asymmetrically excited piezoelectric antennas.
Publication
Tuning anisotropic magnon transport in multiferroic oxides
October 2025
This study explores how crystal symmetry can be used to tune magnon transport in multiferroic oxide systems.
Event
Group meeting and Fragrant Hills Park outing
September 2025
The group held a fall meeting followed by a shared outing to Fragrant Hills Park.
Publication
Controlling antiferromagnetic magnon transport by interfacial coupling
July 2025
Our work shows how interfacial coupling can regulate antiferromagnetic magnon transport across distinct transport regimes.
Group
Teacher's Day celebration
September 2024
A group gathering for research discussion and Teacher's Day celebration.
Event
Spring group meeting and team building exercise
March 2024
The lab came together for group meeting sessions and collaborative team-building activities.
