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TRR 173:  Spin+X: Spin in its collective environment

Subject Area Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science and Engineering
Thermal Engineering/Process Engineering
Term since 2016
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Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268565370
 
CRC/TRR 173 Spin+X investigates spin phenomena, from microscopic properties to emergent and functional spin phenomena and their coupling to the macroscopic world. Spin+X has pioneered the concept of Advanced Spin Engineering. It integrates spin related microscopic science, macroscopic phenomena, and technological proof-of-concept applications in a highly cooperative and interconnected research structure of different perspectives and scientific disciplines. It aims to develop new fundamental concepts for magnetic memory, logic and sensing devices with particularly high speed and energy efficiency, needed to sustain the progress of our emerging Big Data society. To achieve this, the key challenges are to reduce size, increase speed, improve power efficiency, and enhance sensor functionality. Spin+X seeks to address these challenges by developing insights into fundamental and collective spin phenomena to identify pathways to their functionalization for new spin-based device concepts. Since the 1st funding period the work program is structured into two research areas, connected by overarching supply chains, which have become an efficient tool to find and realize synergies between existing key questions. During the first two funding periods, Spin+X has explored fundamental spin phenomena ranging from elementary spin interactions to emergent collective phenomena and their functionalization. Spin+X has established and pioneered three new subfields of spintronics: i) Antiferromagnetic spintronics, ii) Orbitronics, and iii) Altermagnetism. Spin+X has also delivered key breakthroughs in high speed antiferromagnetic spintronics, in the control of spatio-temporal dynamics of magnonic systems far from equilibrium, in hybrid structures with LEGO-type stacks of inorganic and organic 2D materials, and in chiral induced spin selectivity. To achieve these breakthroughs, Spin+X employs a broad portfolio of experimental and theoretical methods. It brings together experts in magnetism, fabrication of nanostructures, optics and ultrafast spectroscopy, spin and magnetization dynamics, as well as their theoretical expertise on all relevant time and length scales. Spin+X places special emphasis on gender equality and the improvement of the work-life balance through a number of key measures, guided by the DFG's gender equality standards. With its interdisciplinary character, Spin+X includes PhD students from physics and chemistry. The Young Researcher College (MGK) trains these students with a focus on facilitating collaboration between the different disciplines. Recruiting motivated and competent students for magnetism is an important part of Spin+X outreach, using modern communication networks and social media. In addition, Spin+X will establish support structures for individual researchers and for collaboration within Spin+X for successful (meta)data management with a separate INF project in the 3rd funding period.
DFG Programme CRC/Transregios

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Co-Applicant Institution Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
 
 

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