Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits

Research abstract

Our research areas include different topics, such as magnetic and electronic thin films and micro-devices for RF and microwave applications, magnetic nanotechnology, magnetic sensors, magnetic semiconductors for spintronics applications, micro- and nano-fabrications. We will try our best to match the interests of the participants with the different projects in my group. The active projects are:

1. Spin-spray coating of multiferroic films
2. Integrated magnetic microstrip filters
3. Magnetically tunable inductors
4. Tunable band-pass/stop filter with magnetic films
5. Patch antennas with ME composites
6. High anisotropy soft magnetic films
7. Planar magnetic circulators with metal magnetic films
8. Giant magnetization Fe16N2 thin films
9. Fe doped Ge magnetic semiconductor films
10. Programmable self-assembled magnetic nanowires arrays
11. Synthesis and characterization of magnetic semiconductor nanowires
12. Magnetoelectric devices: tunable transformer
13. Low loss ferroelectric materials
14. Oriented Z-type ferrites for patch antenna applications
15. Magnetoelectric composite substrate for patch antenna applications
16. Magneto-optical Kerr microscopes and hysteresis looper
17. Anodic oxidization of nanoporous alumina membrane
18. Dispensing and chemically functionalizing Ni magnetic nanowires

Participants are free to choose any topic(s) among the listed projects according to his/her own interests. Further information is available by contacting Nian Sun at phone: 617-373-3351 or by email at: nian@ece.neu.edu.

Research activities/experience

Participants will be working in the Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. This is a friendly environment with 4 faculties, 3 post doctoral scientists, ~15 graduate students, ~15 undergraduate students.

Participants will get unlimited access to discussions with the faculties for research guidance, and well trained on all facilities needed for the research project. We typically pair each of the participants with one post doctoral scientist and one experienced graduate student for the daily training of all facilities in our labs, data analysis, and technical writing.

Typical research experience involves materials preparation, characterization, device fabrication and characterization, data analysis, and technical paper writing. Research results will be submitted to technical journals for publishing. We expect that the research results will appear in technical journals.

Special skills or interests that would help a participant with this assignment (i.e., an interest in physics, experience with specific laboratory equipment, etc.)

Interests in physics and hands-on experiments with materials synthesis, device fabrication, characterization, and data analysis.

Lab safety/issues unique to this laboratory

.A general Lab Safety Overview will be presented by Environment Health and Safety to participants prior to the beginning of lab assignments.

Suggested literature to be reviewed by RET/YSP prior to beginning this research assignment

General knowledge of university physics and chemistry. Specific literature for different research topics will be provided later.

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