Vincent Sokalski
Our research is focused on the exploration of novel magnetic & spintronic materials for memory, logic, and HDD storage applications. We concentrate on the development of thin films & nanoscale devices that will enable improved energy efficiency, non-volatility, and scalability to ever-decreasing dimensions. Current research efforts include crystallographic & microstructural characterization of perpendicular magnetic recording media, materials for spin hall effect devices, spin transfer torque magneto-resistive random access memory (STT-MRAM), and magnetic interactions in soft nanogranular composite thin films.
Name | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Lau, Derek | Graduate Student | dklau@cmu.edu |
| Li, Maxwell | Graduate Student | mpli@andrew.cmu.edu |
Affiliation:
Materials Science & EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Materials Science & EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University
Websites:
- "Optimization of Ta thickness for perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction applications in the MgO-FeCoB-Ta system." Vincent Sokalski, Matthew T Moneck, En Yang, Jian-Gang Zhu. Applied Physics Letters.
- "Energetic molding of chiral magnetic bubbles." Derek Lau, Vignesh Sundar, Jian-Gang Zhu, Vincent Sokalski. Physical review B.
- "Experimental modeling of intergranular exchange coupling for perpendicular thin film media." Vincent Sokalski, David E Laughlin, Jian-Gang Zhu. Applied physics letters.
- "Dispersive stiffness of Dzyaloshinskii domain walls." JP Pellegren, Derek Lau, Vincent Sokalski. Physical review letters.
- "Experimental demonstration of four-terminal magnetic logic device with separate read-and write-paths." DM Bromberg, MT Moneck, VM Sokalski, J Zhu, L Pileggi, J-G Zhu. 2014 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting.
- "Formation of zero-field Skyrmion arrays in asymmetric superlattices." Maxwell Li, Anish Rai, Ashok Pokhrel, Arjun Sapkota, Claudia Mewes, Tim Mewes, Marc De Graef, Vincent Sokalski. arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03578.
- "Stabilization of coupled Dzyaloshinskii domain walls in fully compensated synthetic anti-ferromagnets." Nisrit Pandey, Maxwell Li, Marc De Graef, Vincent Sokalski. arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.11421.
- "Lorentz TEM Imaging of Topological Magnetic Features in Asymmetric [Pt/(Co/Ni)M/Ir]N based Multi-Layers." Maxwell Li, Derek Lau, Marc De Graef, Vincent Sokalski. Microscopy and Microanalysis.
- "Lorentz TEM investigation of chiral spin textures and Néel Skyrmions in asymmetric multi-layer thin films." Maxwell Li, Derek Lau, Marc De Graef, Vincent Sokalski. Physical Review Materials.
- "Magnetic domain wall skyrmions." Ran Cheng, Maxwell Li, Arjun Sapkota, Anish Rai, Ashok Pokhrel, Tim Mewes, Claudia Mewes, Di Xiao, Marc De Graef, Vincent Sokalski. Physical Review B.
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Jin Zhao received her B.S. in Physics as well as her Ph.D., also in Physics, from the University of Science & Technology of China. She then joined the University of Pittsburgh as a postdoctoral research associate and stayed in the Department of Physics and Astronomy as a research assistant professor. Since 2010, she is a professor in the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscope in the Department of Physics of her alma mater, the University of Science & Technology of China, while retaining an adjunct professorship at the University of Pittsburgh.
Daniel Lambrecht received his M.S. (Dipl.-Chem.) from the University of Düsseldorf and his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Tübingen in Germany. He then moved to UC Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher and finally joined the Chemistry Department of the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. He received the 2014 ACIE (Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence) award to support his proposal to enhance the use of technology for large lecture chemistry classes and the 2014 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences award for his effort on "Creating an Open Quantum Chemistry Repository” with his PQI colleague Geoff Hutchison.
Peng Liu received his B.S. from Peking University in China, his M.S. from the University of Guelph in Canada, and finally his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States! All three degrees are in Chemistry, with a specialization in Theoretical Organic Chemistry. He won several awards at UCLA, both during his studies as a Ph.D. student and after during his appointment as a post-doc; specifically he won the Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research. He finally joined the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pittsburgh in 2014.