… NSF grant puts spin in semiconductor materials The secret is in the spin. New semiconductor materials that use an electron’s spin to store information can make computers and electronic devices faster, smaller, more energy efficient and less expensive, according to South Dakota State University associate professor of physics Parashu Kharel. He has been formulating new spintronic materials known as half-metallic Heusler compounds for more than five years. This fall, Kharel received a three-year, nearly … because significantly less energy is needed for the write operation,” he said. “Data storage and retrieval is done electrically without any moving parts enabling the integration of magnetic memory components with semiconductor chips.” For the project, Kharel will collaborate with University of Northern Iowa physics researchers, associate professor Pavel …
… MMR Facilities The PMNS Lab (Physics Materials and Nanoscience Lab), SDSU (CEH 350) houses both materials preparation and characterization facilities. Materials Preparation: (i) Arc-melter for bulk materials preparation, (ii) Sputtering Deposition Systems for thin film preparation, (iii) High-vacuum Furnace for heat treatment, and (iv) Ball miller for nanostructured material synthesis. Materials Characterization: (i) X-ray Diffractometer for structural characterization, (ii) VersaLab Magnetometer for magnetic properties studies, and (iii) UV/VIS Spectrometer for optical property characterization. Magnetic Materials Research … The PMNS Lab (Physics …
… Student Awards and Accomplishments Awards (since 2013) Barry Goldwater Scholarship: Jace Waybright (2018) Barry Goldwater Scholarship (SDSU Nominee): Zachary Lehmann (2021) Jax Wysong (2023) SDSU … (Undergraduate students' names are in bold) Pavel V. Lukashev, Jax Wysong , Stephen McFadden, Gavin Baker , Brandon Schmidt, Paul M. Shand, and Parashu Kharel, Electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of NiFeMnAl: Experiment and theory, J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 36,085801(2024). Parashu Kharel, Zachary Lehmann , Gavin Baker , Lukas Stuelke, Shah … Fort Lauderdale, FL Ryan Fuglsby : 2015 APS March meeting, San Antonio, TX. Congratulations to Jax Wysong and Gavin Baker for being featured in an article published by SDSU Brookings register Jax Wysong for his acceptance to Computational Physics Student Summer Workshop 2023 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC). Gavin Baker and …