Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology

Mission

The mission of the center is to stimulate research at Stanford in the area of magnetic nanotechnology, magnetic sensing, spintronics, information storage, energy conversion and other related emerging technologies; to facilitate collaboration between Stanford scientists and their industrial colleagues; to train well-rounded and highly skilled graduate students; and to develop curricular offerings in the relevant subjects. The center also operates:

• Frontier of Magnetic Nanotechnology and Spintronics: annual reviews, workshops, short courses and conferences on magnetics-related technologies, including nanotechnology, spintronics, energy and information storage.
• Nanomagnetics Facility provides processing and characterization capabilities for magnetic and other novel materials.

Field of Study

The Stanford Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology is organized on the successful foundation of the Center for Research on Information Storage Materials (founded in 1991). The changes in the center’s name and its operation mode are motivated by the rapidly evolving landscape in the industry and the intellectual environment at Stanford. In particular, as the magnetic recording industry prospers and matures, new industries are emerging, most notably in spintronics, biomagnetics, energy and environment. We envision that our center should be positioned to effect or lead new waves of magnetics-related technologies before the emerging technologies blossom into mainstream industries.