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Nanoscale magnetic structures enables many interesting science as the structure dimensions become comparable to characteristic length scales, which has immediate application in magnetic data storage, magnetic memory and spintronics devices. Moreover, the order between nanostructures as in patterned arrays, becomes crucial as the mesoscopic effects produced by the confinement and proximity can be controlled and modified by their geometrical configuration. Ordered arrays of nanostructures are particularly interesting to study, as one can probe both the individual and collective behavior of the elements. The most important properties that of interest to study is at nanoscale where change can happen in smaller time scales (e.g. fluctuation of magnetic domain wall, ultrafast demagnetization), so the challenge is to understand science of ultra-small structures at ultra-fast time scales. We are using laboratory based experimental techniques as well as large scale facility (neutron and synchrotron radiation based techniques) to characterize/observe the nano-scale properties.

Research Topics:
  • Thin Film Magnetism and Data Storage 
  • Magnetic Imaging (Scanning probe and X-ray based)
  • Ferromagnetic Semiconductor and Spintronics
  • Resonant Magnetic Scattering,  X-ray Holography
  • Ultrafast Magnetism and Free Electron Laser
  • Skyrmions
  • Multiferroics
  • 2D Materials
  • Micromagnetic Simulations
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Updates:    
  • 2021: 
  • AS Ti underlayer PMA tuning paper accepted in JMSE
  • Sadhana (SS) joined our group as RA under Nanomission Project, Welcome Sadhana
  • AJ, HM resistive switching paper accepted in Physica Scripta 
  • 2020: 
  • AS Skyrmion paper accepted in  J. Superconductivuty and novel magnetism
  • AS PMA tuning paper accepted in Physica Scripta  
  • Sputtering system installed, new tool to explore!
  • AT published Ion-irradiation and PMA in Tb-Fe-Co in JALCOM.
  • AS, HM, AT participated in MMM conference and presented poster
  • Skyrmion Nano-lithography paper published in ACS Nano (under DST-RFBR collaboration) 
  • Anagha G (AG) joined our group as Ph.D scholar, welcome Anagha
  • JM delivered Spintronics webinar on lenght- time correlation in spintronics
  • AJ successfully defended his thesis, Congratulation Dr. Anjan
  • AS successfully defended his thesis, Congratulation Dr. Soundararaj
  • AJ published RRAM device work in APL, Congratulation!!
  • JM delivered invited talk at APMC-2020 and QMH-2020
  • RS joined our group as N-PDF(SERB)
  • 2019: 
  • AJ  published dilectric suppression in BiFeO3 in JAP
  • AT published GdFe domain work in JMMM
  • AJ published enhancement in piezo and magnetic properties in BiFeO3 in JALCOM
  • Gd-Fe magnetization dynamics work in collaboration with Prof. Barman (SN Bose) published in PRB
  • AS published Fe-Pd pulsed electrodepostion in Mat. Res. Express
  • AJ published resistive switching in BiFeO3 in PCCP
  • 2018:
  • AJ paper accepted in JAP
  • AT published Tunable magnetic domain paper in JALCOM
  • AT published Skyrmion paper in Computational Material Science
  • AT, first Ph.D from the group. Joined NUS as post-doc: Congratulation!!
  • JM  research visit to Russia under DST- RBFR project
  • AS at IUAC Delhi for beamtime
  • AT, JM DAAD Exchange visit to MBI, Berlin and successful beamtime at BESSY-II
  • AT, JM Indo-Russia Skyrmion  paper published in APL
  • AT paper published in AIP Advances, AJ paper published in JMSE
Selected Publication: (For complete list see  Publication Page
  • AK Jena, AK Sahoo, J Mohanty, Effect of magnetic field on resititive switching in multiferroic based Ag/BiFeO3/FTO RRAM device, Applied Physics Letters,  116 (9), 092901, 2020
  • F. Büttner, C. Moutafis, M. Schneider, B. Kruüger, C.M. Günther, J. Geilhufe, C.v. Korff Schmising, J. Mohanty,, B. Pfau, S. Schaffert, A. Bisig, M. Foerster, T. Schulz, C. A. F. Vaz, J. H. Franken, H. J. M. Swagten, M. Klaüui, S. Eisebitt, Dynamics and inertia of skyrmionic spin structures, Nature Physics, 2 Feb. 2015 DOI: 10.1038/nphys3234.
  • B. Pfau, S. Schaffert, L. Müller, C. Gütt, A. Al-Shemmary, F. Büttner, R. Delaunay, S. Düsterer, S. Flewett, R. Frömter, J. Geilhufe, E. Guehrs, C.M. Günther, R. Hawaldar, M. Hille, N. Jaouen, A. Kobs, K. Li, J. Mohanty, et. al, Ultrafast optical demagnetization manipulates nanoscale spin structure in domain walls, Nature Communication,(2.Oct 2012 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2108.
  • J.-D. Su, A. R. Sandy, J. Mohanty, O. G. Shpyrko and M. Sutton, Collective pinning dynamics of charge density waves in 1T-TaS2, Phys. Rev. B ( 86, 205105 (2012).
  • J. Mohanty,  S. Vandezande, S. Brems, M. J. Van Bael, T. Charlton, S. Langridge, R. M. Dalgliesh, K. Temst, and C. Van Haesendonck, Magnetization reversal studies of continuous and patterned exchange biased NiFe/FeMn thin films, Applied Physics A ( DOI 10.1007/s00339-012-7031-2 (2012).
  • Samuel Flewett, Stefan Schaffert, Jyoti Mohanty, Erik Guehrs, Jan Geilhufe, Christian M. Günther, Bastian Pfau and Stefan Eisebitt, Method for Single-Shot Coherent Diffractive Imaging of Magnetic Domains, PRL, ( 108, 223902 (2012).
  • T. Wang, D. Zhu, B. Wu, C. Graves, S. Schaffert, T. Rander, L. Müller, B. Vodungbo, C. Baumier, D. P. Bernstein, B. Bräuer, V. Cros, S. Jong, R. Delaunay, A. Fognini, R. Kukreja, S. Lee, V. Lopez-Flores, J. Mohanty et. al. , Femtosecond Single-Shot Imaging of Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Order in Co/Pd Multilayers Using Resonant X-Ray Holography, PRL, ( 108, 267403 (2012).
  • A. Tripathi, J. Mohanty, O. G. Shpyrko, E. Shipton, E. E. Fullerton, S. S. Kim and I. McNulty, Dichroic coherent diffractive imaging, PNAS, ( 108(33)}, 13393-13398 (2011).

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