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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2015 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics
  • 2012 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
  • 2012 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  • 2012 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to development of spin-engineered magnetic heterostructures for magnetic sensors and memory devices.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2008 - IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies “For fundamental contributions to the development of magneto-resistive devices for non-volatile, high density, random access memory.”
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to organic and hightemperature superconductivity and magnetism in transitionmetal multilayers
  • 1898 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Electron

Stuart S. P. Parkin mostly deals with Condensed matter physics, Ferromagnetism, Magnetoresistance, Magnetic domain and Magnetic field. The various areas that he examines in his Condensed matter physics study include Electrical resistivity and conductivity and Magnetization. His Ferromagnetism study also includes fields such as

  • Magnetic moment which is related to area like Dipole,
  • Scattering which is related to area like Nickel.

His Magnetoresistance study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Quantum tunnelling, Transition metal and Copper. His research integrates issues of Domain wall, Nanowire, Magnetic anisotropy and Permalloy in his study of Magnetic domain. His Spintronics study combines topics in areas such as Spin Hall effect, Spin polarization, Semiconductor, Torque and Spin-½.

His most cited work include:

  • Magnetic Domain-Wall Racetrack Memory (3011 citations)
  • Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers (2361 citations)
  • Oscillations in exchange coupling and magnetoresistance in metallic superlattice structures: Co/Ru, Co/Cr, and Fe/Cr. (1985 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Condensed matter physics, Ferromagnetism, Magnetoresistance, Magnetization and Magnetic field. His Condensed matter physics study frequently links to other fields, such as Magnetic domain. Stuart S. P. Parkin studied Magnetic domain and Domain wall that intersect with Nanowire.

His studies in Ferromagnetism integrate themes in fields like Spin polarization, Magnetic moment, Layer, Nuclear magnetic resonance and Anisotropy. His Magnetoresistance study deals with Electrical resistivity and conductivity intersecting with Superconductivity. His research in Tunnel magnetoresistance intersects with topics in Optoelectronics and Electrical engineering.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Condensed matter physics (75.83%)
  • Ferromagnetism (24.90%)
  • Magnetoresistance (19.09%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Condensed matter physics (75.83%)
  • Spintronics (18.05%)
  • Magnetic field (15.66%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Condensed matter physics, Spintronics, Magnetic field, Semimetal and Spin-½. His studies deal with areas such as Tetragonal crystal system and Magnetization as well as Condensed matter physics. Spintronics is a primary field of his research addressed under Ferromagnetism.

Magnetic field is closely attributed to Spin polarization in his work. His Semimetal research incorporates themes from Fermion, Surface states, Electronic band structure and Dirac. Stuart S. P. Parkin combines subjects such as Exchange bias, Hall effect and Angular momentum with his study of Antiferromagnetism.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Higher-order topological insulators. (556 citations)
  • Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal (177 citations)
  • Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Spintronics. (139 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Condensed matter physics

His primary areas of investigation include Condensed matter physics, Spintronics, Antiferromagnetism, Magnetization and Ferromagnetism. His Condensed matter physics course of study focuses on Giant magnetoresistance and Antiparallel. His Spintronics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Thin film, Ferrimagnetism, Exchange interaction, Domain wall and Asymmetry.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Phonon, Magnetic moment, Powder diffraction, Ground state and Charge density wave. His Magnetization research integrates issues from Chemical physics, Chirality and Angular momentum. His Ferromagnetism research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Exchange bias and Hall effect.

Best Publications

  • Magnetic Domain-Wall Racetrack Memory

    Stuart S. P. Parkin;Masamitsu Hayashi;Luc Thomas

  • Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers

    Stuart S. P. Parkin;Christian Kaiser;Alex Panchula;Philip M. Rice

  • Oscillations in exchange coupling and magnetoresistance in metallic superlattice structures: Co/Ru, Co/Cr, and Fe/Cr.

    S. S. P. Parkin;N. More;K. P. Roche

  • Giant magnetoresistive in soft ferromagnetic multilayers.

    B. Dieny;V. S. Speriosu;S. S. P. Parkin;B. A. Gurney

  • Simple rules for the understanding of Heusler compounds

    Tanja Graf;Claudia Felser;Stuart S.P. Parkin

  • Oscillatory magnetic exchange coupling through thin copper layers

    S. S. P. Parkin;R. Bhadra;K. P. Roche

  • Exchange-biased magnetic tunnel junctions and application to nonvolatile magnetic random access memory (invited)

    S. S. P. Parkin;K. P. Roche;M. G. Samant;P. M. Rice

  • Higher-order topological insulators.

    Frank Schindler;Ashley M. Cook;Maia G. Vergniory;Maia G. Vergniory;Zhijun Wang

  • Chiral spin torque at magnetic domain walls

    Kwang-Su Ryu;Luc Thomas;See-Hun Yang;Stuart Parkin

  • Systematic variation of the strength and oscillation period of indirect magnetic exchange coupling through the 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals.

    S. S. P. Parkin

  • Weyl Semimetals as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

    Catherine R. Rajamathi;Uttam Gupta;Nitesh Kumar;Hao Yang

  • Suppression of Metal-Insulator Transition in VO2 by Electric Field–Induced Oxygen Vacancy Formation

    Jaewoo Jeong;Nagaphani Aetukuri;Nagaphani Aetukuri;Tanja Graf;Thomas D. Schladt

  • Multiple Dirac cones at the surface of the topological metal LaBi

    Jayita Nayak;Shu-Chun Wu;Nitesh Kumar;Chandra Shekhar

  • Anomalous disappearance of high-Tc superconductivity at high hole concentration in metallic La2-xSrxCuO4.

    J. B. Torrance;Y. Tokura;A. I. Nazzal;A. Bezinge

  • Superconductivity in Weyl semimetal candidate MoTe2

    Yanpeng Qi;Pavel G. Naumov;Mazhar N. Ali;Catherine R. Rajamathi

  • Current-controlled magnetic domain-wall nanowire shift register.

    Masamitsu Hayashi;Luc Thomas;Rai Moriya;Charles Rettner

  • Magnetically engineered spintronic sensors and memory

    S. Parkin;Xin Jiang;C. Kaiser;A. Panchula

  • Large anomalous Hall effect driven by a nonvanishing Berry curvature in the noncolinear antiferromagnet Mn3Ge.

    Ajaya K. Nayak;Julia Erika Fischer;Yan Sun;Binghai Yan

  • Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers

    S. S. P. Parkin;Z. G. Li;David J. Smith

  • Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagomé crystal

    D. F. Liu;D. F. Liu;A. J. Liang;A. J. Liang;E. K. Liu;E. K. Liu;Q. N. Xu

  • Magnetotransport properties of magnetically soft spin‐valve structures (invited)

    B. Dieny;V. S. Speriosu;S. Metin;S. S. P. Parkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahesh G. Samant
Mahesh G. Samant IBM (United States)
Claudia Felser
Claudia Felser Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Charles T. Rettner
Charles T. Rettner IBM (United States)
William J. Gallagher
William J. Gallagher Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)
Peter Werner
Peter Werner Max Planck Society
James S. Harris
James S. Harris Stanford University
Bettina V. Lotsch
Bettina V. Lotsch Max Planck Society
Walter Schnelle
Walter Schnelle Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
Andrew J. Kellock
Andrew J. Kellock IBM (United States)

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