SpinMaD

JST Aspire project
“Research network on spintronic materials and
devices for the sustainable society (SpinMaD)”

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Schedule
27-28 / November / 2025 
start 9:00 / end 18:00
Venue
Seminar Room 1-2
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Theme

1st symposium on “Research network on spintronic materials and devices for the sustainable society (SpinMaD)”

Description

This is an open symposium to discuss the progress and outcomes of our project and beyond.

Organizers

Claudia Felser
Claudia Felser
Atsufumi Hirohata
Atsufumi Hirohata

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Travel

Access
https://www.cpfs.mpg.de/de/contact
Accomodations

Please make your hotel reservation if necessary using the following links.

  • Option 1 Occidental Hotel (Newa):

    Address: Prager Str. 2C, 01069 Dresden (5 min. walk from the Dresden Central Station, 5 stops by No.3 tram from the Dresden Central Station North (EUR 3.40 single) and 5 min. walk to the Institute) Single room: EUR 119 per night + tax (30 rooms reserved by 14 October 2025 19 November 2025 with the promotion code "SPINMAD2025")

  • Option 2 B&B Hotel (Dresden City-Süd):

    Address: Bamberger Str. 14, 01187 Dresden (3 stops from the Dresden Central Station by No. 3 tram (EUR 3.40 single) and 10 min. walk, 15 min. walk to the Institute) Single room: EUR 79 per night + tax (10 rooms reserved by 1 October 2025 20 October 2025 with the promotion code "SPINMAD2025")

Program

The slides and recordings are only for project members.

27 / November / 2025

08:30
Registration
09:00
Opening remark (Claudia Felser)
1stSession title

Spintronics x topology

Atsufumi Hirohata (Tohoku Univ.)

3 invited talks (30 min.) + 2 contributed talks (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Claudia Felser
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
9:10
Duration
30 min.
Title
Chirality and Topology
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Le Duc Anh
Affiliation
Univ. of Tokyo
Start Time
9:40
Duration
30 min.
Title
Epitaxial growth and topological transport properties of Sn-based quantum heterostructures
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Rikako Yamamoto
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
10:10
Duration
15 min.
Title
Spectromicroscopic Insights into Bulk Altermagnetism in α-MnTe”
Slide

4th

Speaker
Masayuki Ishida
Affiliation
Univ. of Osaka
Start Time
10:25
Duration
15 min.
Title
Highly efficient spin-charge conversion in ferromagnetic metal Fe / topological Dirac semimetal α-Sn heterostructures
Slide

5th

Speaker
Bryan Hickey
Affiliation
Univ. of Leeds
Start Time
10:40
Duration
30 min.
Title
Giant Rashba Effect in topological surfaces states with metal overlayers
Slide

Coffee / Tea Break 11:10-11:30 (15min.)

2ndSession title

Spintronics x Characterisation & Fabrication

Christopher Marrows (Univ. of Leeds)

2 invited talk (30 min.) + 1 contributed talk (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Rudi Schäfer
Affiliation
IFW Dresden
Start Time
11:30
Duration
30 min.
Title
Magneto-optics, revisited
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Stuart Parkin
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Microstr.
Start Time
12:00
Duration
30 min.
Title
Racetrack Memory
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Olha Bezsmertna
Affiliation
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Start Time
12:30
Duration
15 min.
Title
Transfer of magnetic nanomembranes: from fundamental curvilinear nanomagnetism to flexible electronic applications
Slide

Symposium photo (main entrance of the Institute) 12:50-13:00 (10min.)

Lunch (canteen) 13:00-14:00 (60min.)

3rdSession title

Spin x Energy

Hiroki Koizumi (Tohoku Univ.)

2 invited talks (30 min.) + 2 contributed talks (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Julius Hohlfeld
Affiliation
Inst. Jean Lamour
Start Time
14:00
Duration
30 min.
Title
Spin and heat accumulation induced magnetization Reversal (SAAHIR)
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Shutaro Karube
Affiliation
Kyoto Univ.
Start Time
14:30
Duration
15 min.
Title
Observation of anisotropic orbital Hall effect
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Heda Zhang
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
14:45
Duration
15 min.
Title
Magnetoelectric coupling effect in a non-centrosymmetric superconductor
Slide

4th

Speaker
Masaki Mizuguchi
Affiliation
Nagoya Univ.
Start Time
15:00
Duration
30 min.
Title
Spin caloritronic materials and devices
Slide
4thSession title

Poster Session (foyer) & Laboratory Tour upon request

1st

Speaker
Cheng Xu
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Chiral superconductivity from spin polarized Chern band in twisted MoTe2
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Yuki Higuchi
Affiliation
Univ. of Osaka
Title
Determination of the actual valence band of a topological insulator Bi2Se3
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Erjian Cheng
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Interwoven magnetic kagome metal overcoming geometric frustration
Slide

4th

Speaker
Gen Zu
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Interpretation of Crystal Energy Landscapes with Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks
Slide

5th

Speaker
Yuchen Zhao
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Scanning magnetometry of van der Waals magnets under in-situ controlled strain
Slide

6th

Speaker
Esita Pandey
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Realization of Broadly Tunable Compensation in Ferrimagnetic MnFeVAl Heusler Alloy
Slide

7th

Speaker
Shogo Yamashita
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Magnetic and transport properties of compensated ferrimagnetic Heusler alloys at finite-temperatures: ab initio spin fluctuation theory
Slide

8th

Speaker
Gerhard H. Fecher
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
to be announced
Slide

9th

Speaker
Hiroki Koizumi
Affiliation
Tohoku Univ.
Title
d-wave altermagnetism in epitaxial NiCo2O4 thin films via easy-cone magnetic anisotropy
Slide

10th

Speaker
Paulina Justyna Prusik
Affiliation
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Title
Domain walls in a magnetoelectric Cr2O3
Slide

11th

Speaker
Nikolai Peschcherenko
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Title
Transport sensing of spin fluctuations: non-saturating resistance and giant negative magnetoresistance
Slide

12th

Speaker
Hayato Nakayama
Affiliation
Keio Univ.
Title
Evaluation of spin-current generation in Si-Al nanoalloy films
Slide

13th

Speaker
Shingen Miura
Affiliation
Univ. of Tokyo
Title
Epitaxial growth and characterization of superconducting Sn/InSb heterostructure on GaAs substrates
Slide

14th

Speaker
Lin Guo
Affiliation
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Title
Eco-sustainable printed magnetoresistive sensors
Slide

15th

Speaker
Guannan Mu
Affiliation
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Title
Flexible and printed spintronic magnetic field sensors
Slide

Visit to the Christmas Market (optional) 17:00-21:00

28 / November / 2025

5thSession title

Spintronic Devices

Masaki Mizuguchi (Nagoya Univ.)

3 invited talks (30 min.) + 2 contributed talks (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Christopher Marrows
Affiliation
Univ. of Leeds
Start Time
9:15
Duration
30 min.
Title
Temperature gradient-driven motion of magnetic domains in a magnetic metal multilayer by entropic forces
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Giovanni Finocchio
Affiliation
Univ. of Messina
Start Time
9:45
Duration
30 min.
Title
Unconventional computing with spintronic devices
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Peng Wang
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
10:00
Duration
15 min.
Title
Novel spin Hall effect materials and artificially engineered magnetic heterostructures for energy-efficient spintronic memories
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Edouard Lesne
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
10:15
Duration
15 min.
Title
Spin-to-charge conversion in epitaxial Mn3Sn(0001) noncollinear antiferromagnetic films
Slide

4th

Speaker
Benjamin Uhlig
Affiliation
Fraunhofer Inst. for Phtonic Microsys.
Start Time
10:30
Duration
30 min.
Title
From novel concepts to reliable devices, research on Spintronics in a modern CMOS cleanroom
Slide

Coffee / Tea Break 11:00-11:20 (20min.)

6thSession title

Spintronic Materials

Giovanni Finocchio (Univ. of Messina)

4 invited talks (30 min.)

1st

Speaker
Atsufumi Hirohata
Affiliation
Tohoku Univ.
Start Time
11:20
Duration
30 min.
Title
Control of a Compensation Temperature in a Ferrimagnetic Heusler alloy
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Thomas Thomson
Affiliation
Univ. of Manchester
Start Time
11:50
Duration
30 min.
Title
Spin transport and spin-charge interconversion in graphene and TMDs
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Libor Šmejkal
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for the Physics of Complex Systems
Start Time
12:20
Duration
30 min.
Title
to be announced
Slide

Lunch (canteen) 13:00-14:00 (60min.)

7thSession title

Spintronics x Dimensions

Tom Thomson (Univ. of Manchester)

1 invited talk (30 min.) + 1 contributed talk (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Kazuyuki Sakamoto
Affiliation
Univ. of Osaka
Start Time
14:00
Duration
30 min.
Title
Spin-Polarized Bands of Atomic Layer Superconductors
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Ning Mao
Affiliation
Max Planck Inst. for Chem. Phys. of Solids
Start Time
14:30
Duration
15 min.
Title
Spin diffusion probe of magnetization frustration
Slide

Coffee / Tea Break 14:45-15:05 (20min.)

8thSession title

Magnonics

Kazuyuki Sakamoto (Univ. of Osaka)

2 invited talks (30 min.) + 1 contributed talk (15 min.)

1st

Speaker
Mathias Weiler
Affiliation
RPTU
Start Time
15:05
Duration
30 min.
Title
Magnetoacoustics and magnon-polarons in surface acoustic wave devices
Slide

2nd

Speaker
Kazuto Yamanoi
Affiliation
Keio Univ.
Start Time
15:35
Duration
15 min.
Title
Magnon-phonon coupling using the multi-overtones surface acoustic wave device
Slide

3rd

Speaker
Helmut Schultheiss
Affiliation
HZDR
Start Time
15:50
Duration
30 min.
Title
How a nano-core shatters the collective of an entire vortex
Slide

Closing remark 16:20-16:30 (10min.)

Symposium dinner 18:00-20:30 (150min.)

Restaurant Anna im Schloss
Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden
https://www.anna-dresden.de/en

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Contact

Participating
institutions

Project partners

Japanese Investigators

Prof. Atsufumi Hirohata
Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics Tohoku >University
Phone: +81 (0)22 217 6129 | Fax: +81 (0)22 217 5426
E-mail:
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Prof. Masaaki Tanaka
Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo
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Prof. Teruo Ono
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
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Prof. Kazuyuki Sakamoto
Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University
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Prof. Yukio Nozaki
Department of Physics, Keio University
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Prof. Masaki Mizuguchi
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
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Prof. Yoshinobu Nakaani
Department of Computer and Network Engineering, University of Electro-Communications
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Prof. Seiji Mitani
Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
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Prof. Shinji Yuasa
Research Center for Emerging Computing Technologies, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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European Co-Investigators

Prof. Claudia Felser
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany
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Prof. Mathias Weiler
Department of Physics, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
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Prof. Mathias Kläui
Department of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
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Prof. Vincent Baltz
Spintec, France
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Prof. Stéphane Mangin
Department of Physics, Université de Lorraine, France
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Prof. Giovanni Finocchio
Department of Scicence, Mathematics and Information, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
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Prof. Thomas Thomson
Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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Prof. Christopher Marrows
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Dr Robert Carpenter
Imec, Belgium
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Japanese Collaborators

Prof. Masafumi Shirai
Research Institute of Electrical Communications, Tohoku University
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Prof. Shigemi Mizukami
Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
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Prof. Mikihiko Oogane
Department of Applied Physics, Tohoku University
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Prof. Yoshiaki Saito
Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems, Tohoku University
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Prof. Takeshi Seki
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
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Prof. Sadamichi Maekawa
Center for Emergent Matter Science, Riken (National Research and Development Agency)
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Prof. Koki Takanashi
Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
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Prof. Hiromi Yuasa
Advanced Science Research Center, Kyushu University
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