Tackling grand challenges in the materials science of liquids and glasses and non-equilibrium magnetism.
The International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) has recognized MRSEC IRB 2 Co-Lead, Jason Kawasaki, with the 2024 Young Investigator MBE Award in September. According to the conference’s website, Kawasaki was awarded this honor, “For his work on Epitaxial synthesis and strain engineering of Heusler films and freestanding membranes.” The annual award’s announcement states:
Wisconsin MRSEC research groups (Xiao, Wang, Ping) have made significant progress in understanding and engineering the spin-mechanical coupling properties of two-dimensional materials CrSBr, an air-stable 2D magnet. Using nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems (NOEMS), they have observed the magnetostriction strength in 2D CrSBr is a factor of 10 times larger than that in yttrium iron garnet (YIG), a …