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Miwa Lab
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The lab uses the spin of electrons to create new devices from molecules and quantum materials.
AboutAbout the lab
New electronics powered by electron spin
The Miwa Lab studies quantum spintronics, which uses the property of electron "spin" to advance electronics.
Everyday items such as home appliances, computers, and cars are full of magnets (magnetic materials).
The lab combines magnetic and non-magnetic metals with organic and biological molecules at the atomic and molecular level to create new properties.
Using techniques for stacking atomic layers together with state-of-the-art measurement techniques, the lab builds and studies new quantum spintronic devices.
Key terms
- Spin
- A property of electrons that acts like a tiny magnet. Likened to the rotation of an electron, it is the main origin of magnetism
- Spintronics
- Electronics that uses the spin of electrons in addition to their electrical properties
- Chiral molecule
- A molecule whose structure cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, like a right hand and a left hand
- Antiferromagnetism
- A state in which neighboring spins align in alternating directions, so that their magnetic effects cancel each other out overall
NewsLab news
A paper on the magnetic properties of iron a few atomic layers thick was published in Nano Letters
A paper on the visualization of magnetic domains was published in APS Open Science
A paper on ultrafast switching of magnetic order in a chiral antiferromagnet was published in Science
A paper on the mechanism of chirality-induced spin selectivity was published in Science Advances
ResearchResearch themes
Focusing on the fact that the properties of spin appear strongly at the nanoscale, the lab studies quantum spintronics, which takes advantage of this to realize advanced electronics. Using techniques for growing atomic layers, the lab fabricates devices with distinctive nanostructures and investigates their physical properties.
*Illustrative imageChiral Molecular Spintronics
The lab studies spintronics using chiral molecules with distinctive shapes, such as chiral phthalocyanine, and biomolecules such as proteins. Using biomolecular devices, the lab aims to create a new academic field called "spintronic molecular biology."
*Illustrative imageQuantum Material Spintronics
The lab uses quantum materials with distinctive electronic states, including topological magnets such as the chiral antiferromagnetic metal Mn3Sn. The goal is to bring out device properties that go beyond spintronics based on conventional materials such as Fe/MgO.
*Illustrative imageObserving How Devices Operate with Lasers and X-rays
Using state-of-the-art spectroscopy and microscopic imaging techniques, such as femtosecond pulsed lasers and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy, the lab clarifies the physical mechanisms by which quantum spintronic devices work.
*Illustrative imageNeuromorphic Computing with Spin
This research focuses on the nonlinear properties exhibited by spin dynamics, and aims to open up new forms of computing.
MembersFaculty
The Miwa Lab consists of faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral and master's students, and academic specialist staff.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorShinji MiwaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorMotomi AokiPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Domains in metal strips” Temiryazev / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Chiral Molecular Spintronics: “Helicene” Yozakura / Public domain (cropped)
- Quantum Material Spintronics: “Kagome-lattice-bw” WilliamSix / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Observing How Devices Operate with Lasers and X-rays: “Femtosecond laser” Mina.ashrafzade / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Neuromorphic Computing with Spin: “Spinn 1m pano (cropped)” Pabogdan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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