Prof. Yongbing Xu
 

Prof. Yongbing Xu PhD

Chair in Nanotechnology

Email: yx2@ohm.york.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~yx2/
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 2349
Research Area: Physical Layer Group > Spintronics and Nanodevices Lab

Professor Yongbing Xu heads the Spintronics and Nanodevice Laboratory of the University of York.  His research has been focussed on the fabrication and characterisation of magnetic nanostructures and nanodevices, and in particular magnetic/semiconductor hybrid materials for spintronics. He has published more than 140 refereed papers in leading academic journals including Physical Review Letters, IEEE journals and Applied Physics Letters and given many talks and invited talks at conferences.

He was chair of 3 international spintronics conferences and 2 CMMP symposium. He is leading the Worldwide University Network (WUN) Grand Challenge Project on Spintronics (30 partners from 12 UK, USA & China) and is a member of the NSF panel, the international advisory committee of the EU Warsaw NanoCenter, the EPSRC spintronics mission to China, and director of the Nanjing-York Spintronics Center. He is the spintronics section editor of “Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science” by Elsevier, the series editor of “Electronic Materials and Devices” by Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, editor-in-Chief of the Spintronics Major Reference Work by Springer, and edited the 1st spintronics book “Spintronic Materials and Technology”. He had interviews with BBC News24 and New Scientists on Spintronics.

 

Latest 30 Publications

  • S. S. A. Hassan, Y. B. Xu, A. Hirohata H. Sukegawa, W. H. Wang, K. Inomata and G. van der Laan, Interfacial structure and magnetic properties of Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5/MgO heterostructures, Journal of Applied Physics, 107(10):103919, May, 2010
  • Y. B. Xu, S. S. A. Hassan, P. K. J. Wong, J. S. Claydon, C. D. Damsgaard, J. B. Hansen, C. S. Jacobsen, Y. Zhai, J. Wu, G. van der Laan, R. Feidenhans and S. N. Holmes, Hybrid Spintronic Structures with Magnetic Oxides and Heusler Alloys, IEEE Trans. Magn, December, 2008
  • Z. C. Huang, Y. Zhai, Y. X. Lu, G. D. Li, P.K. J. Wong, Y. B. Xu, Y. X. Xu, and H. R. Zhai, The interface effect of the magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin epitaxial Fe3O4 film, Appl. Phys. Lett, 922008
  • Zhai Y, Zhang D, Zhang Y, Shi J , Wong PKJ, Niu DX , Li GD , Xu YB , Zhai HR, A study on spin wave resonance in patterned trilayer films, J. Appl. Phys., 101:09F507, 2007
  • Li GD, Zhai Y, Wong PKJ , Niu DX, Lu YX, Lepadatu S, Xu YB, Magnetic domain wall formation in ferromagnetic wires with a nanoconstriction, IEEE Trans on Magn, 43(6):2830, 2007
  • Hassan SSA, Xu YB, Ahmad E, Lu YX, Transport and magneto-transport characteristics of Fe3O4/GaAs hybrid structure, IEEE Trans on Magn, 43:2875, 2007
  • S. Lepadatu, J. Wu, and Y. B. Xu, Current-induced magnetization switching in asymmetric necked wires, Appl. Phys. Lett, 91:62512, 2007
  • Zhai Y, Huang ZC , Fu Y, Ni C, Lu YX, Xu YB, Wu J, Zhai HR, Anisotropy of ultrathin epitaxial Fe3O4 films on GaAs(100), J. Appl. Phys, 101(9):09D126, 2007
  • Lepadatu S, Wu J, Bunce C, Zou X, Niu D , Xu YB, Chantrell R, Ju GP, Ultrafast optically induced spin dynamics in patterned single crystal Fe dot arrays, J. Appl. Phys, 101:09C111, 2007
  • Yongbing Xu, Jill Claydon, Yongxiong Lu and Ehsan Ahmad,, Mesoscopic magnetic/semiconductor heterostructures, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, 5(5):455, 2006
  • Morley NA, Gibbs MRJ, Ahmad E, and Xu YB, Comparison between the in-plane anisotropies and magnetostriction constants of thin epitaxial Fe films grown on GaAs and Ga0.8In0.2As substrates, with Cr overlayers, J. Appl. Phys, 99(8):08N508, 2006
  • YB Xu, Spintronics and spintronic materials overview, CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE, 10(2):81, 2006
  • Morley NA, Gibbs MRJ, Ahmad E, XU YB, MOKE hysteresis loop method of determining the anisotropy constants of ferromagnetic thin films: Fe on GaAs(100) with overlayers of Au and Cr, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 300(2):436, 2006
  • Hirohata A, Kikuchi A, Tezuka N, Inomata K , Claydon JS , Xu YB, van der Laan G, Heusler alloy/semiconductor hybrid structures, CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE, 10(2):93, 2006
  • Ren Y, Gao CL, Zhang ZZ, Ma B, Jin QY, Ahmad E, Xu YB, “Spin reorientation of Fe film with an ultrathin Co underlayer on Cu(001) substrate”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10A305, 2005
  • Ahmad E, Valavanis A, Claydon JS, Lu YX, Xu YB, “Vertical spinal electronic device with large room temperature magnetoresistance”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 41(10):2592, 2005
  • Lu YX, Claydon JS, Ahmad E, Xu YB, Thompson SM, Wilson K, van der Laan G, “XPS and XMCD study of Fe3O4/GaAs interface”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 41(10):2808, 2005
  • Lu YX, Ahmad E, Xu YB, Thompson SM, “Annealing-induced Fe oxide nanostructures on GaAs”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 41(10):3328, 2005
  • Lepadatu S, Xu YB, Ahmad E, “Current induced magnetic switching in Ni80Fe20, Ni, Fe, and Co wires”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10C711, 2005
  • Morley NA, Gibbs MRJ, Ahmad E, Will IG, Xu YB., “Magnetostriction and magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants of ultrathin epitaxial Fe films on GaAs, with Au overlayers”, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 17:1201, 2005
  • Lepadatu S, Xu YB, Ahmad E, “Modulation of magneto-resistance with measurement current in patterned Ni80Fe20 wires”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10J708, 2005
  • Lu YX, Ahmad E, Xu YB, “Deformation induced magnetite nanostripes on GaAs”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10B314, 2005
  • Claydon JS, Niu DX, Xu YB, Telling ND, Kirkman IW, van der Laan G, “Spin and orbital moments of ultra-thin Fe films on various semiconductor surfaces”, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, 41(10):3325, 2005
  • Morley NA, Tang SL, Gibbs MRJ, Ahmad E, Will IG, Xu YB, “Magnetocrystalline anisotropies and magnetostriction of ultrathin Fe films on GaAs with Cr overlayers”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10H501, 2005
  • Lu YX, Claydon JS, Ahmad E, Xu YB, Ali M, Hickey BJ, Thompson SM, Matthew JAD, Wilson K, “Hybrid Fe3O4/GaAs(100) structure for spintronics”, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97(10):10C313, 2005
  • Y. X. Lu, J. S. Claydon, Y. B. Xu, D. M. Schofield, S. M. Thompson, “Magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe3O4 on GaAs(100)”, J. Appl. Phys, 95:7228, 2004
  • S. Lepadatu and Y. B. Xu, “Discontinuous resistance change and domain wall scattering in patterned NiFe wires with a nanoconstriction”, IEEE Trans. on Magn.,, 40(4):2688, 2004
  • E. Ahmad, I. G. Will, Y. B. Xu , N. A. Morley, and M. R. J. Gibbs, “Hysteretic properties of epitaxial Fe/GaAs(100) ultra thin film under external uniaxial strain”, J. Appl. Phys, 95:6555, 2004
  • Y. X. Lu, J. S. Claydon, Y. B. Xu, D. M. Schofield, S. M. Thompson, G. van der Laan, “Epitaxial growth and magnetic properties of half-metallic Fe3O4 on GaAs(100)”, Phys. Rev. B, 70(23):233304, 2004
  • “Magnetic moments of ferromagnetic, superparamagnetic, and submonolayer Fe on a GaAs(100) surface”, Claydon JS, Xu YB, Tselepi M, Bland JAC, van der Laan G, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 95(11):6543, 2004
  • Z. Y. Zhong, S. Liu, H.W. Zhang, and Y. B. Xu,, “Micromagnetic simulation of magnetization reversal in controlled mesoscopic ferromagnetic junction”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater.,, 270(3):425, 2004

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