EPSRC International Network for Spintronics

From material development to novel energy efficient technologies.

The broad aim of this network is to demonstrate new spintronic logic concepts with low-energy consumption by developing new magnetic materials, designing new logic circuits and characterising them for yield improvement.

The Network for Spintronics is based on collaborations between the Universities of York, Manchester and Leeds in the UK with Tohoku University in Japan specialised in material development and device production, RPTU in Kaiserslautern in Germany focused on magneto-optical phenomena and magnonic logics, and Spintec in France dedicated to spintronic device production and evaluation.

In 2026 the network was expanded to include a number of additional European partners:

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (Spain),
INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC MN) (Portugal),
Bielefeld University (Germany),
CNR Bologna (Italy),
Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic),
Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany),
University of Gothenburg (Sweden),
CIC nanogune (Spain),
University of Liege (Belgium)
and University of Messina (Italy).

Our network team

Institutional leads

Professor Burkard Hillebrands, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Professor Mathias Weiler, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Professor Vincent Baltz, SPINTEC, France
Professor Shigemi Mizukami, Tohoku University, Japan
Professor Thomas Thomson, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Christopher Marrows, University of Leeds, UK
Professor Keith McKenna, University of York, UK
Professor Silvia Gallego, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain
Professor Susana Cardoso de Freitas, INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC MN), Portugal
Professor Dr Günter Reiss, Bielefeld University, Germany
Dr Ilaria Bergenti, CNR Bologna, Italy
Professor Tomas Jungwirth, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic
Professor Andras Kovacs, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Professor Johan Åkerman, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Felix Casanova, CIC nanogune, Spain
Professor Bertrand Dupe, University of Liege, Belgium
Professor Giovanni Finocchio, University of Messina, Italy