Welcome to the spintronics and nanoelectronics research group of Jairo Sinova. As a condensed matter theory group we are interested on physical phenomena of many body systems in which the behavior of the collective system is quite different and unique from the behavior of its individual components. Condensed matter physics is a vast field of physics which provides endless opportunities. Our group has focused over the past few years on the subfield of spintronics and mesoscopic electronic transport. These fields study the effects coupling the spin and charge degrees of freedom of the electron has on bulk properties of materials as well as transport and optical phenomena. Some of our main contributions to this field are related to spin Hall effects and diluted magnetic semiconductor physics. New avenues are always opening ahead, with novel and unforeseen connections to other points of views and topics.

PHYSICS 222 SPRING 2012

TEACHING AND EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS

Our group has developed the TAMU APPEAL program which introduces a new methodology in teaching the sophemore level physics courses. The goal is to reach a higher level of sophistication and a more physicist like approach to learning and discovering physics which will help you build a smoother transition to the more advance courses. All the material developed for the PHYS 221 course, including all the videos of the lectures, activities, and student interactions, together with descriptions of the implementation and teaching techniques are available in the course website. This development was primarely funded by NSF and the Research Corporation and done in collaboration with the developers of the Paradigm Physics program.