Research in the Center focuses on nanostructures made from novel materials that exhibit enhanced magneto-electronic properties. These include:

Materials with high spin polarization, especially half-metallic ferromagnets.

Materials with long carrier mean free path and spin diffusion lengths.

Heterogeneous layers that exhibit interfacial phenomena.
Multi-section quasi one-dimensional structures.

Lithographically patterned arrays of dots, antidots, nanowires, and other structures.

Nanowires with multi-functionality for chemical and biological applications.

The research effort encompasses synthesis and processing, characterization of nanostructures, measurements of properties, theoretical modeling, and prototype device fabrication and applications.

These five tightly linked components form the research basis of this MRSEC.

The JHU MRSEC also has extensive Education Outreach programs and extensive collaborations with other academic institutions, national labs, and industrial concerns.