An Hongyu, Associate Professor

Profile:
An Hongyu, Doctor of Engineering, External Affairs Specialist (Vice President), Associate Professor, Young PI of Runyuan, Shenzhen Overseas High-level Peacock Plan (Category C), Guangdong High-level Talent Assessment Expert, Member of the Youth Committee of Guangdong Materials Research Society. He graduated from RAL State Key Laboratory of Northeastern University in 2010 and studied under academician Wang Guodong. After graduation, he went to Japan to work for one of the world's top 500 companies, JGC Corp. In 2012, he entered Tokyo Institute of Technology and received his doctorate in 2015. He then joined Keio University in Japan to conduct research, and successively served as a researcher and special researcher for foreigners of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, before returning to Shenzhen Technology University in 2019. His main research interests include magnetic nanofilms, novel magnetic storage materials, and spintronic materials and devices. In the past five years, he has published nearly 30 papers in Nature Communications, Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Applied, Physical Review B, and other important journals in the field, and has filed one Japanese patent. His research achievements have been covered by NHK TV, Nikkan Kogyo newspaper, and Japan Chemical Industry Daily. He is currently a reviewer for many journals, including Nature Electronics and Nature Communications.

Academic Background:
October 2012- September 2015 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Doctoral Degree
September 2008- July 2010 Northeastern University, Materials Processing Engineering, Master's Degree
September 2004- July 2008 - Northeastern University, Materials Forming and Control Engineering, Bachelor's Degree

Work Experience:
March 2019-Present Shenzhen Technology University, School of New Materials and New Energy, Associate Professor
April 2017- Febuary, 2019 Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Special Researcher for Foreigners, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Researcher
October 2015- March 2017 Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Researcher
October 2010-July 2012 JGC Corp., Engineer

Major Honours and Qualifications:

Selected as a young PI of Runyuan, Shenzhen Technology University in 2022
Selected as a Category C Talent of Shenzhen Peacock Plan in 2019

Selected as a Special Researcher for Foreigners of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2017

Awarded the Research Award for Chinese Students by Japan-China Science and Technology Exchange Association in 2017

Awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship of Northeastern University in 2009

Awarded the honorary title of Outstanding Student of Northeastern University in 2008

Acquired Level 1 pass in Japanese Language Proficiency Test in 2013

Qualified as a Junior Technician in Japan in 2012

Acquired NCEES Junior Engineer Certificate in 2011

Research Interests:

1. Magnetic nanofilms and novel magnetic storage materials

2. Spintronic materials and devices

Research Projects:

1. Youth Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 240,000, principal investigator

2. Fundamental and Applied Basic Research Fund of Guangdong Province, General Program, RMB 100,000, principal investigator

3. Regional Joint Fund for Basic and Applied Basic Research in Guangdong Province, RMB 100,000, principal investigator

4. Guangdong Province General University Characteristic Innovation Project, RMB 100,000, principal investigator

5. Shenzhen Technology University Research Fund for High-end Talents, RMB 2.7 million, principal investigator

Representative Papers:

 29. Tianhui Li, Wei Jia, Tenghua Gao, Satoshi Haku, Zhixiang Ye, Mingxia Qiu*, and Hongyu An*, "Intrinsic spin Hall effect in oxidized platinum/magnetic oxide heterostructure", Applied Physics Letters, 121, 132403 (2022).

28. Zhixiang Ye, Zhiren Chen, Zehan Chen, Wei Jia, Tenghua Gao, Lin Liu, Hongnan Zheng, Qi Zeng, Qiuning Wang, Ning Wang, Boyuan Xiang, Tao Lin, Mingxia Qiu,* Shunpu Li, Ji Shi, Zhipeng Hou, Kazuya Ando,* and Hongyu An*, “Spin-Orbit Torque and Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction in Heavy Metal/Ferrimagnetic Insulator Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering”, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2100590 (2021).

27. Zhiren Chen, Zehan Chen, Xiaotian Zhao, Baoshan Cui, Hongnan Zheng, Lin Liu, Wei Jia, Tianhui Li, Zhixiang Ye, Mingxia Qiu, Ning Wang,* Lei Ma,* and Hongyu An*, “Magnon Torque Transferred into a Magnetic Insulator through an Antiferromagnetic Insulator”, Nanomaterials, 11, 2766 (2021).

26. Satoshi Haku, Hiroyuki Moriya, Hongyu An, Akira Musha, and Kazuya Ando*, “Coherent-incoherent crossover of the intrinsic spin Hall effect in Pd”, Physical Review B, 104, 174403 (2021).

25. Lin Liu, Ziqi Fan,  Zhiren Chen, Zehan Chen, Zhixiang Ye, Hongnan Zheng, Qi Zeng, Wei Jia, Shuoqi Li, Ning Wang,  Jing Liu, Lei Ma, Tao Lin*, Mingxia Qiu*, Shunpu Li, Peigang Han, Ji Shi, and  Hongyu An*, "Spin–orbit torques in heavy metal/ferrimagnetic insulator bilayers near compensation", Applied Physics Letters, 119, 052401 (2021).

24. Zehan Chen, Lin Liu, Zhixiang Ye, Zhiren Chen, Hongnan Zheng, Wei Jia, Qi Zeng, Ning Wang*, Boyuan Xiang, Tao Lin, Jing Liu, Mingxia Qiu, Shunpu Li, Ji Shi, Peigang Han*, and Hongyu An*, “Current-induced magnetization switching in a chemically disordered A1 CoPt single layer”, Applied Physics Express, 14, 033002 (2021).

23. Hongyu An*, Satoshi Haku, Yuito Kageyama, Akira Musha, Yuya Tazaki, and Kazuya Ando*, “Spin-torque manipulation for hydrogen sensing”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2002897, (2020).

22. Zhiren Chen, Chunjiao Pan, Ning Wang, Mingxia Qiu, Tao Lin, Jing Liu, Shunpu Li, Peigang Han, Ji Shi, Kazuya Ando, and Hongyu An*, “Manipulation of perpendicular exchange bias and spin-orbit torques via MgO in Pt/Co/MgO films”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 507, 166822, (2020).

21. Yuito Kageyama, Yuya Tazaki,Hongyu An, Takashi Harumoto, Tenghua Gao, Ji Shi, and Kazuya Ando, “Spin-orbit torque manipulated by fine tuning of oxygen-induced orbital hybridization”, Science Advances, 5, eaax4278, (2019).

20. Chunjiao Pan, Hongyu An, Takashi Harumoto, Zhengjun Zhang, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Control of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and perpendicular exchange bias in CoPt/CoOx thin films”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 484, 320-323, (2019).

19. Fuxing Wan, Hongyu An, Takashi Harumoto, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Temperature-dependent magnetotransport of Co-Ti-O nanocomposite films”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52, 135302, (2019).

18. Akio Asami, Hongyu An, Akira Musha, Tenghua Gao, Makoto Kuroda, and Kazuya Ando, “Spin absorption at a ferromagnetic-metal/platinum-oxide interface”, Physical Review B, 99, 024432, (2019).

17.Hongyu An, Kazuya Ando, yoshio Nakamura, and Ji shi, “Formation and Perpendicular Magnetic Coupling of A1 and L1₀CoPt in CoPt/TiN Films on Glass Substrate”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 55, 2100204, (2018).

16.Hongyu An, Takeo Ohno, Yusuke Kanno, Yuito Kageyama, Yasuaki Monnai, Hideyuki Maki, Ji Shi, and Kazuya Ando, “Current-induced magnetization switching using an electrically insulating spin-torque generator”, Science Advances, 4, eaar2250 ( 2018).

15.Hongyu An, Satoshi Haku, Yusuke Kanno, Hiroyasu Nakayama, Hideyuki Maki, Ji Shi, and Kazuya Ando, “Manipulation of Spin-Torque Generation Using Ultrathin Au”, Physical Review Applied, 9, 064016 (2018).

14.Hongyu An, Yusuke Kanno, Akio Asami, and Kazuya Ando, “Giant spin-torque generation by heavily oxidized Pt”, Physical Review B, 98, 014401, (2018).

13. Hiroyasu Nakayama, Takashi Yamamoto, Hongyu An, Kento Tsuda, Yasuaki Einaga, and Kazuya Ando, “Molecular engineering of Rashba spin-charge converter”, Science Advances,4, eaar3899 (2018).

12. Tenghua Gao, Alireza Qaiumzadeh, Hongyu An, Akira Musha, Yuito Kageyama, Ji Shi, and Kazuya Ando, “Intrinsic spin-orbit torque arising from Berry curvature in metallic-magnet/Cu-oxide interface”, Physical Review Letters, 121, 017202, (2018).

11. Janos Szivos, Szilard Pothorszky, Jan Soltys, Miklos Serenyi, Hongyu An, Tenghua Gao, Andras Deak, Ji Shi, and Gyorgy Safran, “CoPt/TiN films nanopatterned by RF plasma etching towards dot-patterned magnetic media”, Applied Surface Science, 435, 31-38 (2018).

10. Hiroyasu Nakayama,Hongyu An, Akiyo Nomura, Yusuke Kanno, Satoshi Haku, Yusaku Kuwahara, Hiroto Sakimura, and Kazuya Ando, “Temperature dependence of Rashba-Edelstein magnetoresistance in Bi/Ag/CoFeB trilayer structures”, Applied Physics Letters, 110, 222406 (2017).

9.Hongyu An, Yuito Kageyama, Yusuke Kanno, Nagisa Enishi, and Kazuya Ando, “Spin-torque generator engineered by natural oxidation of Cu”, Nature Communications, 7, 13069, (2016).

8.Hongyu An, Hiroyasu Nakayama, Yusuke Kanno, Akiyo Nomura, Satoshi Haku, and Kazuya Ando, “Spin-orbit torques in asymmetric Pt/Co/Pt structures”, Physical Review B, 94, 214417, (2016).

7.Hongyu An, Yusuke Kanno, Takaharu Tashiro, Yoshio Nakamura, Ji Shi, and Kazuya Ando, “Spin current transport in ceramic: TiN thin film”, Applied Physics Letters, 108, 121602, (2016).

6. Hiroyasu Nakayama, Yusuke Kanno, Hongyu An, Takaharu Tashiro, Satoshi Haku, Akiyo Nomura, and Kazuya Ando, “Rashba-Edelstein magnetoresistance in metallic heterostructures”, Physical Review Letters, 117, 116602, (2016).

5.Hongyu An, Takashi Harumoto, Takumi Sannomiya, Shinji Muraishi, Tu Rong, Zhang Lianmeng, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Effect of substrate temperature on the structure and magnetic properties of CoPt/AlN multilayer films”, Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater. Sci. Ed., 31, 44, (2016).

4.Hongyu An, Jian Wang, Takumi Sannomiya, Shinji Muraishi, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Control of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and microstructure of L1₀-CoPt/TiN multilayer films with the TiN layer on glass substrates”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 48, 155001, (2015).

3.Hongyu An, Jiang Wang, Janos Szivos, Takashi Harumoto, Takumi Sannomiya, Shinji Muraishi, Gyorgy Safran, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Perpendicular coercivity enhancement of CoPt/TiN films by nitrogen incorporation during deposition”, Journal of Applied Physics, 118, 203907, (2015).

2.Hongyu An, Qian Xie, Jian Wang, Takumi Sannomiya, Shinji Muraishi, Zhengjun Zhang, Yoshio Nakamura, and Ji Shi, “Highly (001) oriented L10-CoPt/TiN multilayer films on glass substrates with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 33, 021512, (2015).

1.Hongyu An, Susumu Takada, Takumi Sannomiya, Shinji Muraishi, Ji Shi, Yoshio Nakamura, “Effect of substrate temperature on the magnetic properties and internal stresses of CoPt/AlN multilayer deposited by dc magnetron sputtering”, Applied Physics A, 113, 31-35, (2013).

Contact Information:

E-mail: anhongyu@sztu.edu.cn