Ken‐ichi Uchida

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The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) refers to the generation of a spin current as a result of a temperature gradient in magnetic materials including insulators. The SSE is applicable to thermoelectric generation because the thermally generated spin current can be converted into a charge current via spin-orbit interaction in conductive materials adjacent to the magnets. The insulator-based SSE device exhibits unconventional characteristics potentially useful for thermoelectric applications, such as sim

The spin Seebeck effect refers to the generation of spin voltage as a result of a temperature gradient in ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic materials. When a conductor is attached to a magnet under a temperature gradient, the thermally generated spin voltage in the magnet injects a spin current into the conductor, which in turn produces electric voltage owing to the spin-orbit interaction. The spin Seebeck effect is of increasing importance in spintronics, since it enables direct generation of a sp

The spin-Seebeck effect (SSE) in ferromagnetic metals and insulators has been investigated systematically by means of the inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE) in paramagnetic metals. The SSE generates a spin voltage as a result of a temperature gradient in a ferromagnet, which injects a spin current into an attached paramagnetic metal. In the paramagnet, this spin current is converted into an electric field due to the ISHE, enabling the electric detection of the SSE. The observation of the SSE is per

The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) is known as the generation of 'spin voltage' in a magnet as a result of a temperature gradient. Spin voltage stands for the potential for spins, which drives a spin current. The SSE is of crucial importance in spintronics and energy-conversion technology, since it enables simple and versatile generation of spin currents from heat. The SSE has been observed in a variety of materials ranging from magnetic metals and semiconductors to magnetic insulators. However, the

This paper reports that the longitudinal spin-Seebeck effect appears even in a sintered polycrystalline Mn-Zn ferrite [(Mn,Zn)Fe2O4] slab. The effect drives a spin current flowing across an interface between the (Mn,Zn)Fe2O4 slab and an attached Pt film along a temperature gradient and it generates electric voltage via the inverse spin-Hall effect in the Pt film. Since the observed phenomenon enables thermal generation of electric voltage from commonly used polycrystalline insulators, it can be

The anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) has been investigated in alternately stacked multilayer films comprising paramagnetic and ferromagnetic metals. We found that the ANE is enhanced by increasing the number of the paramagnet/ferromagnet interfaces and keeping the total thickness of the films constant, and that the enhancement appears even in the absence of magnetic proximity effects; similar behavior was observed not only in Pt/Fe multilayers but also in Au/Fe and Cu/Fe multilayers free from proxi

The longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (LSSE) is investigated in various garnet ferrites Y${}_{3\ensuremath{-}x}{R}_{x}$Fe${}_{5\ensuremath{-}y}{M}_{y}$O${}_{12}$ ($R=\text{Gd}$, Ca; $M=\text{Al}$, Mn, V, In, Zr) by means of the inverse spin Hall effect in Pt films. The magnitude of the LSSE voltage in the Pt/Y${}_{3\ensuremath{-}x}{R}_{x}$Fe${}_{5\ensuremath{-}y}{M}_{y}$O${}_{12}$ samples is found to be enhanced with increasing concentration of Fe in the garnet ferrites, which can be explained by

The growing field of spintronics is partially propelled by the spin Seebeck effect, in which a spin current results from a temperature gradient. Researchers report temperature-dependent measurements of the spin Seebeck effect in a previously unexplored temperature regime.

The interconversion between spin, charge, and heat currents is being actively studied from the viewpoints of both fundamental physics and thermoelectric applications in the field of spin caloritronics. This field is a branch of spintronics, which has developed rapidly since the discovery of the thermo-spin conversion phenomenon called the spin Seebeck effect. In spin caloritronics, various thermo-spin conversion phenomena and principles have subsequently been discovered and magneto-thermoelectri