Main research areas of the Institute as defined by the Statute:
• physics of magnetic phenomena, spintronics, micro- and nanoelectronics;
• physics of heterostructures, metamaterials;
• magnetically sensitive sensor systems and technologies;
• interaction of electromagnetic radiation with biological objects.
Main directions of the Institute's perspective scientific research for 2023-2032:
1. Development of fundamental principles of condensed matter physics and magnetic phenomena:
- Mesoscopic and quantum effects in magnetics and magnetic nanostructures;
- Ultrafast spin dynamics in magnetically ordered systems;
- Fundamental problems of thermodynamics and kinetics of condensed matter.
2. Research and development of new functional magnetic materials:
- Physical bases of creation of materials with controlled magnetostructural and magnetocaloric characteristics, magnetically controlled phase transitions;
- Methods of creation and modification of composite functional materials and surfaces under the influence of extreme conditions;
- Metamaterials, multiferroics, functional magnetic materials and structures for microwave electronics;
- Magnetoplastic and magnetorheological effects in functional structures.
3. Spintronics and magnonics:
- Magnetotransport properties and spin transfer in heterogeneous magnetics, spin-valve, spin-tunnel and spin-injection nanostructures;
- Spin waves in nanostructured magnetics, nonlinear spin-wave interaction and magnetic solitons;
- Development of operation principles of elements and systems of magnon logic, analog spin-wave information processing systems and non-Boolean systems;
- Control of the magnetic state of spintronic nanostructures, development of the principles of creating magnetic random access memory;
- Spin-calorimetry.
4. Magnetic sensors, systems for energy and resource saving, environmental protection, defense and dual-use industry:
- Development of magnetic sensors and matrix transducers;
- Methods of magnetic non-destructive testing and diagnostics of functional and structural materials;
- Optical systems for diagnostics of the human body.
5. Biomagnetism and problems of interaction of magnetic field with biological objects.