Faculty Profile for Dr. Nathan David Satchell

Dr. Nathan David Satchell
Assistant Professor — Physics
RFM 3240
phone: (512) 245-2131
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Birge, N. O., & Satchell, N. D. (2024). Ferromagnetic Materials for Josephson π Junctions. APL Materials, 12. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0195229
- Flokstra, M., Stewart, R., Yim, C.-M., Trainer, C., Wahl, P., Miller, D., … Lee, S. (2023). Spin-orbit driven superconducting proximity effects in Pt/Nb thin films. Nat Commun, 14(1), 5081. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40757-1
- Satchell, N. D., Mitchell, T., Shepley, P. M., Darwin, E., Hickey, B. J., & Burnell, G. (2021). Pt and CoB trilayer Josephson pi junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Sci Rep, 11(1), 11173. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90432-y
- Satchell, N. D., Shepley, P. M., Algarni, M., Vaughan, M., Darwin, E., Ali, M., … Burnell, G. (2020). Spin-valve Josephson junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for cryogenic memory. Applied Physics Letters, 116(2), 022601. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5140095
- Satchell, N. D., & Birge, N. O. (2018). Supercurrent in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions with heavy metal interlayers. Phys. Rev. B, 97, 214509. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.214509
Selected Grants
- Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027). Grant.
- Satchell, Nathan David (Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Shih, Chih-Kang (Co-Principal). New physics at the interface between thin film superconductors and topological magnets, Texas State University Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly, Seed grant from internal NSF PREM, $8000. (Submitted: October 30, 2024, Funded: January 9, 2025 - January 8, 2026). Grant.