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Dr. Nathan David Satchell

  • Assistant Professor - Physics
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  • Satchell, Nathan David. Superconducting Spectroscopy Platforms as Emerging Metrologies for Novel Quantum Materials, Texas State University, $12000. (Submitted: October 8, 2025, Funded: January 2026 - May 2027). Grant.
  • Satchell, Nathan David (Principal). NSF-LEAPS: Superconductivity in Noncentrosymmetric Thin Films Probed by Electrical Transport, National Science Foundation, Federal, $249995. (Submitted: April 17, 2025, Funded: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027). Grant.
  • 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.
  • Khanal, B., Mock, S. K., Bag, N., Hasan, M. M., Austin-Bingamon, N. L., Miyahara, Y., & Satchell, N. D. (2026). Magnetism in Pt/Co/Cu multilayers: Dependence on Co thickness and the influence of additional superconducting Nb layers. Materials Research Express, 13, 026101. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ae3890
  • Sedai, P., Sapkota, A., Avery, A., Perez, K., Klaes, R. M., Loloee, R., & Satchell, N. D. (2026). Optimization of polycrystalline sputtered niobium thin films: The role of substrate and growth pressure. Thin Solid Films, 834, 140855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2026.140855
  • Robbins, K. B., Sedai, P., Howzen, A. J., Klaes, R. M., Loloee, R., Birge, N. O., & Satchell, N. D. (2025). Upper critical fields in normal metal–superconductor–normal metal trilayers. Scientific Reports, 15, 13076. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98332-1
  • Birge, N. O., & Satchell, N. D. (2024). Ferromagnetic Materials for Josephson π Junctions. APL Materials, 12. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0195229
  • Darwin, E., Tomasello, R., Shepley, P. M., Satchell, N. D., Carpentieri, M., Finocchio, G., & Hickey, B. J. (2024). Antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupled Co68B32/Ir/Pt multilayers. Sci. Rep., 14, 95. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49976-4
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