Contact: salinporn.k [AT] chula.ac.th
Mahamakut: Room 613

Salinporn Kittiwatanakul

Research topics:
Condensed matter experiment

About me: My research includes thin films synthesis and characterization for smart windows, electronics, spintronics, computer memory, quantum sensors, technology, and devices. The materials of interest are divided into 3 categories (3S): Strongly correlated oxides, Spintronics, and Superconducting materials and devices.

Educations & Past employments:

  • Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, USA (2014-2017)

  • PhD in Physics, University of Virginia, USA (2008-2014)

  • BA in Physics, Cornell University, USA (2005-2008)

Teaching

  • General Physics 1 & 2

  • Mechanics

  • Advanced Physics Laboratory

  • Undergraduate seminar

  • Explore World of Physics

Selected publications:

  • A near-field study of VO2/(100) TiO2 film and its crack-induced strain relief, X. Chen, S. Kittiwatanakul, Y. Cheng, T.V. Slusar, A.S. Mcleod, Z. Li, H.T. Kim, D.N. Basov, M. Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 021902 (2022)

  • Structure, transport, and ultrafast dynamic properties of V1-xNbxO2 thin films, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Ni, X. Chen, R. Mescall, T. Isaacs-Smith, R.B. Comes, S. Kittiwatanakul, S.A. Wolf, J. Lu, M. Liu, Phys. Rev. B 99 (24), 245129 (2019)

  • Spin-torque switching in large size nano-magnet with perpendicular magnetic fields, L. Luo, M. Kabir, N. Dao, S. Kittiwatanakul, M. E. Cyberey, S. A. Wolf, M. R. Stan, and J. Lu, J. Magn. Magns. Mater. 432 (2017)     

  • Large epitaxial bi-axial strain induces a Mott- like phase transition in VO2, S. Kittiwatanakul, S. A. Wolf, and J. Lu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 073112 (2014).

  • Terahertz-field-induced insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide metamaterial, M. Liu, H. Y. Hwang, H. Tao, A. C. Strikwerda, K. Fan, G. R. Keiser, A. J. Sternbach, K. G. West, S. Kittiwatanakul, J. Lu, S. A. Wolf, F. G. Omenetto, X. Zhang, K. A. Nelson, and R. D. Averitt, Nature 487, 345-348 (2012).