Prof. Nian Sun received NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards which are the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization

The objective of this CAREER award is to investigate novel magnetoelectric composite films and explore their applications in integrated RF and microwave magnetoelectric devices. The approach is to use the spin spray plating, which has been demonstrated to produce high quality microwave ferrite films at low temperatures and at a low cost. This project proposes to investigate novel spin-spray synthesis methods for magnetoelectric films at a low temperature of 80~90°C, characterize them at different length scales and across different frequency bands, and explore their applications in novel integrated RF and microwave magnetoelectric devices. This project will lead to a whole new area of spin-spray deposited magnetoelectric films and novel integrated tunable magnetoelectric devices critical for RF/microwave integrated circuits. Spin-spray deposited magnetoelectric films will lead to new functionalities on integrated circuits that ferroelectric or magnetic materials alone do not possess, and will have great impacts on many industries and on society.