Author: JAGS

2022

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Electrical characterization and extraction of activation energies of the defect states in the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructure featured
Lechaux, Y. Chen, A. Minj, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz, L. Méchin, and B. Guillet
Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 081904 (2022);  DOI:https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0101255

MnTa2N4: A Ternary Nitride Spinel with a Strong Magnetic Frustration
Rafael Trócoli, Carlos Frontera, Judith Oró-Solé, Clemens Ritter, Pere Alemany, Enric Canadell, M. Rosa Palacín, Josep Fontcuberta, and Amparo Fuertes
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 13, 6098–6107 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01240

Dynamic control of octahedral rotation in perovskites by defect engineering
Jiahui Jia, Xu He, Arsalan Akhtar, Gervasi Herranz, and Miguel Pruneda
Phys. Rev. B 105, 224112 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.224112

Bulk photovoltaic effect modulated by ferroelectric polarization back-switching
Yunwei Sheng, Ignasi Fina, Marin Gospodinov, and Josep Fontcuberta
Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 242901 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1063/5.0094837

Voltage-driven strain-mediated modulation of exchange bias in Ir20Mn80/Fe80Ga20/Ta/⟨011⟩-oriented PMN-32PT heterostructures
Demirci, J. de Rojas, A. Quintana, I. Fina, E. Menéndez, and J. Sort
Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 081904 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1063/5.0091231

Two-gap s±-wave superconductivity at an oxide interface
Singh, G. Venditti, G. Saiz, G. Herranz, F. Sánchez, A. Jouan, C. Feuillet-Palma, J. Lesueur, M. Grilli, S. Caprara, and N. Bergeal
Phys. Rev. B 105, 064512 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.064512

Enhanced electroresistance endurance of capped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 ultrathin epitaxial tunnel barriers
Xiao Long, Huan Tan, Saúl Estandía, Jaume Gazquez, Florencio Sánchez, Ignasi Fina and Josep Fontcuberta
APL Materials 10, 031114 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1063/5.0076865

Impact of non-ferroelectric phases on switching dynamics in epitaxial ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films
Tingfeng Song, Florencio Sánchez, and Ignasi Fina
APL Materials 10, 031108 (2022);  DOI:doi.org/10.1063/5.0083661

Improved polarization and endurance in ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 films on SrTiO3(110)
Tingfeng Song, Huan Tan, Saúl Estandía, Jaume Gàzquez, Martí Gich, Nico Dix, Ignasi Fina and Florencio Sánchez
Nanoscale, 2022,14, 2337-2343 (2022);  DOI:10.1039/D1NR06983G

Leo Salgado Chane-Pane

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Leo Salgado Chane-Pane joined ICMAB-CSIC and the MAGNEPIC project in November 2021. He studied Chemistry at the University of Santiago (Spain), where he obtained his BSc. in 2020. He is currently an MSc. student at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, specializing in Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Leo is carrying out his thesis project on current-controlled ferroelectric devices for next-generation nonvolatile data storage.

Email: lsalgado@icmab.es

Teodor Parella Dilmé

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Teodor Parella Dilmé joined ICMAB-CSIC and the MAGNEPIC project as a JAE Intro fellow in October 2021. He is a double degree B.Sc. student in physics and chemistry at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Teo is currently undertaking his bachelor thesis in physics and his research focuses on ionic control of spin-orbit torques in ferrimagnetic insulators.

Email: tparella@icmab.es

Martín Testa Anta

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Martín Testa Anta joined ICMAB-CSIC and the MAGNEPIC project as a PhD student in March 2021. He obtained his BSc(Hons) (2015) and MSc (2016) in Chemistry from the University of Vigo (Spain). He subsequently joined the Applied Physics Department at the same university as a predoctoral fellow, where he worked on the synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanocrystals, with particular emphasis on the phenomena that take place at the surface and interfaces between transition metal oxides. His current research is focused on the spin-torque control of magnetization in ferrimagnetic insulators. 

Email: mtesta@icmab.es

Stefano Fedel

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Stefano Fedel joined ICMAB-CSIC and the MAGNEPIC project as a PhD student in September 2021. He studied Engineering Physics at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), where he obtained his BCs in 2018 and MSc in 2021. He spent one year as an exchange student at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) between 2019 and 2020. Afterward, he carried out his master thesis at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he focused on the characterization of spin-orbit torques at the interface between topological insulators and ferromagnet. Stefano’s project deals with the current-driven dynamics of magnetization in magnetic insulators detected by MOKE microscopy.

Email: sfedel@icmab.es

Silvia Damerio

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Silvia Damerio joined ICMAB-CSIC and the MAGNEPIC project as a Post-doc researcher in February 2022. She obtained her BSc(Hons) (2015) and MSc(Hons) (2017) in Chemistry from the University of Genova (Italy) and University of Groningen (the Netherlands), respectively. She subsequently joined the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials of the University of Groningen for her PhD, which she received in 2022 with a thesis about modulated phases in ferroic oxides. Her current research focuses on the study of the spin-flop transition in thin films of ferrimagnetic insulators grown by sputtering.

Email: sdamerio@icmab.es

Cryogenic radiation and particle detectors with superconductors

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RESEARCH AREAS

Cryogenic radiation and particle detectors with superconductors

Our research focuses on the development of superconducting radiation and particle detectors, operating at very low temperatures, for astrophysics, particle physics and quantum technologies. Each application requires development of suitable materials and designs, including absorbers, and the study of the relevant physical phenomena that determine their performances.  

Cryogenic detectors based on superconductors display unprecedented performances. Combining nearly zero dark counts, very low thresholds, excellent sensitivity and high quantum efficiency, they are essential for new instruments in astrophysics and cosmology, and are considered next frontier, strategic instrumentation, with applications in quantum technologies, security, biomedicine, environment and several industries.

Our research concentrates on the so-called Transition-Edge Sensors (TES); making use of a very sharp superconducting transition, they constitute extremely sensitive microcalorimeters and bolometers operating at temperatures far below 1K. We accumulate years of expertise in the development of Mo/Au based TES for X-ray astrophysics. Recently we have extended our interests towards the development of prototypes for (1) detection of lower energy photons, in the NIR-VIS-UV, for applications in photonics and astronomy; and (2) phonon detection for direct search of low-mass dark matter.

Researchers

L. Fábrega

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Quantum transport and light-matter interactions

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RESEARCH AREAS

Quantum transport and light-matter interactions

The focus is on electronic transport in bulk crystals and low-dimensional systems, and their interaction with light. We study quantum wells formed at the interface between transition metal oxides, with emphasis on spin-orbit physics and superconductivity. We also study the interaction of electromagnetic waves at optical wavelengths with transition metal systems and photonic crystals. 

We investigate electronic transport in oxide quantum wells in transition metal perovskites (involving, e.g., SrTiO3– and KTaO3- interfaces). Our focus is on Rashba spin-orbit fields and unconventional superconductivity for application in spintronics and quantum technologies. In parallel, we investigate light-matter interactions in different systems. In the area of photonic and plasmonic crystals, our interest is in achieving nonreciprocal propagation of confined electromagnetic waves, tunable with external fields, of interest for integrated photonic circuitry. On the other hand, we investigate the possibility of using electromagnetic waves to entangle spin and orbital degrees of freedom in transition metals. The idea behind is to explore theoretical models and find experimental optical signatures of spin-orbital mixing in strongly correlated systems that could serve as platform to achieve entanglement for quantum technologies.

Researchers

G. Herranz

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Can Onur Avci

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Dr. Can Onur Avci is a principal investigator at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) since February 2021. He received his Ph.D. degree from ETH Zürich in 2015 and was awarded the ETH Medal for outstanding doctoral thesis. He has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2016-2018 and at ETH Zürich between 2018 and 2021. He recently received an ERC Starting Grant to develop spintronics devices based on magnetic insulators. His research focuses on spin-orbit-driven phenomena and spin currents in low dimensional systems, electrical control of magnetization, and spintronic memory and logic devices.

Ignasi Fina

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I am tenured scientist. My main expertise is  ferroelectric characterization of oxides in thin film form. Currently, I am focusing my investigations on the interaction of light with ferroelectric materials, and also on the electroresistance phenomena in ferroelectrics. We are pushing a lot on the study of epitaxial ferroelectric hafnium oxide. 

https://sites.google.com/view/ifinawebsite

Tweeter: @ignasifina

LinkedIn: Ignasi Fina

 

Gervasi Herranz

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Research Leader in Functional Oxide Interfaces and Photonics

The celebrated phrase “the interface is the device” is my favorite motto to describe my research activity, which aims at uncovering new physical phenomena at the boundary of materials, for new concepts and applications.

Until 2008, my focus was on the research on functional oxides, exploiting their magnetic and transport properties. Yet, well before my appointment at ICMAB, my previous scientific experience Ied me to the convincement that exploiting also the optical properties of functional interfaces was an endless source of inspiration for new physics. In 2008, my new permanent position as a tenured researcher at ICMAB-CSIC gave me the opportunity to bring these new ideas and concepts into life.

This background has brought to my major achievements in the fields of oxide functional interfaces and photonics. My most notorious highlights in the last four years include: (i) The possibility of manipulating the electronic structure of oxide quantum wells to realize tailored properties for applications, mainly in electronics (Physical Review Letters 109, 226601 (2012), Scientific Reports 2, 758 (2012), Physical Review Letters 113, 156802 (2014), Nature Communications 6, 6028 (2015), ii) the tuning of electronic orbital polarization at oxide surfaces (Nature Communications 3, 1189 (2012)); the tailoring of the magneto-optic activity exploiting photonic-band effects (ACS Nano, 5, 2957(2011), Nanoscale 3, 4811 (2011)) and (iv) exploiting plasmons for enhanced magnetooptics (Langmuir, 28, 9010 (2012), Physical Review Applied 2, 054003 (2014).

I have supervised three Master Theses and three PhD Theses (two more are in progress). My results have been published in 71 articles (during the last six years I have published 12 articles in journals with index of impact higher than 5) and my h-index is h = 20. I have been awarded with 12 invited lectures in international conferences during the last 6 years (among them, APS March Meeting (twice), MRS Spring, SPIE, CIMTEC and Intermag conferences). I have co-authored a book chapter in the field of photonics (2013). My scientific record is available at http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-2770-2014.

One of my endeavors has been to be in contact with the scientific community and boost the communication and knowledge exchange. With this in spirit, I have been organizer in two MRS Spring symposia (one as lead coordinator) and I am also leading the organization of one symposium in EMRS 2015 in functional oxides. At the same time, I have been invited as lecturer in different Schools worldwide to lecture on oxide physics and photonics.   

Florencio Sánchez

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Research interest
My research activities pivote around the development of functional oxides thin films, mainly magnetic and ferroelectric, and their integration into epitaxial complex heterostructures, with particular interest in the integration with silicon. 

 

Lourdes Fàbrega

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Cryogenic radiation detectors, working at temperatures well below 1K, are considered the next generation of instrumentation for a wide variety of applications. Among them, superconducting Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) are nowadays at the frontline. TESs are ultrasensitive microcalorimeters or bolometers useful for a very wide radiation range, from gamma-rays to microwaves and particles. Although initially developed mainly for astronomic instruments, either on ground or in space, their performances, the maturity achieved and the progress on cryogenics have open many other niches for them, in applications such as industry, materials science and quantum information. In particular, TESs have already been installed in electron microscopes and in several synchrotron lines.

My research focuses in the development (design, fabrication and characterization) of X-ray detectors based on Mo/Au-based TES, for Space and other applications, such as dark matter search or materials science. I’m also interested in the physics of these devices: indeed, in spite of the extraordinary development of TES and their achieved performances, there is still room for them to further approach the theoretically predicted limits. Specific work to this end involves understanding the nature of the superconducting transition, and electrothermal modeling to determine and reduce the so-called unexplained noise.

Josep Fontcuberta

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I’m mostly interested on functional oxides. These strongly correlated electronic systems display fascinating ferroic (i.e. magnetic, ferroelectric), electric and optical properties, that have motivated my research and that of the group I’ve led. I’m a material’s scientist and I have devoted much effort to the preparation and growth of epitaxies of complex oxides and to the study of the relationship between their structure, microstructure and functional properties. Nowadays, my research activity is focused on exploiting oxide thin films for efficient data storage using magnetic and ferroelectric materials, and their potential use in photovoltaics for energy harvesting and as transparent metallic electrodes. I’m persuaded that oxides can play a very important role in advanced high-tech devices and I’m pushing for the development of either new applications or new-concept devices.

 

2009

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16th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics; 16th WOE
Tarragona, October 2009
Chairs : Josep Fontcuberta
2nd European School on Multiferroics 2008
Girona, Septembre 2008
Chairs: Josep Fontcuberta & Jens Kreisel

2011

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E-MRS Fall Meeting 2011
Symposium A: “Stress, structure, and stoichiometry effects on the properties of nanomaterials”
September 19 – 23, 2011
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Symposium G: “Complex Oxide Materials for Emerging Energy Technologies”
San Francisco, USA
Chairs: Valentin Craciun (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida); Thomas Schroeder (IHP Microelectronics / Materials Research, Frankfurt-Oder)
Rolly Gaboriaud (Institut Pprime – CNRS) Florencio Sánchez (ICMAB-CSIC)
MRS Spring Meeting 2011
Symposium G: “Complex Oxide Materials for Emerging Energy Technologies”
San Francisco, USA
Chairs: Ho Nyung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory); Akira Ohtomo (Tokyo Institute of Technology); Gervasi Herranz (ICMAB-CSIC); John Perkins  (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

2013

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European Materials Reserch Society Fall Meeting – EMRS 2013
Varsaw (Poland), 16-20 September 2013
Symposium B: Stress, structure, and stoichiometry effects on the properties of nanomaterials II
Organizers: F. Sánchez, V. Craciun, D. Kumar and F. Paumier

MRS 2013 Spring Meeting
San Francisco (USA), 1-5 April 2013
Symposium XX: Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures for Advanced Information and Energy Technologies
Symposium Organizers:
Gervasi Herranz, Institut of Materials Science of Barcelona ICMAB-CSIC
Ho Nyung Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jens Kreisel, Luxembourg University,CRP Lippmann – Materials Sciences
Hiromichi Ohta, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Engineering

MAMA-Trend: Trends, challenges and emergent new phenomena in multi-functional material)
Sorrento, April 2013
Symposium 2: Dielectrics, ferroelectrics and multiferroics.
Symposium Organizers: Josep Fontcuberta (ICMAB-CSIC, Bellaterra, Spain); M. Bibes (CNRS-Thales, Palaiseau, France) and S. Picozzi (CNR-SPIN, L’Aquila, Italy)
School on “Pulsed laser deposition and sputtering”
ICMAB, Bellaterra, 24 – 25 Enero de 2013
Organizers: Florencio Sanchez and N. Dix

2015

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European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Symposium: “Towards oxide-based electronics: growth and applications of oxide thin films and heterostructures, EMRS
Varsovia (Polonia), 15-18 September 2015
Co-organizes: Florencio Sánchez

Materials Research Society Spring Meeting – MRS, Symposium: “Oxide thin films and nanostructures for advanced electrical, optical and magnetic applications”
San Francisco (USA), 06-10 de abril de 2015
Co-organizes: Florencio Sánchez

International Conference on Magnetism  (2015)
Barcelona  July 2015
Program Committee: Josep Fontcuberta

2010

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Materials Science (2008-2012)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience Science (2008-2012)
Nanomagnetism
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

European School of Multiferroics 2010
Lectures on: Electric and magnetic control of magnetization and polarization in multiferroic heterostructures and devices
L’Aquila (Italy) 27th September-1 October (2010)
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo
Course: “Nuevos retos y aplicaciones del magnetismo”
Lectures on: Multiferroic materials: overview and some prospectives
A Coruña, 19-23 Julio 2010
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2009

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Materials Science (2008-2012)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience Science (2008-2012)
Nanomagnetism
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2008

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Materials Science (2008-2012)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience Science (2008-2012)
Nanomagnetism
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2013

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience and Materials Science (2011-2012-2013)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

School: ESPCI-ParisTech
Lecture on: Life beyond <001>: reshaping 2DEGS at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface by crystal orientation
November 2013 (Paris, France)
Professor: Gervasi Herranz

School: 6th European School on Multiferroics (ESMF6)
Lecture on: Polarized Light for Spectroscopy and Domain Imaging
July 21-26, 2013, Wittenberg, Germany
Professor: Gervasi Herranz

International School on Oxide Electronics 2013
Lecture on: Polarized Light for Spectroscopy and Domain Imaging
September 2-14, 2013, Cargèse. France
Professor: Gervasi Herranz

International School on Oxide Electronics 2013
Lecture on: Electronic Structure of SrTiO3
06th -20th October, 2011, Cargèse. France
Professor: Gervasi Herranz

School: Pulsed laser deposition
Lecture on: Fundamental of Pulsed Laser Deposition
24-01-2013, ICMAB, Bellaterra
Professor: Florencio Sanchez

 

 

2012

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience and Materials Science (2011-2012-2013)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Materials Science (2008-2012)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience Science (2008-2012)
Nanomagnetism
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Seminaris d’actulalització científica per al professorat de Secundaria i Batxillerat
Lecture on:  Què estudia la Ciència de Materials ?  Materials avançats i nanomaterials
14 i 21 Novembre 2012, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
Professor: Josep Fontcuerta

2011

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience and Materials Science (2011-2012-2013)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Materials Science (2008-2012)
Functional Materials
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master in Nanoscience Science (2008-2012)
Nanomagnetism
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

International School on Oxide Electronics 2011
Lecture on: Multiferroicy in Manganese Perovskites
06th -20th October, 2011, Cargèse. France
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

International School on Oxide Electronics 2011
Lecture on: Magnetism and Magnetic Oxides
06th -20th October, 2011, Cargèse. France
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

XVIII International Summer school Nicolás Cabrera
Course: Surface Functionalization of Materials for Added value applications
Lecture on: Novel Functionalities of surfaces and interfaces of oxides
11th -16th September, 2011, Miraflores de la Sierra. Spain
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

 

2017

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Bachelor degree on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014-2015-2016-2017)
Lectures on “Advanced Nanomaterials”
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2016

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Bachelor degree on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014-2015-2016-2017)
Lectures on “Advanced Nanomaterials”
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

 

2015

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Bachelor degree on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014-2015-2016-2017)
Lectures on “Advanced Nanomaterials”
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2014

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Bachelor degree on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2014-2015-2016-2017)
Lectures on “Advanced Nanomaterials”
Professor: Josep Fontcuberta

2016

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Els Premis Nobel de l’any 2007
Ed. Institut d’Estudis Catalans. Publicacions de la Presidencia 46 (2016)
ISBN 978-84-9965-293-1
Josep Fontcuberta
“Sobre el Premi Nobel de Física concedit a Albert Fert i Peter Grunberg” Pags 13-41

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Rafael Cichelero

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 Rafael Cichelero, degree in Physics and Master in Physics from Universidade Federaldo Rio Grandedo Sul (Brazil).

At ICMAB has joined the Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Funcitions Oxides, to take a PhD Degree under the supervision of Dr. Gervasi Herranz (2015 – 2019).

 

Mengdi Qian

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Mengdi Qian from Sichuan University, has joined our group to do a PhD  Thesis (2014 – 2018). 

 

 

Blai Casals

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Degree in Physics and Master in Biophysics from Universitat de Barcelona.

ICMAB PhD 01.03.2013 – 28.02.2017.

Severo Ochoa Project until 31.05.2018.

WEBMASTER

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Ferran Macià

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 I’m joining MULFOX (as a RyC scientist) to work within the multifunctional oxides group. My work experience and interests are magnetism and spintronics in mesoscopic systems. Currently, I seek new types of information processing inspired on how the brain works; I consider that exploiting complexity of magnetic and electric signals at the nanoscale is an alternative approach to device miniaturization. I believe there is life outside the lab and we, scientists, must connect our work with society.

Mathieu Mirjolet

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Hello there! My name is Mathieu Mirjolet. After finishing my master’s degree in Physics at the Université de Lorraine in France, I decided to join the Multifunctional Oxides and Complex Structures group of ICMAB in order to carry out my PhD.

In everyday life I enjoy travelling, reading, listening to some classical music, or just setting the world to rights with my friends and a fine whisky. Hope to see you around!

 

 

Mathieu Mirjolet

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Hello there!
My name is Mathieu Mirjolet. After finishing my master’s degree in Physics at the Université de Lorraine in France, I decided to join the Multifunctional Oxides and Complex Structures group of ICMAB in order to carry out my PhD. In everyday life I enjoy travelling, reading, listening to some classical music, or just setting the world to rights with my friends and a fine whisky. Hope to see you around!

Ferran Macià

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I am a research scientist with a background in mathematics and telecommunication engineering. My work experience and interests are magnetism and spin-dependence electron transport (spintronics) in mesoscopic systems, magnetic quantum tunneling and coherence in low dimensional magnetism. I am also interested in dynamical systems especially those involving magnetism. I follow an interdisciplinary research approach-contributing mostly with experimental work but also with theoretical and computational studies.
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Léo Gregoire

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Student on Engineering from Nantes Polytechnic University (France, joins our team for a 4 months internship).

2015

Spin Ice at ICMAB

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Dra Laura Povo (London Centre for Nanotechnology  and University College London), is visiting our Laboratory and has given a Conference on “Dy2Ti2O7 Pyrochlore Spin Ice: Exotic Magnetism and Thin Films” (20-05-2015)

2015

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REGULAR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

 

Imaging the electrooptic response of ferroelectrics at the diffraction limit
Authors: O. Vlasin, B. Casals, D. Gutiérrez, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz
E-MRS 2015 Conference
Lille, May 2015

2015

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INVITED CONFERENCES

Spin-orbit mediated magneto-resistance in oxide antiferromagnets and metal/ferrimagnet bilayers
Josep Fontcuberta
WE-Heraeus-Seminar: “Oxide Spintronics: Novel Materials, Transport and Emerging Phenomena”
7 – 9 January 2015 at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef/Germany

Epitaxial integration of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric oxides with silicon
F. Sánchez
E-MRS Fall Meeting
Warsaw 2015

Interface and lattice strain effects in ferroelectric BaTiO3/StTiO3 superlattices
F. Sánchez
E-MRS Fall Meeting
Warsaw 2015

Magnetoresistance in metal/insulating ferrimagnet bilayers
J. Fontcuberta
E-MRS Fall Meeting
Warsaw 2015

Multiferroic epitaxial oxide heterostructures on Si(001)
M. Scigaj, N. Dix, I. Fina, R. Bachelet, V. Skumryev, B. Casals, G. Herranz, J. Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez
European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting
Lille (Francia), May 13, 2015

Florencio Sánchez co-organizes MRS

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Symposium: “Oxide thin films and nanostructures for advanced electrical, optical and magnetic applications” at the  Materials Research Society Spring Meeting – MRS, San Francisco (USA), 06-10 de abrilde 2015

Florencio Sánchez co-organizes EMRS

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The Symposium: “Towards oxide-based electronics: growth and applications of oxide thin films and heterostructures
at the European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting – EMRS, Varsovia (Polonia), 15-18 September 2015

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Large Room-Temperature Electroresistance in Dual-Modulated Ferroelectric Tunnel Barriers

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Greta Radaelli , Diego Gutiérrez , Florencio Sánchez , Riccardo Bertacco , Massimiliano Stengel , and Josep Fontcuberta
Adv. Mater. 2015, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201405117

Pt/BaTiO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 tunnel junctions.

It is demonstrated that reversing the polarization direction of a ferroelectric barrier in a tunnel junction leads to a change of junction conductance and capacitance, with concomitant variations on the barrier height and effective thickness, both contributing to produce larger electroresistance

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Functional spinel oxide heterostructures on silicon

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Romain Bachelet, Patricia de Coux, Bénédicte Warot-Fonrose, Vassil Skumryev, Gang Niu, Bertrand Vilquin, Guillaume Saint-Girons and FlorencioSánchez
CrystEngComm,16, 10741-10745 (2014), DOI: 10.1039/C4CE01817F

Novel spinel heteroepitaxial structures composed of ferrimagnetic spinel CoFe2O4 and ultrathin γ-Al2O3 buffer layers are integrated on Si(111).

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Maria Espinola

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Degree in Physics (University of Barcelona). Final degree project “Magneto-optical spectroscopy of ferromagnetic garnet thin film” with Gervasi Herranz and Blai Casals.

July 2015

2015

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Engineering two-dimensional superconductivity and Rashba spin-orbit coupling in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 quantum wells by selective orbital occupancy
Gervasi Herranz, Gyanendra Singh, Nicolas Bergeal, Alexis Jouan, Jérôme Lesueur, Jaume Gázquez, María Varela, Mateusz Scigaj, Nico Dix, Florencio Sánchez and Josep Fontcuberta
Nature Comms.  6:6028 (2015)

Large Room-Temperature Electroresistance in Dual-Modulated Ferroelectric Tunnel Barriers
Greta Radaelli; Diego Gutiérrez; Florencio Sánchez; Riccardo Bertacco; Massimiliano Stengel; Josep Fontcuberta,
Adv. Mater. 27, 2602-2607(6) (2015)

Multiferroic RMnO3 thin films
Josep Fontcuberta,
Compt. Rendus,  16, 204-226 (2015)

Selecting Steady and Transient Photocurrent Response in BaTiO3 Films
Fanmao Liu, Ignasi Fina, Diego Gutiérrez, Greta Radaelli, Riccardo Bertacco, Josep Fontcuberta
Adv. Electron. Mater. 1, 150017 (2015)

Conducting interfaces between amorphous oxide layers and SrTiO3(110) and SrTiO3(111)
Scigaj, Mateusz; Gazquez, Jaume; Varela, Maria; Fontcuberta Josep; Herranz, Gervasi Sanchez, Florencio
Solid State Ionics 28, 68 (2015)

Instability and Surface Potential Modulation of Self-Patterned (001)SrTiO3 Surfaces
Lucía Aballe, Sonia Matencio, Michael Foerster, Esther Barrena, Florencio Sánchez, Josep Fontcuberta, and Carmen Ocal
Chemistry of Materials 27, 6198-6204, (2015)

Polar domain walls trigger magnetoelectric coupling
Josep Fontcuberta, Vassil Skumryev, Vladimir Laukhin, Xavier Granados & Ekhard K. H. Salje
Scientific Reports,  5, 13784 (2015)

Imaging of Nonuniform Ferroelectricity and Strain at the Diffraction Limit
O. Ondrej Vlasin, Blai Casals, Nico Dix, Diego Gutiérrez, Florencio Sánchez & Gervasi Herranz.
Scientific Reports, 5, 15800 (2015)

PhD Defense of Diego Gutiérrez

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Diego Gutiérrez successfully defended his PhD Thesis entitled ” Electrical properties of BaTiO3, CoFe2O4 and La(Ca,Sr)1/2MnO3 thin films and their importance for active barriers in tunnel transport”. Congratulations Diego !.”

NEW CALL FOR PhD GRANTS

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Make Your PhD at MULFOX and discover and enjoy research!

A Call for Grants is just opened. Who can apply ?: EU Nationals, holding a Degree and a Master on: Physics, Materials Science, Geology (Crystallography), Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Engineering, and related education profiles.


Good marks. Scientific curiosity and enthusiasm and good communication skills.

Click here to open  our projects.

The details of the Grant Call (in Spanish):
https://sede.educacion.gob.es/catalogo-tramites/profesores/formacion/universitarios/fpu/fpu-2014.html


IMPORTANT: The deadline for application is on 6 February. Interested candidates should contact us well ahead.

Our Research in the Media

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Our recent article on oxide interfaces (G. Herranz et al., Nature Communications 6, 6028 (2015)) has aroused the interest of the media.

Here you find a collection of articles in the press (in Spanish):

http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20150114/54422627326/descubren-nuevas-propiedades-de-los-electrones-en-nuevo-material.html

Efe futuro

http://www.efefuturo.com/noticia/propiedades-electrones-nuevo-material/

Intereconomía

 http://www.radiointereconomia.com/2015/01/14/descubren-propiedades-en-los-oxidos-de-transicion-para-electronica-del-futuro/

El confidencial

http://www.elconfidencial.com/ultima-hora-en-vivo/2015-01-14/descubren-propiedades-en-los-oxidos-de-transicion-para-electronica-del-futuro_467173/

NEW GRANT CALL FOR PhDs

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CALL CLOSED

Make Your PhD at MULFOX and discover and enjoy research!

A Call for Grants is just opened. Who can apply ?: EU Nationals, holding a Degree and a Master on: Physics, Materials Science, Geology (Crystallography), Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Engineering, and related education profiles.

Good marks. Scientific curiosity and enthusiasm and good communication skills.

Click here to open  our projects.

The details of the Grant Call (in Spanish):

https://sede.educacion.gob.es/catalogo-tramites/profesores/formacion/universitarios/fpu/fpu-2014.html

IMPORTANT: The deadline for application is on 6 February 2015. Interested candidates should contact us well ahead.

Electrons moving in 2D: symmetry matters

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The development of today’s electronics is reaching fundamental limits and novel concepts and materials are researched to achieve ever faster and more efficient electronic devices. In this regard, oxides are well positioned, as they display a fascinating complexity of electronic phases –not present in conventional semiconductors–that may open new pathways.

The interface between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 is the oxide quantum well (QW) par excellence, where superconductivity and magnetism emerge. In LaAlO3/SrTiO3 QWs electrons move in two dimensions forming a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG, Box a). However, not all the electrons reside in the same QW subband (Box b) and, indeed, they behave differently depending on which orbital are they occupying. We demonstrate that the symmetry of the conduction band inside the QWs can be selected, so that the properties of electrons vary largely. In particular, we show that in the superconductive state Cooper pairs do not bind in the same way either when we change the number of electrons in the 2DEG by electric fields (Box a) or when the direction of confinement is changed (Box b). We also show that choosing the confinement plane allows manipulating the spin-dependent transport in these QWs.

Our work opens a groundbreaking route to manipulate selectively electrons in two dimensions. See more @ G. Herranz at al., Engineering two-dimensional superconductivity and Rashba spin–orbit coupling in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 quantum wells by selective orbital occupancy, Nature Communications 2014, doi:10.1038/ncomms7028. 

2014

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INVITED CONFERENCES

A fresh view on antiferromagnets
J. Fontcuberta
10th International Workshop on Magnetism and Superconductivity
Coma-ruga (Tarragona). Spain, 30 June-4  July 2014

 

 

2013

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INVITED CONFERENCES

Orbital and electronic reconstructions at the surfaces and interfaces of transition metal oxides
Josep Fontcuberta
X- LAW3M: X – LatinAmerican Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and Their Applications
Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 8-12, 2013

“Phase-Coexistence and Short-Range Magnetic Order in Magnetic Multiferroics”
Josep Fontcuberta
Joint European Magnetic Symposia JEMS 2013
Rhodes 25th-30th August

“Magnetoelectric coupling via interface-coupling and phase-separation in multiferroics”
Josep Fontcuberta.
Italian National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics
Milano, 9th-13th September 2013

“Interface coupling and phase separation: keys to magnetoelectric coupling and polarization memory in multiferroics”
Josep Fontcuberta
EUROMAT 2013, European Congress & Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes
Sevilla 8th-12th September 2013

“Engineering electronic occupancy at surfaces and interfaces of transition metal oxides”
Josep Fontcuberta
Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, JCNS Workshop 2013, Trends and Perspectives in Neutron Scattering: Magnetism and Correlated Electron Systems
Tutzing, Germany, 7-10 October 2013

“Engineering the Orbital Electronic Occupancy of Metal-oxide Manganite Surfaces”
Gervasi Herranz
MRS Spring 2013, Symposium S, “Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Advanced Applications”.
San Francisco, USA, 1 – 5 April, 2013

“Polarized Light for Domain Imaging of Multiferroic Systems..”
Gervasi Herranz
Challenges in Multiferroics/Magnetoelectrics
Strasbourg, France, 4 – 6 December, 2013.

Large out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization in flat epitaxial BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 heterostructures
N. Dix, I. Fina, R. Bachelet, C. Kanamadi, L. Fàbrega, J.M. Rebled, F. Peiró, J. Fontcuberta
Nanoselect (Consolider project) Meeting
Sant Feliu de Guixols, July 15, 2013

INVITED SEMINARS

“Surfaces and interface: Engineering tools for emerging properties in transition metal oxides”
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle,Germany, 16th May  2013

“Electronic reconstructions at surfaces and interfaces of transition metal oxides ”
Josep Fontcuberta
Institute for Superconductors, Oxides and Other Innovative Materials and Devices SPIN, CNR
University Rome 2, Tor Vergata
Rome, Italy, May 31st, 2013

“Multiferroic Materials: overview and trends ”
Josep Fontcuberta
Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università del Salento, NNL Institute Nanoscience-CNR, University Lecce
Lecce, Italy, June 3rd, 2013

2014

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Room-temperature antiferromagnetic memory resistor
X. Marti, I. Fina, C. Frontera, R.J. Paull, J. Clarkson, J. Kudrnovský, I. Turek,, D. Yi, Jian Liu, J.-H. Chu, C. Nelson, E. Arenholz, Q. He, L. You, S. Salahuddin, J. Fontcuberta, T. Jungwirth, R. Ramesh
Nature Materials  Publishedf on-line : 26 January  2014

Perovskite oxide substrates for conducted growth of oxide thin film
F. Sánchez, C. Ocal and J. Fontcuberta
Chem. Soc. Rev.   2014, 43 (7), 2272 – 2285

Bandwidth-limited control of orbital and magnetic orders in half-doped manganitesby epitaxial strain
D. Gutiérrez, G. Radaelli, F. Sánchez, R. Bertacco, J. Fontcuberta
Phys. Rev. B 89, 075107 (2014)

Electrical on-off switching of magnetism at the Fe/BaTiO3 interface
G. Radaelli, D. Petti, E. Plekhanov, I. Fina, P. Torelli, B. R. Salles, M. Cantoni, C. Rinaldi, D. Gutiérrez, G. Panaccione, M. Varela, S. Picozzi, J. Fontcuberta, R. Bertacco
Nature Comm. Published 3 March (2014)

Anisotropic magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic semiconductor Sr2IrO4 epitaxial heterostructure
I. Fina, X. Martí, D. Yi, J. Liu, J.H. Chu, C. Rayan-Serrao, S. Suresha, A. B. Shick, J. Železný, T. Jungwirth, J. Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh
Nature Comm.  Published 10 Sep (2014)

Spin Hall magnetoresistance as a probe for surface magnetization
M. Isasa, A. Bedoya-Pinto, F. Golmar, F. Sánchez, L. E. Hueso, J. Fontcuberta and F. Casanova
Appl Phys. Lett. 105, 142402 (2014)

Epitaxial ferromagnetic oxide thin films on silicon with atomically sharp interfaces
P. de Coux, R. Bachelet,  B. Warot-Fonrose, V. Skumryev, L. Lupina, G. Niu, T. Schroeder, J. Fontcuberta, and F. Sánchez
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 012401 (2014)

Multiferroic Iron Oxide Thin Films at Room Temperature
M. Gich, I. Fina, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Gàzquez, J. Fontcuberta, and A. Roig
Advanced Mater. (2014)

Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia/SrTiO3 Oxide Heteroepitaxial Interface with Symmetry Discontinuity
M. Scigaj, N. Dix, M. Cabero, A. Rivera-Calzada, J. Santamaria, J. Fontcuberta, G. Herranz, and F. Sánchez
Applied Physics Letters 104, 251602 (2014)

Two-dimensional electron gases at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces: orbital symmetry and hierarchy engineered by crystal orientation
D. Pesquera, M. Scigaj, P. Gargiani, A Barla, J. Herrero-Martín, E. Pellegrin, S. M. Valvidares, J. Gázquez, M. Varela, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta
Phys Rev. Lett. 113, 156802 (2014)

Expanding Effective-Medium Theory to Optical Diamagnetic Responses in Magnetoplasmonic Colloids
O. Vlasin, O. Pascu, A.Roig, G. Herranz.
Phys Rev. Applied, 2 054003 (2014)

Functional spinel oxide heterostructures on silicon
Bachelet, P. de Coux, B. Warot-Fonrose, V. Skumryev, G. Niu, B. Vilquin, G. Saint-Girons,
CrystEngComm (Communication) 16, 10741 (2014)

Interface and bulk charge localization in manganite thin films
Pesquera, M. Wojcik, E. Jedryka, V. Laukhin, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz, and J. Fontcuberta
Advanced Materials Interfaces 1, 1400079 (2014)

EELS Tomography in multiferroic nanocomposites: from spectrum images to spectrum volume
L. Yedra, A. Eljarrat, J. M. Rebled, L. López-Conesa, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, S. Estradé, and F. Peiró
Nanoscale 6, 6646 (2014)

Towards Mo/Au based TES detectors for Athena/X-IFU
L. Fàbrega, A. Camón, J.L. Costa-Krämer, C. Pobes, M. Parra-Borderías, I. Fernández-Martínez, R. Jáudenes, P. Cereceda, M.T. Ceballos, X. Barcons, J. Sesé, J. Martín-Pintado, L. Gottardi, M. Bruijn, M. Jambunathan, R.H. den Hartog, J. van der Kuur, J.W. den Herder, D. Barret
SPIE Proceed Series, Vol. 9144, 91445P, 7 pgs (2014)

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena
L. Ravera, D. Barret, J.-W.den Herder, L. Piro, R. Clédassou, E. Pointecouteau, Ph. Peille, F. Pajot, M. Arnaud, C. Pigot, L. Duband, Ch. Cara, R.H. den Hartog, L. Gottardi, H. Akamatsu, J. van der Kuur, H.J. van Weers, J. Plaa, C. Macculi, S. Lotti, G. Torrioli, F. Gatti, L. Valenziano, M. Barbera, X. Barcons, M.T. Ceballos, L. Fàbrega, J.M. Mas-Hesse, M.J. Page, P.R. Guttridge, R. Willingale, G.W. Fraser, S. Paltani, L. Genolet, E. Bozzo, G. Rauw, E. Renotte, J. Wilms, C.Schmidt. (39/27)
SPIE Proceed Series, Vol. 9144, 91442L, 13 pgs (2014)

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Magneto-optic responses boosted by plasmons

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OndřejVlašín, OanaPascu, Anna Roig, and GervasiHerranz

Phys. Rev. Applied 2, 054003 (2014)  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.2.054003

 

We show that very diluted dispersions of ferromagnetic metal nanoparticles in diamagnetic hosts show a large, linear response under an applied magnetic field, which is of interest for emerging applications in sensing, integrated optical communications, and magneto-optical current transformers and transducers.  We present also a theory that describes accurately these results and that can be further extended to describe the optical properties of e.g., metal inclusions in polymers or glasses.

Mengdi Qian

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Mengdi Qian from Sichuan University, has joined our group to do a PhDThesis. Welcome Mengdi 🙂

David Pesquera

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We are very please to inform that the successfully defended Thesis “Strain, and interface-induced charge, spin and orbital orderings in transition-metal oxide perovskites” by David Pesquera, has received the maximum qualification: ” EXCEL·LENT CUM LAUDE”. Congratulations David !

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Two-Dimensional Electron Gases at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces: Orbital Symmetry and Hierarchy Engineered by Crystal Orientation

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D. Pesquera, M. Scigaj, P. Gargiani, A. Barla, J. Herrero-Martín, E. Pellegrin, S. M. Valvidares, J. Gázquez, M. Varela, N. Dix, J. Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez, and G. Herranz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 156802 (2014), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.156802

 

Quantum wells at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface with tunable electron states

Quantum wells with d-electrons at the LaAlO3(LAO)/SrTiO3(STO) interface exhibit physical properties, such as superconductivity or magnetism, unseen in conventional semiconductors (Si, Ge, GaAs, …). We have demonstrated that the symmetry of the conduction band inside the QWs can be selected at whish. This opens up novel perspectives to manipulate the electronic properties of QWs at the LAO/STO interface.

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Spin Hall magnetoresistance at Pt/CoFe2O4 interfaces and texture effects

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MirenIsasa, Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto, Saül Vélez, Federico Golmar, Florencio Sánchez, Luis E. Hueso, Josep Fontcuberta, and Fèlix Casanova
Applied Physics Letters 105, 142402 (2014) 

 SPINTRONICS WITH NON-MAGNETIC MATERIALS. The neighborhood   makes all difference

It has been discovered that  electric resistance of a nonmagnetic metal (Pt in our case) is depending on  magnetization state of neighboring insulating ferromagnetic layer, namely on the atomic planes forming the interface and their crystallographic orientation.

Conference of M Scigal at E-MRS Fall Meeting at Warzaw (Poland)

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Multiferroic CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 epitaxial heterostructures on Si (001))
Authors: M. Scigal, N. Dix, I. Fina, R. Bachelet, V. Sumryev, G. Herranz, J. Fontcuberta and F. Sánchez.
Symposium J: “Alternative semiconductors integration on Si microelectronics” E-MRS Fall Meeting 15-17th September 2014 at Warzaw (Poland).

Invited Conference of Josep Fontcuberta at E-MRS Fall Meeting at Warzaw (Poland)

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Orbital and magnetic ordering in half-doped manganite thin films: the crucial role of strain and bandwidth
Authors: G. Radaelli, D. Guitierrez, D. Pesquera, A. Barla, F. Bondino, E. Magnano, F. Sánchez, R. Bertacco and Josep Fontcuberta
Symposium O: “Recent progress in new high-Tc superconcductors and related multifunctional and magnetic materials” E-MRS Fall Meeting 15-17th September, 2014 at Warzaw (Poland)

Invited Conference of Josep Fontcuberta at E-MRS Fall Meeting

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Electronic reconstructions at oxide surfaces and interfaces
Authors: D. Pesquera, M. Valvidares, J. Herrero, P.Gargiani, E. Pellegrin, A. Barla, F.  Bondino, E. Magnano, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz, and J. Fontcuberta
Symposium V: “Functional perovskite systems” E-MRS Fall Meeting 15-17th September 2014. Warzaw (Poland)

2014

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REGULAR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

 

Polarization-dependent electric transport barriers in metal-ferroelectric-metal heterostructures
Author: J. Fontcuberta
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

 

Orbital occupancy and superconductivity in unconventional LAO/STO interfaces
Author: G. Herranz
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

 

Spectroscopic determination of magnetic Phase diagram of Half-doped manganites thin films
Author: D. Pesquera
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

 

High mobility electron gases at amorphous interfaces
Author: M. Scigaj
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

 

Photoinduced effects in metal-ferroelectric-metal Heterostructures
Author: F. Liu
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

 

Strain effects on magnetic and electric phase diagrams of half–doped manganite epitaxial thin films
Author: D. Gutierrez
NanoSelect –Annual meeting  2014
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), June 25th – 26th – 27th  2014

Materials for Information technologies at your hands

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CALL CLOSED 

A PhD Grant & Project. A recent Call of grants from Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) to finance PhD research projects.

Candidates should hold a Master degree.
Dead line on 22nd September 2014

OUR LABORATORY IS SEARCHING ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENTS TO WORK ON:

  • Ferroelectric thin films on silicon
  • Exotic electronic states at honey-comb oxide surfaces and interfaces
  • Photoconductivity at ferroic films and interfaces 

The ultimate objectives of these projects is the development of nanomaterials and devices to be used in new generations of memories and components for communications

Candidates must hold:

a) Degree in Physics, Nanoscience, Material’s engineering, Chemistry or similar. b) Hold a MASTER degree on related topics ; c) Excellent academic records ( > 2) and d) a strong motivation for experimental science.

Application: Before 17 September 2014. Submit the CV and a motivation letter to Dr. F. Sánchez and Dr. Gervasi Herranz.

Contacts ICMAB:

Prof. Josep Fontcuberta; Dr. F. Sánchez i Dr. Gervasi Herranz
E-mail: fontcuberta@icmab.es; fsanchez@icmab.es; gherranz@icmab.es
Laboratory of Multifunctional Oxides and Complex Structures http://www.icmab.es/mulfox/

 

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