The Team
Partners and participants involved in the realisation of the project
| Partner Number | Country | Institution/Department | Name of the Principal Investigator | Name of the co-Investigator | Other participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Coordinator | Spain | Univ. Complutense / Dpt. Materials Physics | Jacobo Santamaria | Carlos Leon | Alberto Rivera-Calzada. Maria Varela |
| 2 | Spain | CSIC/ Inst. Ciencia de Materiales Madrid | Mar Garcia- Hernandez | Andres Castellanos- Gomez | |
| 3 | France | CNRS THALES/ Unite Mixte de Physique | Javier Villegas | Karim Bouzehoua | Anke Sander; Javier Briatico |
| 4 | Germany | Max Planck Institute fuer Festkoerper Forschung | Jochen Mannhart | ||
| 5 | Germany | Forschungszentrum Jülich/PGI-7 | Regina Dittmann | Felix Gunk | |
| 6 | Latvia | University of Latvia/ Inst. Solid State Physics | Sergei Piskunov | Eugene Kotomin | Yuri Mastrikov |
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
GFMC. Dept. Materials Physics.
The research group is devoted to the fabrication (epitaxial growth) and study of thin films, nanostructures and heterostructures of correlated oxides with special emphasis on magnetism and superconductivity and ion diffusion in solids. The group has longstanding experience on the research topic of the proposal, in particular, on the fabrication of planar and vertical oxide nanostructures based on correlated oxides for non-equilibrium spin transport (ferroelectric tunnel junctions, superconductor spintronics and spin orbitronics). In the last 10 years the group has made significant advances on the physics of complex oxides interfaces. (www.ucm.es/info/gfmc)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Jacobo Santamaria
Role in project: Project coordinator. Growth of epitaxial oxides. Planar nanostructures by e-beam lithography. Magnetotransport experiments.
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is the third largest Research Institution in Europe and it generates approximately 20% of all scientific production in the country. The Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM) is the largest research institute in the CSIC and with over 100 permanent research staff members it is one of the largest and most diverse centers in Spain. More specifically, in our research group (the 2D Foundry group) we study the magnetic and magnetotransport properties of 3D, 2D, 1D or 0D dimensional structures. We also explore the electronic, optic and the optoelectronic properties of novel two-dimensional materials and, using nanofabrication techniques, we integrate these two-dimensional materials in electronic devices. We also dig deep into interfaces between correlated oxides that are the basis of new device concepts based on the rich variety of new and emergent electronic states which cannot be simply reduced to the properties of the constituents, enabling the stabilization and the tuning of novel phases, tunable through the coupling of to external stimuli electric field, light, magnetic field, etc.
Principal Investigator: Prof. Mar García-Hernández
Role in project: Low temperature electrical characterization of the materials and devices under high magnetic field. Detaching the complex oxide films and their deterministic placement and integration in heterostructures and devices.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales
Expertise includes: i) lithography for the fabrication of micro- and nano-devices based on complex oxides (superconductors, ferroelectric and ferromagnets), as well as graphene/complex-oxide devices. ii) investigation of proximity effects and competing interactions between those materials, in particular via magneto-transport, electron tunnelling and differential conductance experiments. One of the group’s specificities is the combination of transport measurements and local probes, such as piezo-response and magnetic force microscopy which, besides characterization, allow electrical/magnetic manipulation of the devices’ conduction state. Another expertise in low temperature transport measurements under light illumination (UV-IR), an interesting knob to manipulate the ground-state of oxide devices and heterostructures with emergent interfacial states. While primarily focused on fundamental studies, the group is also devoted to formulating and developing technological concepts based on the research output, which regularly lead to patents. That is promoted by the group being stablished in a joint lab with Thales (an industrial).
Principal investigator: Dr. Javier E. Villegas
Role in project: Lithography for electrical contact on oxide flakes and oxide/2D heterostructure interfaces, fabrication of micro and nano-devices for magneto-transport and tunnelling experiments under different conditions (poling of ferroelectric layers, magnetic state).
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Department Mannhart “Solid State Quantum Electronics”
The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research is a main research facility on solid state science in Germany. The department “Solid State Quantum Electronics” has a large experience on the growth of quantum matter heterostructures and of quantum devices fabricated from these structures. Advanced facilities have been realized in the department designed for the controlled growth of ultraclean quantum matter heterostructures. The institute offers ample nanopatterning and characterization facilities including electron-beam lithography facilities and a scanning transmission electron microscope center.
Jochen Mannhart is a director at the MPI for Solid State Research and has made pioneering contributions to the epitaxial growth of oxide films, oxide field effect transistors, the science of interfaces in complex oxides. And the behaviour of ultrathin films. For this work he has received the Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation (2008) and the Europhysics Prize (2014).
Principal investigator: Prof. Jochen Mannhart
Role in project: The Department “Solid State Quantum Electronics” at the MPI-FKF will fabricate, explore, and deliver to the partners ultrathin films and freestanding 2D oxide layers grown by pulsed laser deposition. The materials explored will consist of a spectrum of complex oxides, including LSMO, SrRuO3 and superconducting cuprates, as well as heterostructures with designed interfaces. First, these experiments will provide for a deep understanding of the behaviour of such structures as free-standing layers as compared to layers bound to substrates. Second, samples will be available to all partners as basis of their explorations within To2Dox.
Forschungszentrum (FZ) Juelich
Peter Grünberg Institute 7 (PGI-7)
The PGI-7 at FZ-Juelich has a strong expertise on the defect chemistry of oxides and is a world leading group on oxide-based memristive devices, including processing and in-depth charaterization. PGI-7 possesses the knowledge and the equipment for a comprehensive electrochemical characterisation of oxide bulk and thin film samples, involving dedicated and tailor-made experimental setups for characterization of equilibrium thermodynamics of defects and their dynamics in nanoscale systems. The group operates a UHV cluster-tool for the in situ preparation and characterization of oxide thin films by different spectroscopic (XPS, PEEM/Nano-ESCA) and scanning probe techniques (AFM/STM).
Principal investigator: Prof. Regina Dittmann
Role in project: FZ-Juelich will characterize defects in 2D layers and 2D heterostructures by spectroscopy, spectromicroscopy and by a comprehensive electrochemical characterization. The group is equipped with a state-of-the-art UHV cluster tool, which will allow in situ chemical and electrical analysis of oxide thin films. Based on the experiments and the ab-initio modelling of Riga, FZ-Juelich will provide a deep understanding of the defect structure and the impact of confinement effects on different 2D layers fabricated within the consortium. Furthermore, the partner will be the leader of WP2 “Study of the defect chemistry and structure of freestanding 2D oxide layers”.
The University of Latvia
Institute of Solid State Physics(ISSP UL)
The ISSP UL is a leader in the Baltic State in area of materials science, currently the only European Excellence Center in technology transfer called CAMART2. The theoretical laboratory of the electronic structure calculations in nanomaterials lead by Dr S.Piskunov is one of the strongest in the region. They have rich experience in defect modelling of oxide materials including 2D thin films and surfaces for numerous applications in microelectronics, fuel cells, sensors, water splitting etc. The use of the hybrid functionals allows careful and accurate calculations of the strongly correlated oxides and defects therein. The large scale calculations of the atomic, electronic, magnetic and vibrational properties of materials are combined with alloy thermodynamic approach which permits to address realistic experimental conditions (high temperatures and gas pressure).
The Principal Investigator. Dr Sergey Piskunov
Role in project: Large scale first principles calculations of the atomic, electronic, magnetic and vibrational properties of 2D layers of strongly correlated metal oxides, with a focus of defects therein, in a close collaboration with experimental partners.