Graphene and related materials have emerged as an ideal solution to combine spin localization and diffusion. These atomically thin materials can be fabricated with atomic precision, opening the door to fabrication of designer structures with precise shape, composition, spin arrangement, and interconnected by graphene electrodes for electrostatic or quantum gates. In relation to our participation […]
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Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in molecular spin physics. The post is available initially for a fixed-term duration of 3 years (if starting after 1 October 2020 this post is fixed-term until 30 September 2023). This project will explore quantum spin physics in magnetic molecules in collaboration with two EU-funded consortia: SPRING […]
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The DIPC postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Pedro Brandimarte, is leaving the SPRING project by the end of June 2020. We all congratulate him for his new and exciting position at Alerion company, in aviation and aerospace industry. We are certain that he will tackle this new venture with the same passion and dedication he displayed […]
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Unraveling the magnetism of a graphene triangular flake Graphene is a diamagnetic material, this is, unable of becoming magnetic. However, a triangular piece of graphene is predicted to be magnetic. This apparent contradiction is a consequence of “magic” shapes in the structure of graphene flakes, which force electrons to “spin” easier in one direction. Triangulene […]
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We are pleased to inform you about the successful hiring of Phd student Alessio Vegliante from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Adding deep knowledge about electronic structure and magnetic properties of ultrathin ferromagnetic films intercalated below graphene to our scientific profile at CIC nanoGUNE. Alessio will join us from the 1rst of July 2020. Welcome […]
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We are really excited to share with you the latest posting on arxiv from our consortium partner Arzhang Ardavan from Oxford University and his colleagues from Universidad de Valencia. [2005.01029] Junjie Liu, Jakub Mrozek, Yan Duan et al.: Quantum coherent spin-electric control in molecular nanomagnets https://t.co/7PTLkKFT5i https://t.co/FEGwTVriwU — arXiv cond-mat (@arXiv_cond_mat) May 5, 2020 It […]
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Thanks to César Tomé López for writing about our findings on graphene nanoribbons using scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. Read his article on Mapping Ignorance.org and our investigations directly here https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b08162. https://mappingignorance.org/2020/04/23/engineering-hybrid-graphene-nanoribbons-with-active-electronic-properties/
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We released a preprint on “Magnetism of topological boundary states induced by boron substitution in graphene nanoribbons” to Arxiv. The article shows the promising perspective of incorporating spin polarization in the conjugated electron system of graphene nanoribbons. Using automatically precise engineering topological defects it is shown that magnetism can also be induced away from physical […]
Read MoreWe are welcoming our latest SPRING project team member, Jeremy Gérard Hieulle as Post-doctoral Researcher. He joins us coming from the Okinawan Institute of Science and Technology – OIST in Japan. Adding his expertise in emerging magnetism from topologically projected bound states in graphene nanostructures to our research group CIC09 Nanoimaging will support our scientific […]
Read More Graphene and related materials have emerged as an ideal solution to combine spin localization and diffusion. These atomically thin materials can be fabricated with atomic precision, opening the door to fabrication of designer structures with precise shape, composition, spin arrangement, and interconnected by graphene electrodes for electrostatic or quantum gates. In the framework of the EU-funded […]
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