Architecting 2D heterostructures for the control of electronic, optical and magnetic properties (A01)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 277146847

Novel 2D material devices and systems are being developed to realize quantum dots, correlated phases and unique magnetic or dielectric properties. Materials with complex magnetic order and strong electron-phonon coupling are created by molecular beam epitaxy including intercalation methods. In transition metal dichalcogenides quantum dots will be fabricated to obtain a deeper understanding of their properties and assess their potential use as qubits. Furthermore, pulsed laser deposition is used to develop oxide heterostructures that have topologically non-trivial magnetic and polar textures with potential applications for data storage.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1238: Control and Dynamics of Quantum Materials
• Major Instrumentation: measurements down to 250 mK
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Alexander Grüneis, until 10/2022; Professorin Dr. Annika Kurzmann; Dr. Ionela Lindfors-Vrejoiu, since 7/2020; Professor Dr. Thomas Werner Michely