Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Seminars

Charged domain walls in BaTiO3 single-crystals

Tue, 20/10/2015 - 10:00 - 11:00

Dr. P. Bednyakov (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Recently observed properties of charged ferroelectric domain walls (CDWs) make these structures promising for application in future electronics. It was demonstrated experimentally that the quasi two-dimensional electron gas is present at head-to-head CDWs [1]. The CDWs are therefore good conductors that can be moved by an external electric field. As suggested by theory [2] and experiment [3] CDWs with very low spacing may cause the enhancement of piezoelectric and dielectric properties. However, the problem of controlled regular growth and formation of CDWs is not well understood.

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In silico studies of electronic current in nano-junctions: Exciting atomic motion

Thu, 22/10/2015 - 15:00 - 16:00

Mads Brandbyge (Department of micro and nanotechnology & Center for Nanostructured Graphene (CNG), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark)

In the Landauer approach to nanoscale transport the electrons are assumed to bypass a conducting junction ballistically and equilibrate through energy exchange in the electrodes.

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Interplay of charge, spin and thermal imbalances in normal-metal/ferromagnet bilayers

Fri, 23/10/2015 - 10:00 - 11:00

Can Onur Avci (ETH Zurich)

Recent demonstrations of magnetization switching driven by current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have drawn considerable attention in the field of spintronics. The SOTs are associated with the spin Hall and interfacial effects, and have been found to occur in a variety of normal-metal/ferromagnet systems. In this talk I will present harmonic transverse (Hall) and longitudinal (magnetoresistance) measurements on a variety of normal-metal/ferromagnet systems with a special focus on Pt/Co, Ta/Co layers with in-plane magnetization. I will discuss a new magnetoresistance effect (unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance) that we have recently discovered.

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Manipulation of magnetization by spin-orbit torques

Fri, 23/10/2015 - 14:00 - 15:00

Kevin Garello (ETH Zurich)

Recent demonstrations of perpendicular magnetization switching induced by in-plane current injection in ferromagnetic heterostructures have drawn attention to a class of spin torques based on orbital-to-spin momentum transfer.
After describing the main spin-orbit interactions observed in ferromagnetic heterostructures and some of our latest measurements, I will present their straightforward impact on magnetic memory technologies.

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Past Seminars
Alexander V. Bulgakov Time‐of‐flight Mass spectrometry in laser‐matter interaction studies 12.01.2015 15:00
A. P. Kamantsev Direct Measurements of Magnetocaloric Properties of Magnetics in Bitter Magnet: New Techniques & Materials 08.01.2015 14:30
Peter Mohn Research at the Center for Computational Materials Science (CMS) 16.12.2014 15:00
Peter Liljeroth Low-temperature STM on molecules and atomically well-defined graphene structures 16.12.2014 10:00
Prof. Cristian FOCSA Laser Ablation Fundamentals and Applications 15.12.2014 15:00
Prof. Jan P. F. Lagerwall and Dr. Giusy Scalia Playing with liquid crystal bubbles and Molecular wires from discotic liquid crystals 15.12.2014 10:30
Prof. Sebastiaan van Dijken Electric-Field Control of Magnetic Domain Wall Motion in Ferromagnetic-Ferroelectric Heterostructures 09.12.2014 13:00
Johannes V. Barth Nanochemistry at surfaces: From single molecules to complex ensembles and dynamics 09.12.2014 10:00
Prof. Ken-ichi Ueda Paradigm Shifts in High Power Laser Technology 09.12.2014 09:30
Prof. Marc Henneaux Three-dimensional gravity: a superb theoretical laboratory 03.12.2014 14:00
Jan Zemen Ab initio study of piezomagnetic effect in Mn-antiperovskites 01.12.2014 10:00
Dr. Marzena Tykarska Miscibility studies of liquid crystals and non-additive behaviour 20.11.2014 10:00
Martin Setvin Excess Electrons in TiO2 Anatase and Rutile: Delocalized Solutions and Localized Small Polarons 18.11.2014 10:00
Christian Teichert Growth of small organic molecules on graphene 14.11.2014 14:00
M. Chrunik New Oxide Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications 11.11.2014 10:00
Prof. Alberto Morgante Charge transfer processes in organic nano- and hetero-structures 10.11.2014 15:00
Miroslav Havránek Sensors and electronics for the upgrade of pixel detector in the experiment ATLAS 30.10.2014 14:00
Dr. Andreas Undisz Oxide layers on biomedical NiTi alloy – formation mechanism, mechanical stability and consequences for short- and long-term Ni-release 30.10.2014 14:00
Artem Ryabov Diffusion of a tagged particle in open single-file systems 21.10.2014 15:00
Miloš V. Lokajíček Elastic scattering of protons and validity of the optical theorem in strong interactions 16.10.2014 14:00
Jiří Chýla How quarks were discovered 15.10.2014 15:00
Harald Oberhofer A theoretical description of water splitting on metal decorated oxide surfaces 14.10.2014 10:00
Richard Lednický Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna: past, presence and future 13.10.2014 14:00
Yasuo Koide Diamond Field Effect Transistors with high-k gate insulator 09.10.2014 10:00
Nikolaj Moll Molecular Geometry Determination by Atomic Force Microscopy 07.10.2014 10:00
Petr Ondrejkovič Dynamics of nanoscale polarization fluctuations in a SBN-61 single crystal 07.10.2014 10:00
Sebastian Loth Controlling magnetism in atomically engineered nanostructures 02.10.2014 10:00
Jörn Bonse Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures 19.09.2014 15:00
Thomas Frederiksen Simulations of electron transport phenomena in single-molecule junctions 16.09.2014 10:00
Prof. Alok Singh Nucleation and growth of twins during fracture of a fine grained magnesium alloy 15.09.2014 10:00

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