Mesoporous silicon: Semiconductor with new talents
Silicon is the best-known semiconductor material. However, controlled nanostructuring drastically alters the material’s properties. Using a specially developed etching apparatus, a team at HZB ...
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Nanoislands on silicon with switchable topological textures
Nanostructures with specific electromagnetic patterns promise applications in nanoelectronics and future information technologies. However, it is very challenging to control those patterns. Now, a ...
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BESSY II: Heterostructures for Spintronics
Spintronic devices work with spin textures caused by quantum-physical interactions. A Spanish-German collaboration has now studied graphene-cobalt-iridium heterostructures at BESSY II. The results show ...
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Langbeinites show talents as 3D quantum spin liquids
A 3D quantum spin liquid has been discovered in the vicinity of a member of the langbeinite family. The material’s specific crystalline structure and ...
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ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Taner Esat from Forschungszentrum Jülich
Helmholtz Information congratulates: Dr. Taner Esat from Forschungszentrum Jülich has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth up to € 1.5 million from the ...
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Quantum Sensor for the Atomic World Developed through International Scientific Collaboration
In a scientific breakthrough, an international research team from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich from Helmholtz Information and Korea’s IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) developed ...
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Unconventional piezoelectricity in ferroelectric hafnia
Hafnium oxide thin films are a fascinating class of materials with robust ferroelectric properties in the nanometre range. While their ferroelectric behaviour is extensively ...
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Unlocking Magnetic Superpowers: Mn5Ge3’s Topological Magnons
In the ever-evolving landscape of condensed matter physics, a recent breakthrough has emerged from the collaborative efforts of researchers at the Peter Grünberg Institute ...
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Higher measurement accuracy opens new window to the quantum world
A team at HZB from Helmholtz Information has developed a new measurement method that, for the first time, accurately detects tiny temperature differences in ...
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From Skyrmions to Hopfions
Exotic magnetic structures such as skyrmions are also known as topological particles. Because they can be easily moved within a crystal, they are envisioned ...