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2024-07-16: Public lecture by Prof. M. Farle in the framework of "Die Kleine Form"
Public lecture "Magnete als Klimaretter (Materialien für eine emissionsfreie Zukunft)" (German only) by Prof. M. Farle in the framework of "Die Kleine Form" on June 19, 2024. The lecture can be seen and heard here: https://www.uni-due.de/kleine-form/farle.php.
2024-06-16: Congratulations on the excellent PhD defense, Nicolas!
We congratulate Nicolas Josten on his excellent PhD defense on June 4, 2024 and the highest grade! He investigated the cellular decomposition of Ni-Mn-Sn into Ni2MnSn and NiMn. In this material, a magnetic hysteresis curve with a coercive field above 5 T can be obtained by optimizing the annealing parameters. Such materials are useful for efficient energy conversion in generators and electric motors.
Published thesis "Magnetic properties of NiMn, PdMn, and Ni-Mn-Sn after annealing in a magnetic field" is available HERE.
2024-06-12: Tatiana Smoliarova received UDE Postdoc Seed Funding
Dr. Tatiana Smoliarova's first-time proposal on "3D electron diffraction for high-resolution structural analysis of 2D materials" has been granted by the University of Duisburg-Essen Postdoc Seed Funding. Congratulations!
The funding provides the financial resources for one year and aims to support the successful preparation of an independent application for third-party funding.
The project aims to implement 3D electron diffraction for high-resolution structural analysis of transition metal (TM)-based van der Waals (vdW) Fe, Mn, Ni-cation-mixed phosphorous trisulfides (TMPS3) produced by chemical vapor transport (collaboration with NTU Singapore), which recently received particular attention due to tuneable magnetic properties arising from unpaired magnetic moments from the partially filled d-shells of the TM ions. As a result of the project, the correlation between atomically resolved structure and magnetic response, measured by para-/ferromagnetic resonance, will reveal the precise arrangement of TM ions important for understanding TM ions site preferences, their potential clustering or segregation effects, and the overall stability of the compound.
2024-06-07: Open position of a lab engineer (the application deadline, July 18th 2024, has passed)
We have an open position (EG 10 TV-L) for a lab Engineer to support the research in our group.
Job Offer (permanent): Lab Engineer, Laboringenieur:in (w/m/d, Nr. 306-24), EG 10 TV-L
Contact: Prof. Michael Farle
2024-05-24: Epitaxial Fe/Rh bilayers for efficient spin-to-charge conversion
We have observed enhanced spin mixing conductance in epitaxial Fe/Rh bilayers and a spin diffusion length of Rh of 9 nm (comparable to Pd), which makes this metallic heterostructure promising for interfacial spin transport. More details on how this new epitaxial system may advance spin-to-charge conversion are available in our paper - Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 212404 (2024).
2024-05-10: Research visit of Prof. Priolkar
We are happy to announce the visit of Prof. Kaustubh R.S. Priolkar (School of Physical and Applied Sciences, Goa University, India) within the UDE International Guest Lecturer Programme.
He specializes on studying different functional materials using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. He is also involved in developing Basic lab course experiments for improving Physics education.