MEMRIOX International Partners

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ETH Zurich (ETHZ)(1) has come to symbolise excellent education, groundbreaking basic research and applied results that are beneficial for society as a whole. Founded in 1855, it today offers researchers an inspiring environment and students a comprehensive education as one of the leading international universities for technology and the natural sciences. ETH Zurich has more than 17,000 students from approximately 80 countries, 3,800 of whom are doctoral candidates. More than 400 professors teach and conduct research in the areas of engineering, architecture, mathematics, natural sciences, system-oriented sciences, and management and social sciences.

Research in the Materials Theory group (Dept. of Materials D-MATL) headed by Prof. Dr. Nicola Spaldin(2) uses a combination of first-principles and phenomenological theoretical techniques to study the fundamental physics of novel materials that have potential technological importance. Projects combine development of new theoretical methods, application of the methods to existing materials, design of new materials with specific functionalities and subsequent synthesis of the "designer materials". Specific materials classes of interest are transition-metal-oxides with "strong correlations", contra-indicated multifunctional materials, multiferroics, materials with multiple coupled or competing instabilities. The partners at ETHZ contribute with their competences and infrastructures on:

  • Calculation of structure and properties of functional materials
  • First-principles design of new materials with specific functionalities
  • Oxide single-crystal growth

Logo UC San Diego Visitors' address: 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA | Postal address: Dept. of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0354, U.S., New address (partially from 2015): Dept. of Physics, Columbia University, 1107 Northwest Corner Building, Mail Code: 5255, New York, NY 10027, U.S.

The University of California San Diego (UCSD)(3) is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through excellence in education and research at the undergraduate, graduate, professional school and postdoctoral levels. The campus is committed to community engagement, public service and industry partnerships in order to advance the health and well-being of our region, state, nation and the world. The academic community of world-renowned faculty, bright students and dedicated staff is characterized by a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation which spans the globe. To foster the best possible working and learning environment, the university strives to maintain a climate of fairness, cooperation, and professionalism, which is embodied in the campus Principles of Community. UC San Diego embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential ingredients of academic excellence in higher education.

The research group Infrared Spectroscopy of Novel Electronic and Magnetic Materials led by Prof. Dr. Dimitri Basov(4) employs infrared spectroscopy to investigate new phenomena of novel electronic and magnetic materials. “Infrared” here is used colloquially since in fact the instruments allow to cover much broader frequency range extending continuously from sub-THz to UV light. Current research directions include:

  • Physics of strongly correlated electron systems
  • Magnetic semiconductors
  • Molecular and organic nano-electronics
  • Electromagnetic metamaterials
  • Superconductivity
  • Memristor
  • Charge dynamics in graphene

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