Project leader: Jean-Marc Triscone (UniGE)
Participating members:
Ph. Aebi (UniFR),
Ch. Bernhard (UniFR),
Ø. Fischer (UniGE),
T. Giamarchi (UniGE),
E. Giannini (UniGE),
M. Grioni (EPFL),
D. Jaccard (UniGE),
H. Keller (UniZH),
E. Morenzoni (PSI),
A. Morpurgo (UniGE),
C. Niedermayer (PSI),
P. Paruch (UniGE),
M. Sigrist (ETHZ),
J.-M. Triscone (ETHZ),
D. van der Marel (UniGE),
Ph. Willmott (PSI).
Summary
In this project, several groups combine their expertise in order to demonstrate novel functionalities at oxide and organic interfaces. The specific aim is the discovery, understanding, and control of novel properties at artificially engineered interfaces. Examples of interest include the conducting and superconducting LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface; the PbTiO3/SrTiO3 interface where an unusual type of ferroelectricity has been discovered; the interface between magnetic and superconducting oxides where an anomalous proximity effect has been found; conducting interfaces between organic materials; and interfaces between organic and oxide materials. The project specifically targets the search for and study of new and promising systems. The aim of the proposed program for Project 1 is to strengthen the competitive infrastructure of the groups involved, explore the very new and exciting “interface engineering” research area linked to “oxide electronics”, at the frontier between fundamental science and possible novel applications, and to look for novel physical properties and new functionalities at oxide and organic interfaces.
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