EMAGICS project aims at expanding the field of magnetoelectric (ME) multiferroics (MF), by supporting experimental data with theory.
The ultimate target is to unveil the underlying mechanisms that lead to the enhancement of the ME MF properties in the polar antiferromangets Ni-based tellurates family of compounds.
There are 3 main implementation parts within EMAGICS project.
I. Scientific
II. Training
III. Dissemination/Outreach
The scientific part of EMAGICS project consists of 3 primary tasks:
A. theoretical calculations
B. material synthesis
C. experimental characterization and investigation
Scientific parts A and C were carried out by the fellow Stella Skiadopoulou, in collaboration with, the hosting institution supervisor Prof. Stefano Sanvito and his group Computational Spintronics in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Ireland, and the secondment institution of the Department of Dielectrics of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague Czech Republic, respectively.
Scientific part B was conducted by the group Prof. Martha Greenblatt from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology of Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. Part of the structural and magnetic characterization of the compounds was done in collaboration with Dr Fabio Orlandi, Dr Pascal Manuel and Dr Emma McCabe, at ISIS neutron and muon source.