Quantum materials are in the spotlight of condensed matter physics research as they offer an exceptional venue to uncover the role of interactions associated with spin, charge, lattice and orbital degrees of freedom and their effect in macroscopic properties. Understanding and manipulating these properties is necessary for exploit­ing quantum materials in diverse novel technologies.

The Transport in Quantum Materials group focuses on studying transport phenomena in quantum materials including superconductors, magnetic, strongly correlated and 2D materials.

• • The group has a long trajectory in the study of vortex dynamics in nanostructured superconductor-ferromagnetic systems.  We also study magneto-transport properties in magnetic materials in close contact with superconducting nanostructures with the aim to investigate the interaction between magnetic domains and supercurrents/superconducting vortices.

  • We are interested in studying novel phenomena in superconductor-2D materials heterostructures.  We work mainly with superconductors that can be exfoliated such as NbSe2 and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (a high temperature superconductor) to fabricate van der Waals heterostructures with 2D materials such as graphene, MoS2 and layered ferromagnets.

  • We study the Quantum Hall effect in graphene-based devices with possible applications in metrology as an electrical resistance standard. Besides, we collaborate in a EMPIR-EURAMET project to investigate the Quantum Hall effect in 2D-MOFs and COFs as a novel alternative for resistance standard.

  • We investigate memristive behavior in 2D-based devices (mostly Transition Metal Dichalcogenides) for possible applications in neuromorphic computing and a disruptive resistive standard that can operate at room temperature, in air and without the need of a magnetic field.

  • We collaborate with the KU Leuven (Belgium) and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy) in the study of the metal-insulator transition in strongly correlated materials using synchrotron-based techniques.