Projects
The HIE-ISOLDE-project in Cern. KU Leuven
Vibrational and electronic properties of superconducting films and nanoparticles investigated by advanced synchrotron and theoretical methods. KU Leuven
Superconductivity is one of the most intriguing phenomena in solid state physics. It is characterized by the condensation of electrons into Cooper pairs, i.e. below a particular critical temperature there is an effective attractive interaction between electrons, and in bulk materials this manifests itself in (i) the disappearance of electrical resistance and (ii) the expulsion of an external magnetic field. This attractive interaction between ...
Research on radioactive nuclei at ISOLDE-CERN, SPIRAL2- GANIL and MEDICIS-CERN KU Leuven
The properties of nuclei at the centre of atoms are determined by the interplay of the fundamental forces of nature - strong, weak and electromagnetic. Unstable nuclei, with an unusual number of protons and neutrons, can reveal hidden details of those interactions, beyond what we can explain with current models. The properties of those systems are also crucial to answer questions related to the origin of chemical elements and the fate of ...
Unraveling the structure and magnetism of novel ferromagnetic semiconductors at the atomic level. KU Leuven
For a long time, electronics has been based on the charge of electrons. By exploiting the additional spin degree of freedom, spin-electronics (or spintronics) promises a new generation of devices with the advantages of non-volatility and higher processing speed, integration density and power efficiency. A crucial step towards the full exploitation of the potential of spintronics lies in the discovery of magnetic ...
DIAMOND QUANTUM SENSORS AND IMAGERS (DIAQUANT). KU Leuven
DIAQUANT will develop quantum sensors (diamond sensors) and imagers for the detection and processing of the spatial and time-dependent distributions of external fields, with an unsurpassed ratio of sensitivity and compactness. The sensors can be controlled quickly, adjusted in size to the size of micro and nano circuits, temperature independent, with low power consumption and independent of ambient noise.
Quanturn sensors and imagers ...
Chemisorption reaction mechanisms for ruthenium atomic layer deposition (ALD): an atomistic insight. KU Leuven
In this thesis, we have explored and applied different computational techniques, i.e. density functional theory (DFT), multiconfigurational perturbation, coupled cluster, and density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) methods in order to solve different chemical problems of transition metal (TM) complexes.
In gas phase, we have established a general procedure using high-quality ab initio methods to efficiently study binding energies of ...
Synthesis of few layered transition metal dichalcogenides by ion implantation (SIMPLANT). KU Leuven
The SIMPLANT proposal addresses point 1 of the topic descriptions of the Graphene JTC areas, namely, "Synthesis and characterization of Layered Materials (LMs) beyond graphene". We propose a novel, large-scale method, based on ion implantation, for the controlled synthesis of few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) of general formula MX2, where M is the transition metal and X the chalcogen element. Ion implantation is a highly ...
Electrically controlled ferromagnitism in two-dimensional semiconductors. KU Leuven
The DIMAG project is dedicated to establishing a new type of 2D magnetic materials, which not only exhibits a fundamentally new type of ferromagnetic behavior, but also has optimal characteristics for spintronics applications. This 3-years project, brings together five academic laboratories: (1) the Laboratory for Semiconductor Physics (KU Leuven, Belgium), (2) the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics (KU Leuven, Belgium), (3) the ...