During the last weeks, the evaluation process of the proposals presented at the 2022 (1st) Call for the Research Project of National Interest (PRIN) has been finalized. The recently published results revealed a significant performance of the SPIN community.

An international team, including researchers from CNR-SPIN, Seoul National University, The University of Hong Kong, University of L’Aquila, Southeast University studied the magneto-optical properties of multiferroic heterostructure. As reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 18, 22282-22290; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c02680), have shown an unusual magneto-optical Kerr effect (a phenomenon where the reflected light shows a polarization change upon reflection from a structure) in a antiferromagnetic and polar heterostructure, namely CrI3/In2Se3/CrI3.

CNR-SPIN is recruiting 7 new temporary work positions (researchers, technicians etc.)  across multiple PNRR (Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan) projects.
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An international team which includes a large group of researchers from CNR-SPIN, together with scientists of MagTop Research Centre in Warsaw, University of Salerno, and University of Antwerp has uncovered new quantum effects that can control the nanoscale pattern formation in Mott crystals. The discovery of the physical laws underlying these properties could be used for the development of room temperature non-volatile electronics based on voltage-controlled nanometric phases and, in perspective, could be integrated with photonic functional devices too.

Quest'anno la mostra delle Italian Quantum Weeks  «Dire l'indicibile» con tema "l'entanglement quantistico" fa tappa anche a Salerno. 

Dando seguito alla mostra organizzata nel mese di aprile, presso il Museo di Fisica di Napoli, dagli istituti CNR SPIN, INO e ISASI e dall’Università Federico II, in queste settimane è stato allestito, negli spazi del Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Salerno, un breve percorso che, attraverso i concetti chiave della meccanica quantistica, conduce il visitatore a conoscere più da vicino alcuni degli aspetti più caratteristici dell'entanglement. Il percorso, inserito anche nel programma di orientamento del Dipartimento, rimarrà per l’intero mese di maggio a disposizione di tutti gli interessati al mondo delle nuove tecnologie quantistiche.

The kick-off meeting of LSMOMEMS took place in the GREYC lab at ENSICAEN on 15-16 May 2023. This 2-years project of cooperation IEA 2022 between CNRS-GREYC and CNR-SPIN aims developing oxide-based MEMS resonators for infrared detection. The project is coordinated by Dr. Laurence Méchin (CNRS-GREYC, Caen) and Dr. Nicola Manca (CNR-SPIN, Genova).

A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) for the High Field Magnet (HFM) Research and Development Programme has been signed by Dr. Mike Lamont, Director of CERN Accelerator and Technology Sector, Dr. Andrzej Siemko, HFM R&D Programme Leader, and Dr. Fabio Miletto Granozio, Director of Institute CNR-SPIN.

On April 13rd, on the occasion of the annual edition of the “Italian Research Day in the World” (Giornata della Ricerca Italiana nel Mondo - GRIM), SPIN Director Fabio Miletto Granozio presented the activity of the CNR-SPIN Institute at a scientific meeting held at the Italian Embassy in Paris. The meeting was organised by the Embassy itself, and, in particular, the Scientific Attaché Dr. Marco Borra, with the collaboration of ReCIF (Rete dei Ricercatori Italiani in Francia (ReCIF) and ANRT (Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie).

Con la sua seconda edizione, il progetto Italian Quantum Weeks prosegue nella sua mission organizzativa di eventi divulgativi dedicati al mondo della meccanica quantistica e all’opportunità di sviluppo che esso offre. Il tema scelto per il 2023 è l’entanglement, una proprietà dei sistemi quantistici che, seppur nella sua assoluta specificità rispetto ai sistemi classici, risulta una preziosa risorsa per le nuove Tecnologie Quantistiche quali il computer quantistico, la crittografia, le simulazioni e la metrologia.

An international team of researchers which includes the CNR-SPIN, the University of Salerno, the University of Geneva and the University of Delft has uncovered new quantum effects that can control the dynamics of electrons. The discovery of the physical laws underlying these particular properties could be used for the development of new magnetic sensors integrated with optoelectronic devices of interest for sixth generation (6G) wireless networks.