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.

Developing the next generation of parametric amplifiers for quantum technologies is the aim of the EU-funded project TruePA (Truly Resilient Quantum Limited Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers) which recently started.

Researchers from theoretical and experimental physics are collaborating in the TruePA project to make key advances in the development of parametric amplifiers. These so-called TWPAs (Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers) are key components for (future) quantum technologies and of crucial importance for fundamental research in the context of the readout of weak electromagnetic signals in the microwave range.

As reported in a recent paper published in Nature Physics, a team, composed of researchers from the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-THALES, CNR SPIN, the University Federico II of Naples and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, has discovered a new type of 2D-electron gas, at the interface between two compounds of the perovskite oxide family, that is both ferroelectric and magnetic while being an excellent electrical conductor.

Nell’anno della celebrazione del Centenario del CNR gli Istituti del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), fra cui SPIN, presenti all’Area territoriale della Ricerca di Genova (AreaGe) hanno ideato e realizzato anche per il 2023 una proposta Educational nell’ambito delle Attività di Terza Missione CNR: "Edu2023 - Attività didattica e laboratori a cura delle strutture del CNR presso l’Area Territoriale della Ricerca di Genova".

As described in a paper just published in NPJ Flexible Electronics, a journal of the Nature group, an innovative fully flexible proton detector, operating at low-voltage (V = −1 V), has been developed within the FIRE project funded by INFN within the activities of the V National Scientific Group.

Consolidando le esperienze svolte nel recente passato, anche per l'annualità in corso, SPIN, presso la sede secondaria di Napoli, ha attivato dei Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e l’Orientamento (PCTO) per studenti di scuola secondaria superiore.