Highlights 2024

Research Area 1 - Superconductors and Innovative materials for Energy and Environment

• Molecular hydrogen in the N-doped LuH₃ system as a possible path to superconductivity
  C. Tresca, P. M. Forcella, A. Angeletti, L. Ranalli, C. Franchini, M. Reticcioli & G. Profeta

• Charge transfer in alkaline-earth metal graphite intercalation compounds
  J.Zinni, L. Camerano, L. Speyer, S. Cahen, I. El Hajj, M. Bolmont, G. Medjahdi, P. Lagrange, G. Lamura, G. Profeta, C. Hérold

• Unveiling the local structure of doubly doped CeO₂: a synchrotron X-ray pair distribution function study
  A. Martinelli, S. Massardo, C. Artini, M. M. Carnasciali & M. Pani

• Effects of K excess in microstructure of (Ba_0.6K_0.4)Fe₂As₂ superconducting powders
  E. Bellingeri, C.Bernini, F.Loria, A.Traverso, A.Leveratto, V.Braccini, A.Ballarino & A.Malagoli

• Unveiling intrinsic material and extrinsic pinning dimensionality in superconductors: Why Fe(Se,Te) is able to mimic YBCO
  G.Grimaldi, M. R. Khan, A. Leo, M. Scuderi, F. Rizzo, A. Augieri, G. Celentano, A. Galluzzi, M. Iebole, M. Polichetti, A. Nigro & V. Braccini

Sub area 1.2 : Materials for Energy and Environment

• On the origin of the improved hydrogen evolution reaction in Mn- and Co-doped MoS₂
  P.Orgiani, L.Braglia, V. Polewczyk, Z. Nie, F. Lavini, S. Punathum Chalil, S. Kumar Chaluvadi, P. Rajak, F. Morabito, E. Dobovičnik, V. Foglietti, P. Torelli, E. Riedo, R. Ciancio, N.Yang and C. Aruta

• Ball–milled TiO₂/biochar hybrid system as a heterogeneous photocatalyst for tannery dyes removal in aqueous solution
  A.Mancuso, A. Kiani, O. Sacco, M. Lettieri , R. Fittipaldi, V. Vaiano, M.R. Acocella, V. Venditto 

Research Area 2 - Functional and Complex Materials for Innovative Electronics and Sensing

• Memory effect and coexistence of negative and positive photoconductivity in black phosphorus field effect transistor for neuromorphic vision sensors
  A.Kumar, k. Intonti. L. Viscardi, O. Durante, A. Pelella, O. Kharsah, S. Sleziona, F. Giubileo, N. Martucciello, P. Ciambelli, M. Schleberger & A. Di Bartolomeo

• Delving into the anisotropic interlayer exchange in bilayer CrI₃
  S. Stravic, P. Barone & S. Picozzi

Sub area 2.2 : Complex Oxides for Novel Electronics and Transducers

• Integration of High‐Tc Superconductors with High‐Q‐Factor Oxide Mechanical Resonators
  N. Manca, A. Kalaboukhov, A. E. Plaza, L. Cichetto Jr., E.Wahlberg, E. Bellingeri, F. Bisio, F. Lombardi, D. Marré & L. Pellegrino

• Signatures of a surface spin–orbital chiral metal
  F. Mazzola, W. Brzezicki, M. T.Mercaldo, A.Guarino, C. Bigi, J.A. Miwa, D. De Fazio, A. Crepaldi, J. Fujii, G. Rossi, P. Orgiani, S.K. Chaluvadi, S. P. Chalil, G. Panaccione, A. Jana, V. Polewczyk, I. Vobornik, C. Kim, F. Miletto-Granozio, R. Fittipaldi, C. Ortix, M. Cuoco, & A. Vecchione

Sub area 2.3 : Organic and Hybrid Sensors, and Complex Systems 

• Unraveling the Role of Structural Topology on Chirality Transfer and Chiroptical Properties in Chiral Germanium Iodides
  C. Coccia, M. Moroni, A. Treglia, M. Boiocchi, Y. Yang, C. Milanese, M. Morana, D. Capsoni, A. Porta, A. Petrozza, A. Stroppa & L. Malavasi

• Interfacial charge doping effect in C8-DNTT/PDIF-CN₂ heterojunction field-effect transistors
  F. Chiarella, A. Carella, A. Cassinese and M.Barra

• Giant piezoelectricity driven by Thouless pump in conjugated polymers
  S. P. Villani, M. Campetella, P. Barone & F. Mauri

Research Area 3 - Quantum Science and technologies

Sub area 3.1: Novel Materials and methods for quantum science and technology

• Fate of high winding number topological phases in the disordered extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model
  E.G. Cinnirella, A. Nava, G. Campagnano & D. Giuliano

• Supercurrent rectification with time-reversal symmetry broken multiband superconductors
  Y. Yerin, S-L. Drechsler, A. A. Varlamov, M. Cuoco F. Giazotto

• Anomalous supercurrent and diode effect in locally perturbed topological Josephson junctions
  S. Fracassi, S. Traverso, N. Traverso Ziani, M.Carrega, S. Heun & M. Sassetti

Sub area 3.2 : Optical and microwave photonics for quantum science and technology

• Investigating pump harmonics generation in a SNAIL-based traveling wave parametric amplifier
  A. Yu Levochkina, H. G. Ahmad, P. Mastrovito, I. Chatterjee, G. Serpico, L. Di Palma, R. Ferroiuolo, R. Satariano, P. Darvehi, A. Ranadive

• Single photon detection up to 2 µm in pair of parallel microstrips based on NbRe ultrathin films
  C. Cirillo, M. Ejrnaes, P. Ercolano, C. Bruscino, A. Cassinese, D. Salvoni, C. Attanasio, G. P. Pepe & L. Parlato

Sub area 3.3 : Novel ideas for superconducting and spin-based devices for quantum information science and sensing

• Dirac-Like Fermions Anomalous Magneto-Transport in a Spin-Polarized Oxide 2D Electron System
  A. Yu Levochkina, H.G. Ahmad, P. Mastrovito, I. Chatterjee, G. Serpico, L. Di Palma, R. Ferroiuolo, R. Satariano, P. Darvehi, A. Ranadive, G. Cappelli, G. Le Gal, L. Planat, D. Montemurro, D. Massarotti, F. Tafuri, N .Roch, G. P. Pepe & M. Esposito