The PSI Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments focusses on designing novel functional materials in poly- and single crystalline form, as thin films and as multilayers.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Pressure effect on the spin density wave transition in La2PrNi2O6.96
High-pressure studies reveal a stark contrast between the superconducting properties of double-layer Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates La2PrNi2O7 and La3Ni2O7. While La2PrNi2O7 exhibits bulk superconductivity, La3Ni2O7 displays filamentary behavior, suggesting that superconductivity is confined to phase interfaces rather than the bulk. Since magnetism emerges ...
E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting Young Researcher Award for Mohammadhossein Montazerian
During its recent spring meeting the European Materials Research Society has awarded the E-MRS Young Researcher Award to Mohammadhossein Montazerian from the LMX laboratory in recognition of his "Outstanding contribution to the Symposium L: Solid state batteries - materials, processing and advanced characterization".
Tailoring the Normal and Superconducting State Properties of Ternary Scandium Tellurides, Sc6MTe2 (M = Fe, Ru, and Ir) Through Chemical Substitution
The pursuit of a unifying theory for non-BCS superconductivity has faced significant challenges. One approach to overcome such challenges is to perform systematic investigations into superconductors containing d-electron metals in order to elucidate their underlying mechanisms. Recently, the Sc6MTe2 (M = d-electron metal) family has emerged as a unique series of isostructural compounds exhibiting superconductivity across a range of 3d, 4d, and 5d electron systems.
In this study, muon spin rotation, neutron diffraction, and magnetization techniques are employed to probe ...
Fun Facts about Magnetism
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Upcoming Seminars
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Recent publications
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Graham JN, Yuchi K, Sazgari V, Doll A, Mielke C, Král P, et al.
Tailoring the normal and superconducting state properties of ternary scandium tellurides, Sc6MTe2 (M = Fe, Ru, and Ir) through chemical substitution
Advanced Functional Materials. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505517
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Khasanov R, Plokhikh I, Hicken TJ, Luetkens H, Gawryluk DJ, Guguchia Z
Pressure effect on the spin density wave transition in La2PrNi2O6.96
Physical Review Research. 2025; 7(2): L022046 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.L022046
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Chikina A, Rosendal V, Li H, Skoropata E, Guedes EB, Caputo M, et al.
Intrinsic three-dimensional topology in SrNbO3 films
Physical Review B. 2025; 111(15): 155146 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.155146
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Maes J, De Gusem D, Lateur I, Leliaert J, Kurenkov A, Van Waeyenberge B
The design, verification, and applications of Hotspice: a Monte Carlo simulator for artificial spin ice
Computer Physics Communications. 2025; 313: 109643 (23 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2025.109643
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