Overview
Main research lines
- Pulsed laser deposition of epitaxial thin films and free-standing membranes of different materials (mainly oxides), looking at strain and relaxation mechanisms, and the microstructural and functional properties (metal-insulating transitions, ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, oxide ionic conducting, thermoelectric, transparent conducting, resistive switching, etc.)
- MOCVD growth of 2D layers of transition metal dichalcogenides
- Structural characterisation by RHEED and advanced XRD and high temperature electronic transport properties. Surface composition segregation and its effect on oxygen surface exchange kinetics and ageing phenomena
- Fundamental aspects of interfacial phenomena in layered oxide materials and multilayers for their use as components in ionic and protonic solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs)
- Accurate structural characterization of epitaxial thin films making use of advanced X-ray diffraction techniques (reciprocal space mapping under non-ambient conditions and external stimuli: gas change, voltage, illumination)
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