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 electronic transport properties
• 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), as well as in resistive switching devices
• 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)