Researchers from ICMAB and the ALBA Synchrotron have found a new magnetic mechanism in high temperature superconductor cuprates, proving the coexistence of magnetism and superconductivity. Results have been published in Advanced Science, including key measurements performed at BOREAS beamline.
Using the brilliant soft x-rays from the BOREAS beamline, a group of international researchers from Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Italy and Spain have studied the magnetic properties of SrRuO3. These results - recently published in Physical Review B - give important insights into the magnetic characteristics of Ru which may have impact on the technical development of more efficient storage devices.
The interstation sample transfer system (SPTR) is an UHV interconnection system built between HECTOR and MARES endstations. It connects the endstations with each other and with a third chamber/system either brought by users or to a (currently under design) satellite surface-preparation chamber for BL29, allowing to transfer a sample mounted on a standard Omicron/Specs type plate between each system in UHV conditions.
A group of international researchers from Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France have studied the so-called spin-orbit fields mechanisms for in-plane current induced magnetization reversal of magnetic tunnel junctions, and their optimization. This work continues a research line open by the previous recent discovery of in-plane current induced magnetization reversal. The main investigation via transport measurements was complemented with XAS and XMCD performed at BOREAS beamline in the ALBA Synchrotron, to trace at the atomic level the evolution of the sample properties upon thermal annealing leading to enhanced response. Results have been published in the journal Physical Review B.
Eduardo Solano, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), obtained his PhD degree last November 2013 with a work about the synthesis of nanoparticles and the generation of new nanocomposite superconducting layers. Some of the measurements were acquired at BOREAS beamline in ALBA Synchrotron.
