Nanostructures on Surfaces

Description

We are working in a field of nanotechnology and our research projects are designed to make, model and characterize ultrathin films, nanoscale structures, surfaces and its features with a special emphasis on magnetic properties of these systems. The Surface Nanostructures group in the Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science at the AGH University of Science and Technology group offers preparation, structural and magnetic characterization of ultrathin films and nanostructures. The group laboratory is equipped with multichamber UHV system equipped with molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) deposition system with several metal sources and possibility to grow transition metal oxides. The structural and chemical characterization are available due to the standard surface characterization methods, i.e. Low Energy Electron Diffraction and Auger electron Spectroscopy (LEED and AES). As for the magnetic characterization in- and ex-situ magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) setups are used. Additionally, ex-situ, high resolution MOKE microscope working in 80K-550K temperature range is used to image magnetic domain structure of magnetic systems.

Cooperation

  • Swiss Light Source (SLS), PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
  • Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of Polish Academy of Science, Kraków, Poland - Common Laboratory for Surfaces and Nanostructures.ICSC
  • SPINLAB project "National Center of Magnetic Nanostuctures for Spintronic Applications" coordinated by Institute of Molecular Physics
  • Scientific group of ID18 beam line of European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.
  • National Center on nanoStructures and bioSystems at Surfaces (S3), Modena, Italy.
  • DCSDynamics of Condensed Systems from Viena University, Austria.
  • DESY Hamburg, Germany
  • ARTMAG - Polish National Scientific Network "Magnetic Nanostructures for Spintronics" coordinated by Institute of Physics PAS, Warsaw, Poland
  • Labor für Myonenspin Spektroskopie, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.TU-BS
  • Institut für Physik der Kondensierten Materie, TU Braunschweig, Germany.
  • DYNASYNC - Dynamics in Nano-Scale Materials Studied with Synchrotron Radiation - 6FP Research project coordinated by Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, Poland

Team leader:
prof. dr hab. Tomasz Ślęzak
 

Contact
Address: budynek D7, ul. Reymonta 19
Phone number: 12 617 35 83
E-mail: slezak@agh.edu.pl
Old website    http://korek.uci.agh.edu.pl/