March 11, 2026
Designing Materials That Defy Heat Flow
Linking simple physical rules, machine learning and neutron spectroscopy to discover crystals with record-low thermal conductivity
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July 22, 2025
Magnetism, vortices and neutron spin echo: a winning combination
In a series of experiments published in Nature Physics, researchers from Japan, the UK, Sweden, and the Czech Republic collaborated at ILL-IN15, one of the world's leading spin echo facilities. Their neutron spin echo (NSE) experiments confirmed the presence of asymmetric dynamics in the skyrmion phase of MnSi, indicating its strong potential for spintronic devices and sustainable technology.
June 8, 2022
11th Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize to Dr. Lukáš Gajdos !
March 30, 2021
A deuterated sugar to study the docking of bacteria on our cells
Feb. 7, 2021
High pressure neutron studies reveal evolution of magnetism through an insulator-to-metal transition
The weakly coupled planes of Fe ions in the material are pushed closer together under extreme pressure. This results in metallisation but not the loss of all magnetic order as previous measurements have suggested. The lower pressure order is however replaced by a new short-range version.
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July 27, 2020
Magnetic nanoparticles change their magnetic structure in a magnetic field
Schematic representation of the homogeneously magnetized core of ferrite nanoparticles. As the external magnetic field is increased, the magnetic volume grows, eventually becoming 20% larger by volume than the coherent core.
July 2020When ultrafine magnetic partic…