Consortium meeting, Queen's University Belfast

The third CAMIE consortium meeting was hosted at Queen’s University Belfast. The event began with an overview of the work packages, followed by presentations from ECRs showcasing their scientific progress. A poster session provided PhD students the opportunity to share their research, and participants also toured the university’s laboratories.

Scientific training was delivered on Topological Magnetic Textures, and a dedicated session explored the process of publishing in Nature Materials. The programme also included time for focussed research discussions, and ECRs had the opportunity to meet independently to exchange ideas and experiences.

Programme

Location: Mathematics and Physics Teaching Centre, Main Site, Queen’s University Belfast

Wednesday 10 September

10:20–10:50 Arrival and refreshments
10:50–11:15 Overview of the purpose of CAMIE – Bryan Hickey
11:15–12:15 Reports on Progress within Work Packages:

• 11:15–11:25 WP1 – Oscar Cespedes
• 11:25–11:35 WP2 – Joseph Barker
• 11:35–11:45 WP3 – Sandrine Heutz
• 11:45–11:55 WP4 – Marty Gregg
• 11:55–12:05 WP5 – Christopher Marrows
• 12:05–12:15 WP6 – Andrew Bell

12:15–12:55 Reports on Scientific Progress:

• 12:15–12:35 Polar topology at bonded ferroelectric interfaces, Conor McCluskey
• 12:35–12:55 Progress on the growth and experiments of non-collinear antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal Mn_3 Ge, Servet Ozdemir

12:55–13:40 Lunch
13:40–15:20 Reports on Scientific Progress (continued):

• 13:40–14:00 Investigation of structural and magnetic properties of Mn₃Ge thin film by advanced microscopy, Ping-Luen (Baron) Ho
• 14:00–14:20 Electric-Field Control of Magnetism in BiFeO3-Based Magnetic Heterostructures​, Sehwan Song
• 14:20–14:40 Moiré Effect in Lateral Superlattices: Topological Insulator/Fe3GeTe2, Ismet Gelen
• 14:40–15:00 Mn3Ge slabs: first approximations, Marios Georgiou
• 15:00–15:20 Skyrmion dynamics under giant spin-orbit torques from topological materials, Soumyarup Hait

15:20–15:45 Coffee
15:45–16:30 Breakout research discussions
16:30–17:10 ECR Meeting
16:30–17:30 Closed meeting with Leadership Team, ECR reps, Advisory Board
17:30–19:15 Poster Session for PhD Student Research Updates:

• Current Driven Skyrmion Nucleation in Topological Insulator / Magnetic Multilayer Heterostructures, Ben Brereton
• Towards simulating coupled ferroelectric magnetic interfaces, Pietro Canali
• Multiferroic xBiFeO3-(1-x)PbTiO3 Thin Films, Mae Jankowski
• Unexpected Dipolar Patterns in Twisted Lithium Niobate Interfaces, Ronan Lynch
• Tuning Colossal Spin Orbit Interactions in Bi2Se3 with Molecular Diodes, Zachariah Parkin
• Thermocompressive Bonded Ferroelectric Heterostructure for Spin-Charge Conversion, Keelan Sloan

19:30–22:00 Dinner at Molly’s Yard

Thursday 11 September

09:15–09:30 Arrival and refreshments
09:30–10:30 Topological Magnetic Textures, Christopher Marrows
10:30–11:00 Coffee
11:00–12:00 Inside Nature Materials: An Editor’s Perspective, Stephen Shevlin
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:30–15:00 Lab tours related to functional materials activity in QUB Physics
15:00 Finish