Projects

International

Frustrované kvantové magnety – vplyv jednoosového tlaku
Frustrated quantum magnets – impact of uniaxial pressure
Program: Mobility
Project leader: doc. RNDr. Gabáni Slavomír, PhD.
Duration: 1.1.2024 – 31.12.2025
Supravodivosť v tenkých filmoch nitridov – materiály pre budúce kvatové zariadenia
Superconductivity in nitride thin films – materials for future quantum devices
Program: Other
Project leader: RNDr. Pristáš Gabriel, PhD.
Annotation: The main aim of our common project is study superconductivity in nitride thin films. It was shown, that narrow NbN superconducting strips could be used forconstruction of ultrafast single photon detectors, which are expected to play important role in the secure quantum communications. Very recently, team from Montanuniversität Leoben succeeded in preparation of superconducting high entropy alloy (HEA) thin films and team from Slovak side preformed measurements of its superconducting properties. Preparation of nitride HEAs will be next step in effort to improve superconducting parameters of thin films for the purpose to be used in future quantum devices.
Duration: 1.11.2023 – 31.10.2024
TMQM – Ladenie frustrovaných kovových kvantových magnetov
Tuning of frustrated metallic quantum magnets
Program: Inter-academic agreement
Project leader: doc. RNDr. Gabáni Slavomír, PhD.
Duration: 1.1.2021 – 31.12.2022
Supravodivé vlastnosti tenkých vrstiev boridov
Superconducting properties of boride thin films
Program: Mobility
Project leader: doc. RNDr. Flachbart Karol, DrSc., akademik US Slovenska
Annotation: The aim of the mobility project is to prepare thin films of superconducting borides YB6 and ZrB12, and to investigate their properties as function of thickness, microstructure and applied pressure.The outcome of this investigation will be new information about how the superconducting properties of bulk (3D) superconductors change when they become two dimensional (2D). In this regard namely a modification of superconducting properties is expected due to a considerable change of rich phonon spectra in borides and of the related electron-phonon interaction, which are responsible for the origin of superconductivity. This research on borides is unexplored, therefore new and original results are expected.The project will, moreover, enable a mutual use of laboratory equipment (for thin film preparation in Leoben, for their investigation in Kosice), it will lead to promotion of post-docs and PhD students, to preparation of common publications, and probably also to further common projects.
Duration: 1.1.2021 – 31.12.2022

National

Magnetická frustrácia a kvantové oscilácie v kvázi 2D a 3D boridoch
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Orendáč Matúš , PhD.
Annotation: Borides form a broad class of materials with diverse physical properties. Metallic geometrically frustratedmagnetic tetraborides (REB4), where RE represents an element from the rare earth group, are quasi-2Dfrustrated systems with different anisotropy strength and the same crystal lattice. These systems form an idealenvironment for studying the connections between anisotropy and magnetization processes. With the help of thedeviation of the magnetic field from the easy axis of magnetization, it will be possible to observe thosecomponents of inter-spin interactions that do not appear when the field is oriented in the direction of the easyaxis, which will contribute to the development of more accurate theoretical models. By studying quantumoscillations in SmB6, which is considered to be a representative of strongly correlated topological systems, and in other selected hexaborides, it will be possible to contribute original results to the long-standing debate whetherSmB6 is a topological insulator or not.
Duration: 1.1.2024 – 31.12.2027
Vylepšenie supravodivých parametrov vysoko-entropických zliatin tenkých filmov
Enhancement of superconducting parameters in high-entropy alloy thin films
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Pristáš Gabriel, PhD.
Annotation: Superconducting materials have become an integral part of the latest technologies such as quantum computers,single-photon detectors, magnetic resonance, SQUID, etc. Achieving room-temperature superconductivity is nomore the only goal, but targeted improvement of superconducting parameters (upper critical field, criticaltemperature) for application needs is the key. Extreme conditions in the form of very low temperatures, highpressures and reduction dimensions into quasi-two dimensions are very powerful tools in this endeavor. Inparticular, in case of thin films the superconducting properties can be tuned by several external parameters (e.g.film thickness, substrate, interfaces). The main goal of the project is to improve superconducting parameters ofthe high-entropy alloys and other materials in the form of thin films in purpose for use in future quantumapplications technology.
Duration: 1.1.2024 – 31.12.2027
Frustrované kovové magnetické systémy
Frustrated metallic magnetic systems
Program: DoktoGranty
Project leader: Ing. Bačkai Július
Duration: 1.1.2023 – 31.12.2023
Magnetická frustrácia a supravodivosť v 2D a 3D boridoch
Magnetic frustration and superconductivity in 2D and 3D borides
Program: VEGA
Project leader: RNDr. Pristáš Gabriel, PhD.
Annotation: Borides form a wide class of materials with different physical properties. Metallic geometrically frustratedmagnetic tetraborides (REB4) are 2D frustrated systems and together with their fcc 3D counterpartsdodecaborides (REB12) pose an ideal playground for study of 2D/3D interplay of frustration in megnetic systems.Uniaxial pressure, as well as hydrostatic pressure will be the tuning parameters which can change the interactionbetween magnetic moments. Depending on the direction of uniaxial pressure we will be able to change themagnitude of interactions in different crystallographic directions and test theoretical predictions. A similarcrossover between 2D and 3D can be studied also in superconducting borides as YB6, ZrB12 and LuB12. Even ifthere exist at present time a rather good understanding of the physical properties of bulk metallic borides, thereare still serious open questions what will happen if one dimension will be reduced considerably – by preparingthin films of corresponding borides.
Duration: 1.1.2020 – 31.12.2023
MIKROKELVIN – Kvantové materiály pri ultra-nízkych teplotách – MIKROKELVIN
Quantum matters at very low temperatures – MICROKELVIN
Program: Štrukturálne fondy EÚ Výskum a inovácie
Project leader: RNDr. Skyba Peter, DrSc.
Duration: 1.1.2020 – 30.6.2023