Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100314

Funded Activity Summary

Engineering magnetism at the atomic scale in topological insulators. This project aims to explore strategies to optimise the magnetisation and Curie temperature by incorporating dopants via ion implantation, and exploiting proximity effects in heterostructures with magnetic thin films. The recently discovered magnetism in topological insulators opens up a new class of materials with potential applications in energy-efficient electronics, data storage and information processing. The central challenges are to control the underlying magnetic structure and stabilise magnetic order at desirable temperatures. The project expects to discover new composite materials and advance our knowledge for designing magnetic components in the next generation of electronics with ultra-low power dissipation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-06-2018

End Date: 17-02-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $353,773.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Functional Materials | Condensed Matter Physics | Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Condensed Matter Characterisation Technique Development

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Characterisation Technique Development | Condensed Matter Physics | Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Functional Materials

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