Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Festkörperphysik

FWF I 4047: exSOC

Funding institution:
FWF Austrian Science Fund

Project leader:
Diego Andrés ZOCCO

Project duration:
January 2019 - June 2023

AUSTRIAN PROJECT TEAM



Dr. Diego Zocco, University Assistant, Quantum Materials group
Project leader
  • Expertise: Tuning the physical properties of strongly correlated electronic systems via low temperature, magnetic field, and high pressure experiments, single crystal synthesis, inelastic x-ray and neutron scattering experiments
  • Tasks in the project: Exploration of quantum criticality and topological phases in Kondo insulating and semimetallic materials under extreme conditions of applied pressure and magnetic field


Dr. Xinlin Yan
Postdoctoral research assistant
  • Ongoing collaboration. FWF exSOC personnel: April 2019 – today
  • PhD from Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria (2008)
  • Expertise: Sample synthesis and characterizations
  • Tasks in the project: Growth and characterization of high quality single crystals of Ce3(Bi1-xSbx)4Pt3 and related materials


Dipl. Ing. Monika Lužnik
PhD student
  • Ongoing collaboration. FWF exSOC personnel: February 2023 – today
  • MSc (Physics) from TU Wien (2018)
  • Expertise: Thermopower experiments, magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures
  • Tasks in the project: Magnetotransport experiments in VTI and dilution refrigerator


Dipl. Ing. Diana Kirschbaum
PhD student
  • Ongoing collaboration. FWF exSOC personnel: February 2023 – today
  • MSc (Physics) from TU Wien (2021)
  • Expertise: Sample characterization at low temperatures, high pressure experiments, AC-calorimetry, magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures
  • Tasks in the project: Magnetotransport experiments in VTI and dilution refrigerator


BSc Judith Benkö
Master's student
  • FWF exSOC personnel: April 2019
  • BSc (Physics) from TU Wien (2015)
  • Expertise: Sample synthesis and characterizations
  • Tasks in the project: Assisted the team during crystal growth and physical property investigations of Kondo insulators and semimetals related to the exSOC project (CeRu4Sn6, CeBiPd)


MSc Lukas Prochaska
PhD student
  • Ongoing collaboration. FWF exSOC personnel: April 2019 - November 2019
  • Expertise: Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
  • Tasks in the project: Preparation of the MBE chamber for the growth of the Ce3(Bi,Sb)4(Pt,Pd)3 thin films


BSc Lukas Cvitkovich
Master's student
  • FWF exSOC personnel: April 2019 - August 2019
  • MSc (Materials Science) from TU Wien (2019)
  • Expertise: Sample characterization at low temperatures, crystal structure investigation
  • Tasks in the project: Physical property measurements and characterization of related CeCu1.11As2 Kondo semimetal

COLLABORATORS at TU WIEN



Prof. Dr. Silke Bühler-Paschen
Quantum Materials group leader at TU Vienna
  • Expertise: Heavy fermion compounds, quantum criticality, correlation-driven topolog
  • Tasks in the project: Co-supervision of collaborators


Dipl.-Chem. Dr. rer. nat. Andrey Prokofiev
Associate Professor
  • Expertise: Sample synthesis and characterizations
  • Tasks in the project: Growth and characterization of high quality single crystals; co-supervision of synthesis related activites


MSc Emine Bakali
PhD student
  • Expertise: Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
  • Tasks in the project: Preparation of the MBE chamber for the growth of the Ce3(Bi,Sb)4(Pt,Pd)3 thin films


MSc Lukas Fischer
PhD student
  • Expertise: Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)
  • Tasks in the project: Preparation of the MBE chamber for the growth of the Ce3(Bi,Sb)4(Pt,Pd)3 thin films
The FWF exSOC project benefits from the continuous collaboration with the members of the Quantum Materials group at TU Vienna.

COLLABORATORS at CHARLES UNIVERSITY, CZECH REPUBLIC



Dr. rer. nat. Jeroen Custers
Department of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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COLLABORATORS at the MAX PLANK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS, GERMANY



Dr. Eteri Svanidze
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics, Dresden, Germany
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