Author: Mar Tristany

PhD position related to “HTS Materials and measures empowering energy efficiency” (MSCA doctoral network)

We are offering a predoctoral position at ICMAB within the PHYNEST doctoral programme. The candidate will join the Superconducting Materials Group to work on “Overdoping HTS films: the route to get closer to the maximum departing current” or “Irradiation effects on High Temperature Superconducting films” research projects.

Apply from January 1st to February 28th 2026

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On-Chip Planar Metasurfaces for Magnetic Sensors with Greatly Enhanced Sensitivity

Aleix Barrera, Emile Fourneau, Natanael Bort-Soldevila, Jaume Cunill-Subiranas, Nuria Del-Valle, Nicolas Lejeune, Michal Staňo, Alevtina Smekhova, Narcis Mestres, Lluis Balcells, Carles Navau, Vojtěch Uhlíř, Simon J. Bending, Sergio Valencia, Alejandro V. Silhanek, Anna Palau

ACS Nano 2025, 19, 10, 10461–10475
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c00422

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High Pressure Oxygenation of EuBCO and GdBCO Coated Conductors

Tetiana Prikhna, Aiswarya Kethamkuzhi, Roxana Vlad, Myroslav Karpets, Robert Kluge, Semyon Ponomaryov, Viktor Moshchil, Xavier Obradors, Bernd Büchner, Joffre Gutierrez, Sabine Wurmehl & Teresa Puig

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1-5, Aug. 2025, Art no. 6601505

DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2024.3511544

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Metal Propionate Solutions for High-Throughput Liquid-Assisted Manufacturing of Superconducting REBa2Cu3O7-δ (RE = Y, Gd, Sm, and Yb) Films

Lavinia Saltarelli*, Daniel Sanchez-Rodriguez, Kapil Gupta, Aiswarya Kethamkuzhi, Jordi Farjas, Elies Molins, Ramón Yañez, Susagna Ricart, Xavier Obradors and Teresa Puig*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 40, 54199–54214

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c11685

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