Bernat Bozzo defended his PhD Thesis, entitled “Superconducting joining of melt texture YBCO bulks”, the jury formed by Àlvar Sánchez, Josep López López and Guilherme Sotelo awarded his work with an Excel·lent for a PhD thesis at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Congratulations Bernat!  

Neus Romà defended his PhD Thesis, entitled “Estudio de soluciones precursoras para el crecimiento de capas superconductoras gruesas por el método de deposición de soluciones químicas”, the jury formed by Maria Lourdes Calzada, Jordi Farjas and Monica Lira awarded her work with an Excel·lent Cum Laude which is the maximum qualification for a PhD thesis at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Congratulations Neus!

Rafael Ortega defended his PhD Thesis, entitled “Memorias Resistivas basadas en óxidos complejos”, the jury formed by Juan Antonio Rubio Solá, Juan Bautista Roldán Aranda and Luis Eduardo Hueso Arroyo awarded his work with an Excellent for a PhD thesis at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Congratulations Rafael!    

WORKSHOP on VORTEX PHYSICS OF STRAINED NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS Organizer and Chair: Prof. Teresa Puig 10-11 December 2015 ICMAB-CSIC Agenda Day 1 9:30 Registration 10:00 Laboratories tour 11:30 Coffee break Session I: Vortex physics in PLD nanocomposites Session Chair: Prof. Guy Deutscher, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University. 12:00-12:45 Kaname Matsumoto, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan: “Critical current control in REBCO superconductor by using different kinds of artificial pinning centers” 13:00 Lunch 14:00-14:45 Yutaka Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan: “Jc enhancement in the nanorod-introduced REBCO films on single-crystalline substrates and metal tapes” 14:45-15:30 Satoshi Awaji, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan: “Flux pining state and its effect on Jc and Bi properties under the nanorod-introduced REBCO films” 15:30 Coffee Break Session II: Vortex physics in CSD nanocomposites Session Chair: Prof. Kaname Matsumoto, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 16:00-16:45 Mariona Coll, ICMAB-CSIC: “CSD Growth of nanocomposites” 17:00-17:45 Bernat Mundet, ICMAB-CSIC: “Origin, evolution and interaction of structural defects in nanocomposites grown by CSD” 17:45-18:30 Ferran Vallès, ICMAB-CSIC: Tuning vortex pinning landscape and anisotropy of CSD Nanocomposites 18:30 Closing session 19:30 Aperitive 20:30 dinner Restaurante La Marmita – Hotel Campus Vila Universitària Campus de la UAB 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Taxis will be arranged to go back to Barcelona *All invited talks are of 30 min plus 15 minutes discussion.   Agenda Day 2 Session III: Vortex physics and electronic structure Session Chair: Dr. Anna Palau, ICMAB-CSIC 9:30-10:15 Enrico Silva, Dept. of Engineering, Università Roma Tre: What can we learn from pinning and dissipation of superconducting nanocomposite films with microwaves 10:15-11:00 Guy Deutscher, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University : Lattice strain effects on pair condensation and vortex pinning 11:00-11:30 Coffee break 11:30 General Discussion: Session Chair: Prof. Teresa Puig, ICMAB-CSIC Are the pinning centers of high temperature effective at low temperature? What determines de irreversibility line? What similarities can be gathered between CSD and PLD regarding vortex pinning? Do we have isotropic strain in PLD nanocomposites at low temperature like in CSD? What are the consequences of strain in the electronic density of state? How can we measure the consequences of strain on the DOS or quasiparticles behavior? Can microwave measurements answer some questions regarding the quasiparticles nature in strained regions? 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Discussion and future collaboration initiatives 17:00 Closing of the workshop

The 2nd International Conference Aircraft Cabling will be held from the 1-3 of December 2015 in Hamburg, Germany Xavier Granados will present a contributed invited conference: “Superconducting cables (Towards compact and lightweight electrical machines)”

Affirms Dr. Xavier Granados, scientist at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, talking about the major challenges regardingsuperconducting cables in this interview. http://www.aircraft-cabling.com/

Hi! My name is Candy Fu. I come from Wuhan, China. At this moment , I felt lucky and excited to commence my Ph.D study at ICMAB, a tremendously developed platform.  I’ve joined in the group of Superconducting Materials and Nanostructure at Large Scale under the supervision of Narcis Mestres. I am fond of dancing, running, and travelling.

The 2015 E-MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit will was held in Warsaw University of Technology, from September 15 to 18 2015 Narcis Mestres presented a contributed oral presentation: “Confined Sol-Gel route to epitaxial integration of ferromagnetic nanowires on Silicon” In two different Symposia Simposium O: Alternative semiconductor integration in Si microelectronics: materials, techniques & applications Symposium L: Towards Oxide-Based Electronics: growth and applications of oxide thin films and heterostructures

The 12th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity EUCAS 2015 will be held from the 6th to the 10th of September 2015 Teresa Puig presented a contributed plenary conference: “Nanocomposite Coated Conductors: towards optimal vortex pinning for high field applications”