Dr Szczepan Głodzik, Institute of Physics of the Maria Curie Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin is the co-author of the article titled “Topological superconductivity in a van der Waals heterostructure” published in the December issue of the journal “Nature”. In cooperation with Finnish scientists from the Universities of Aalto and University of Helsinki, Dr Głodzik carried out a project to create a new two-dimensional superconductor, characterized by non-trivial topological properties.
The work combines two breakthroughs: the creation of a heterostructure composed of a two-dimensional ferromagnet and the effective creation of a two-dimensional topological superconductor. As specialists in the field of single-atom precision fabrication of nanostructures and characterization of thin layers of materials, scientists from Aalto University in Finland created two-dimensional magnetic islands of chromium bromide.
Topological materials are currently the subject of enormous interest of leading research centers in the world and commercial companies (e.g. Microsoft, Google).
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