Projects
Major projects are presented through dedicated pages that distinguish original objectives, achieved results and scientific continuity.
Magnetoacoustic and orbitronic programme
DYNAMAG studies domain-wall dynamics in in-plane ferromagnetic thin films and develops routes to control creep, avalanche, depinning and flow regimes through geometry, anisotropic disorder and surface acoustic waves.
Electric control of orbital magnetism and orbitronic functionality in nanoscale devices.
ARTIFAQS studies avalanche regimes and transitions in quasiplanar ferroic systems through nickel thin films, Kerr microscopy, magnetoresistance, acoustic and magnetic noise, and numerical and statistical models. It links dimensionality, finite-size effects and heterogeneity to domain-wall dynamics and provides the scientific foundation for DYNAMAG.
Proof-of-concept project demonstrating surface-acoustic-wave-assisted reduction of the magnetic switching field in materials and device geometries relevant to MRAM.
Spanish research network promoting collaboration in spintronics and energy-efficient devices.
IN2UB ART 2023 project on wrinkled ferromagnetic films on flexible substrates as strain-tunable magnonic crystals. The project produced magnetic films on PDMS, developed biaxial deformation and MOKE microscopy capabilities, and found ferroelastic memory of wrinkle orientation together with orientation-dependent magnonic dispersion.
Hybrid spin-mechanical systems for actuation and detection of mechanical motion.
Microwave absorption in magnetic systems governed by random anisotropy, from model materials to functional composites.
Acoustic excitation of magnetization dynamics and generation of angular-momentum currents in nanoscale magnetic systems.
International collaboration on the interaction between acoustic, magnetic and mechanical excitations in oxide nanostructures.
Foundational project that established the group's modern magnetoacoustic programme, including stroboscopic XPEEM, long-range magnetoacoustic waves and hybrid SAW devices.
Recognised research group
GMAG participates in the recognised research group “Grup de Materials Magnètics Funcionals i Nanostructures” (2021 SGR 00328), funded within the Catalan SGR programme for the period 2022–2026. The group is led by Maria Teresa Castan Vidal and brings together researchers from several areas of condensed-matter physics and materials science at the University of Barcelona.
GMAG members participating in the SGR: Joan Manel Hernàndez Ferràs, Ferran Macià Bros, Antoni García-Santiago, Marius Vasile Costache and Jaume Calvo-de la Rosa.