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Quantum Computer Engineering Centre (QCEC) at Tyndall
Tyndall recently launched a Quantum Computer Engineering Centre (QCEC) to further develop and realise the potential of quantum technologies.
Giorgos Fagas: Publication of Tyndall Position Paper on ‘Ireland’s role in the global semiconductor industry’ (featured in Irish Times, Business Post, Irish Examiner, Silicon Republic). https://www.tyndall.ie/news/tyndall-calls-for-a-chips-strategy-for-ireland//
Outreach
Michael Nolan Interview on Newstalk FutureProof, https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/the-science-of-semiconductors
Giorgos Fagas featured in this January’s Connected Magazine with Business Post article: Quantum tech prepares for its big leap | Business Post
Lynette Keeney volunteered at the Fota Mad Scientist event at Fota Wildlife Park, 15th July 2023.
New Staff
- Aleksey Andreev joined QED Group
- Arifutzzaman Rahat joined QED group
- Aashi Gupta joined QED group
- Vlada Rubika joined AMSG
New Awards
- Lynette Keeney : Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate “Spiral-Top: Designing confined multiferroic topologies to explore relationships between magnetic and polar textures”.
- Emanuele Pelucchi Funding: Award from SFI Frontiers for the Future programme; “Expanding” site-controlled quantum dot technology: photonic cavity toolkit development for quantum integration (Exquis)
- Ray Duffy, Nikolay Petkov and Giorgos Fagas; EPSRC-SFI funding for “Developing a quantum bus for germanium hole-based spin qubits on silicon” with University of Warwick, University of Cambridge and University College London.
- MSCA PostDocFellowship award, “2DMEM” (Supervisor Lida Ansari)
- MSCA PostDocFellowship award, “Phys-2D-Gram” (Supervisor Farzan Gity, Paul Hurley)
- IRC Postdoc, Anurag Pritam, (Supervisor Lynette Keeney) “Room temperature multiferroicity in higher-layered homologues of Aurivillius films for sustainable data storage applications”
- IRC Postdoc, Karl Ronnby, (Supervisor Michael Nolan) “Control of interconnect metal morphology on complex substrates for 3D neuromorphic architectures”October 21st 2022
- IRC PhD Fellowship, Michael Sweetman, (Supervisor Michael Nolan), “ Prediction of Metal Nucleation on 2D Materials”
Featured papers
- Padovani, A., La Torraca, P., Strand, J. et al. Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices. Nat Rev Mater 9, 607–627 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00702-0
- L. Spindlberger, J. Aberl, L. Vukušić, T. Fromherz, J.-M. Hartmann, F. Fournel, S. Prucnal, F. Murphy-Armando, M. Brehm, “Light emission from ion-implanted SiGe quantum dots grown on Si substrates”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 181, 2024, 108616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108616
- E. Pelucchi, G. Fagas, I. Aharonovich, D. Englund, E. Figueroa, Q. Gong, H. Hannes, J. Liu, C.-Y. Lu, N. Matsuda, J.-W. Pan, F. Schreck, F. Sciarrino, C. Silberhorn, J. Wang & K.D. Jöns, “The potential and global outlook of integrated photonics for quantum technologies”, Nature Reviews Physics https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00398-z
- Suman Bhattacharya, Pierre-Andre Cazade, Krishna Hari, Tara Ryan, Lynette Keeney, Charlie O’Mahony, Sarah Guerin, “Harvesting of shear piezoelectricity in a molded multicomponent crystal disc”, Applied Materials Today, Volume 39, 2024, 102344, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102344
- Jean-Pierre Glauber, Julian Lorenz, Ji Liu, Björn Müller, Sebastian Bragulla, Aleksander Kostka, Detlef Rogalla, Michael Wark, Michael Nolan, Corinna Harms and Anjana Devi, “A sustainable CVD approach for ZrN as a potential catalyst for nitrogen reduction reaction”, Dalton Transactions 2024 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT01252F
- Ciara Byrne, Priyanka Ganguly, Maria Barbara Maccioni, Michael Nolan, Daphne Hermosilla, Noemí Merayo, Ángeles Blanco, Steven Hinder, Suresh C. Pillai, “Impact of Au on the transition temperature and photocatalytic activity of TiO2”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115848
- Maksym Myronov, Pedram Jahandar, Simone Rossi, Kevin Sewell, Felipe Murphy-Armando, Fabio Pezzoli; “Efficient In Situ Doping of Strained Germanium Tin Epilayers at Unusually Low Temperature”; Advanced Electronic Materials; https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300811
- A. Lemaire, A. Blake, E.A. Amargianitakis, J. Justice, J. Garnier, K. Cherkaoui, B. Corbett; “Sidewall passivation of AlxGa1−xAs homojunctions with wet chemicals and field-effect passivation by ALD oxides and nitrides; Surfaces and Interfaces ,Volume 52, 2024, 104876, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104876
- Alonso, I., Alpigiani, C., Altschul, B., Pelucchi, E. et al. Cold atoms in space: community workshop summary and proposed road-map. EPJ Quantum Technol. 9, 30 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00147-w
- Jin Li, Michael Nolan, Christophe Detavernier, “A step toward correct interpretation of XPS results in metal oxides: A case study aided by first-principles method in ZnO”, Journal of Chemical Physics 2023, vol. 159, 034702 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0154926; Editor’s Pick