Laura’s Retirement Party
Group pictures taken on March 10, 2023, after the small farewell party we threw for Laura Ramos, our secretary for many years. We will miss you, Laura!
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Superconducting Particle and Entropy Transport in Ultracold Atomic Gases
When: Thursday, 24 November, (2022),12:00 Place: Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Module 5, Seminar Room (5th floor) Speaker: Jeffrey Mohan, ETH Zurich, Institute for Quantum Electronics Over the last two...
Joint EU/Canada Project MIRAQLS Coordinated by IFIMAC Researchers Starts
The European Union and Canada just announced support for three jointly funded projects in quantum research and innovation: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/joint-eucanada-quantum-research-projects. We are happy to announce that one of those three projects is MIRAQLS on Mid-Infrared Quantum...
Spinning the Current Around: a single magnetic impurity can reverse the current flow
Interference requires coherence, which is usually hard to come by in condensed matter environments. However, sometimes even short coherence times are sufficient to reveal most peculiar phenomena such as making it look like a...
Bachelor’s Degree Final Projects 2022/2023
Bachelor’s Degree Final Project Offers for 2022/2023 at the Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Department. [More information]
Signatures of Interactions in the Andreev Spectrum of Nanowire Josephson Junctions
Article published in Physical Review Letters by F. J. Matute-Cañadas, Sunghun Park and Alfredo Levy Yeyati, members of the Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Department and IFIMAC researchers. This joint experimental and theoretical work provides...
Blas Cabrera Award 2021 Ceremony
Yesterday, our colleague Prof. F. J. García Vidal, received the “Premio Nacional de Investigación Blas Cabrera 2021” in a Ceremony that took place in Barcelona. The award, the most prestigious research prize at the national...
Three PhD Positions on Theory and Modeling at Nanoscale
The breakdown of classical laws at Nanoscale presents both challenges & opportunities. Join us in unveiling the atomic origins of such exotic phenomena fueling future and emerging technologies. In particular, by relying on advanced...
Francisco José García Vidal, Blas Cabrera National Prize 2021
Francisco José García Vidal, Full Professor at the Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Department of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and IFIMAC member, has been awarded the Blas Cabrera national prize in Physical, materials and earth Sciences, in its 2021 edition....
PhD Position at IFIMAC-UAM on AFM Simulations
A 4-year predoctoral position is available in Rubén Pérez’s group (www.uam.es/spmth) at the Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC) of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) with functionalized tips is able...
Development of Superconducting Spin Qubits
Article: Published in Science. An international team, with the participation of the Department of Theoretical Condensed Metter Physics researchers, demonstrates the viability of a new type of qubit based on the spin of electrons trapped...
