In the group (at Inorganic Chemistry Section, School of Chemistry, Laboratory 256) we are interested in the nanostructuration of nanomagnets, for various applications from molecular spintronics to quantum computing or sensing.
We have two main areas of research: synthesis of new 2D metal-organic materials and surface deposition of nanomagnets. Devices must become greener, faster and smaller and molecular nanoscience will play a key role in the development of these devices of the future now.
For synthesis, we use microwave assisted synthesis and mechanochemistry. We are concerned with the environment, and we always explore synthetic methods that can be considered green due to the low energy consumption and a minimal waste generation.
The main goal of our research is to be able to integrate functional nanomagnets or 2D materials into faster, smaller and greener devices. For this, surface deposition and the organization of the molecular materials on a surface is necessary. 2D materials offer a unique platform where ordered 2-dimensional arrays of the molecular species are already attained and efforts are devoted to the exfoliation, transfer to a surface and formation of heterostructures. On the other hand, for molecular nanomagnets we explore wet methods of deposition on relevant surfaces. A key factor is to understand the molecule-surface interactions and to characterize the magnetic properties of molecules or 2D metal-organic materials on surfaces. This is done by XMCD, XPS/HAXPES and HF EPR.