Research topics

• Quantum magnetic phenomena in complex transition oxides

• Interplay of magnetism and superconductivity in novel superconductors

• Molecular magnetism

• Li-ion batteries

Research methods

• ESR
• Thermodynamics
• NMR

In a coherent experimental effort that combines thermodynamic methods  (magnetization, specific heat and thermal expansion), high field electron spin resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies we investigate magnetic and electronic properties of materials with strong electronic correlations. These are complex transition metal oxides, iron pnictides and other related compounds where quantum entanglement of spins, orbitals and charges gives rise to novel quantum ground states and exotic spin excitations. Our main goal is to obtain fundamental insights into the properties of emerging unconventional spin phases in low-dimensional and frustrated quantum magnets, to examine their low-energy spin dynamics as well as to explore the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in unconventional high-temperature superconductors.