Obiettivo Electronic states that could propagate long distances without power dissipation and with spin coherence (i.e. without losing information about their spin state) would be desirable for the design of energy efficient electronic devices and to make reality theoretical proposals of quantum computation devices. Topological insulators are recently discovered materials that may potentially offer these foreseeable properties. These materials are insulating in bulk, but present metallic edge states that are naturally preserved from backscattering by time reversal symmetry. In other words, the propagation direction and the spin state are correlated in these systems, so in order to be scattered, electrons must flip their spin (break time reversal symmetry). Experimental results already indicate the existence of such states but still a huge experimental effort is necessary to reach the necessary understanding and the technical skills to take advantage of the predicted surprising properties of these materials. Specially promising are the expected consequences of the application of a local magnetic field to these topologically protected states. Between other consequences, this would allow the confinement and manipulation of these states and would be therefore a first step towards the fabrication of theoretically proposed devices based in the special properties of these materials. We propose here a comprehensive study of the effect of magnetic field in different topological systems (HgTe quantum wells and the so called 3D topological insulators) by means of state of the art nanofabrication and characterization techniques, including an innovative combination of scanning probe microscopies and electronic transport measurements. Our aim is to provide a complete (local and non-local) picture of the electronic transport and electronic structure characteristics of these materials as well as to provide means to manipulate and confine their exotic topological states. Campo scientifico natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopy Programma(i) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Invito a presentare proposte FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinatore ASOCIACION CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA EN NANOCIENCIAS CIC NANOGUNE Contributo UE € 222 920,00 Indirizzo TOLOSA HIRIBIDEA 76 20018 San Sebastian Spagna Mostra sulla mappa Regione Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Miguel Odriozola (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Partecipazione conclusa Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo KAISERSWERTHER STRASSE 16-18 14195 Berlin Mostra sulla mappa Regione Berlin Berlin Berlin Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Tanja Binder (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato