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Materials Theory
Welcome to the website of Materials Theory, part of the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich, led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Spaldin. Since November 1, 2011 we are part of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) and are located at the following address:
ETH Zurich
Materials Theory (D-MATL)
HIT G 43.3 - 41.5
Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27
CH-8093 Zurich
Research Profile
Research in the Materials Theory group uses a
combination of first-principles and phenomenological theoretical
techniques to study the fundamental physics of novel
materials that have potential technological importance. Projects
combine development of new theoretical methods, application of the
methods to existing materials, design of new materials with specific
functionalities and subsequent synthesis of the "designer materials".
Specific materials classes of interest are:
- Transition-metal-oxides with "strong correlations", in which the behavior of each electron explicitly influences that of the others.
- Contra-indicated multifunctional materials, which combine multiple, technologically desirable functionalities that tend not to co-exist.
- Multiferroics, which are simultaneously ferromagnetic, ferroelectric and ferroelastic and/or ferrotoroidic.
- Materials with multiple coupled or competing instabilities, which in turn show strong responses to electric or magnetic fields or strain.
Competences / Infrastructure
- Calculation of structure and properties of functional materials
- First-principles design of new materials with specific functionalities
- Oxide single-crystal growth
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