Electrons in nanomaterials

The electronic behavior in nano-materials gives rise to novel electronic, magnetic and spintronic properties of high applicative potential without counterpart in the corres-ponding three-dimensional solids. 
The VUV-Photoemission beamline at Elettra (Trieste) is an ISM facility that supports experimental activities of CNR, Italian and international research groups in the field of the electronic structure of nano-materials. Synchrotron light is employed to probe with high energy and angular resolution the electronic bands, Fermi surface and core levels over a broad photon energy range. These studies provide the fundamental relations linking the electronic behavior of nano-materials and their macroscopic functional properties. Systems of particular interest are graphene and other two-dimensional materials, as well as films with high exchange and spin-orbit interactions.

Staff: Paolo Moras, Polina Sheverdyaeva