{"id":534,"date":"2019-01-28T22:15:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graphene.ac\/?p=534"},"modified":"2019-02-11T22:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:17:18","slug":"erc-consolidator-grant-on-2d-materials-for-quantum-technologies-for-christoph-stampfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graphene.ac\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/erc-consolidator-grant-on-2d-materials-for-quantum-technologies-for-christoph-stampfer\/","title":{"rendered":"ERC Consolidator Grant on \u201c2D Materials for Quantum Technologies\u201d for Christoph Stampfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the list of new ERC Consolidator Grant holders. For the second time, Prof. Christoph Stampfer founding member of the \u201cAachen Graphene & 2D Materials Center\u201d has been awarded an ERC Grant. After an ERC Starting Grant on \u201cGraphene Quantum Electromechanical Systems\u201d in 2011, he now receives a Consolidator Grant on \u201c2D Materials for Quantum Technologies\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Christoph Stampfer (picture taken by Peter Winandy).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2D4QT \u2013 2D Materials for Quantum Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its discovery,\ngraphene has been indicated as a promising platform for quantum technologies.\nThe number of theoretical proposals dedicated to this vision has grown\nsteadily, exploring a wide range of directions, ranging from spin and valley\nqubits, to topologically-protected states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experimental\nconfirmation of these ideas lagged significantly behind experimentally, mostly\nbecause of material quality problems. The quality of graphene-based devices has\nhowever improved dramatically in the past five years, thanks to the advent of\nthe so-called van der Waals heterostructures \u2013 artificial solids formed by\nmechanically stacking layers of different two dimensional materials, such as\ngraphene, hexagonal boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenides. These\nnew advances open now finally the door to put several of those theoretical\nproposals to test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of this ERC\nproject is to assess experimentally the potential of graphene-based\nheterostructures for quantum technology applications. Specifically, Stampfer’s\nteam seeks to push the development of an advanced technological platform for\nvan der Waals heterostructures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of this project, the researchers will be in a good position to assess whether graphene is the horse worth betting on predicted by theory or whether it still hides surprises in terms of fundamental physics. The technological advancements developed in this project for integrating nanostructured layers into van der Waals heterostructures will reach even beyond this goal, opening the door to new research directions and possible applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release on the website of RWTH Aachen University.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the list of new ERC Consolidator Grant holders. For the second time, Prof. Christoph Stampfer founding member of the \u201cAachen Graphene & 2D Materials Center\u201d has been awarded an ERC Grant. After an ERC Starting Grant on \u201cGraphene Quantum Electromechanical Systems\u201d in 2011, he now receives a Consolidator … <\/p>\n

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