News & Events

Andreas Apeseros from Mesoscopic Systems was one of four finalists for the MaP Award 2025. He gave an impressive presentation at the MaP Graduate Symposium on 19th June 2025, and received a runner up award. Well done Andreas!

The Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems organised the workshop Frontiers in Artificial Spin Ice 2025, in Zurich, Switzerland. This workshop, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, brought together the key players in Artificial Spin Ice and related fields in order to explore recent advances, open questions, and new avenues.

Samuel Treves has successfully defended his thesis with the title "Identifying the Topological Nature of Magnetic Configurations in NdMn₂Ge₂." Congratulations Sam!

On 24^th January 2025, Anne Flechsig was awarded the prestigious SVMT Prize for her outstanding master's thesis on "Spatial Patterning of Structural and Transport Properties of Tungsten Thin Films".

The IEEE Magnetics Society Swiss Chapter, currently chaired by Aleš Hrabec, was created in 2024. Our Chapter's mission is to unite and strengthen magnetism-related activities across Switzerland, and to foster collaboration between academia and industry. We aim to promote advancements in magnetic technologies as well as the exchange of knowledge between the Chapter members.

Members of Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems successfully ran a block course on the fabrication and characterisation of magnetic films.

Aleksandra Pac has successfully defended her thesis with the title "Artificial Spin Systems: Magnetic frustration of out-of-plane Archimedean lattices and towards control of the magnetic state with spin-orbit torques". Congratulations Aleks!

In a recent publication, we describe the development of a pioneering X-ray technique to probe the 3D orientation of a material’s building blocks at the nanoscale. The technique allows the visualization of crystal grains, grain boundaries and defects - critical factors that govern material performance.

In this publication, we explore the progress in research on three-dimensional artificial spin ice, emphasizing the primary methods for fabricating and characterizing these structures. Additionally, we highlight emerging frontiers in the field, including advancements in creating 3D model systems and promising applications in areas like sensing and computing.