2024

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.

Andreas Apseros has successfully defended his thesis with the title "X-ray Tomographic Imaging of the Anisotropic Orientation in Non-Cubic Crystals and Antiferromagnets in Three Dimensions". Congratulations Andreas!

Mesoscopic Systems (ETH Zurich/Paul Scherrer Institut) was happy to organise the Spintronics and Magnetism at the Nanoscale session at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society.

Acknowledging the exceptional quality of her work, Lauren Riddiford was awarded third prize by Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GmbH in the Application Image Competition on Advanced Nano & Micro Fabrication 2023-2024.

Claire Donnelly, former PhD Student in Mesoscopic Systems, will receive the 2024 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation, which is Germany's most prestigious award for researchers in the early stages of their careers, and is intended to support further research endeavors for a period of three years.

Naëmi Leo, former Postdoc in Mesoscopic Systems, has been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for her project, LIONESS*, implementing ‘‘a hybrid approach for novel devices to enable fast, precise, and reconfigurable optical control of nano to microscale temperature distributions by light for key applications in magnetic data processing.’’