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Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces (CMEOS)

Chemical and magnetic crystallography for strongly correlated oxides, multiferroics, magnetoelectric materials and surface-related phenomena.

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Crystallography of magnetic and electronic oxides for emerging functional materials

The Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces (CMEOS) group explores, understands and develops strongly correlated materials of interest in fundamental condensed matter research and novel information technologies.

The group applies chemical and magnetic crystallography methods to emergent functional oxides, combining intensive use of large-scale facilities such as neutron and synchrotron sources with symmetry analysis methodologies.

CMEOS investigates the symmetry–properties relationships associated with structural, magnetic and electronic orders in functional oxides, from bulk materials and films to low-dimensional systems and surfaces.

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CMEOS studies how symmetry, structure and magnetic or electronic ordering determine the functional response of complex oxides and surfaces.

Strongly correlated oxides

Understanding emergent behaviour in functional oxides where charge, spin, orbital and lattice degrees of freedom are strongly coupled.

Magnetic crystallography

Determining magnetic structures and spin/orbital distributions using neutron diffraction, synchrotron methods and symmetry analysis.

Multiferroics and magnetoelectrics

Exploring materials where magnetic and electric order parameters are strongly coupled and can be manipulated by external fields.

Low-dimensional surfaces

Studying ordering phenomena in low-dimensional systems using surface diffraction and surface characterization methods.

Materials, methods and scientific approach

CMEOS connects advanced crystallography with the physics and chemistry of functional oxides. The group combines structural determination, magnetic symmetry analysis and surface-sensitive methods to understand how functional responses emerge from ordered states.

Its research supports fundamental condensed matter science and the development of new magnetic, electronic and energy-related oxide materials.

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Large-scale facilities

Intensive use of neutron and synchrotron sources for advanced diffraction and scattering experiments.

Symmetry analysis

Crystallographic and magnetic symmetry methods to relate ordered structures with physical properties.

Functional oxides

Magnetic, multiferroic, magnetoelectric and cobalt oxide materials with giant or coupled responses.

Surface characterization

Surface diffraction synchrotron techniques and methods for studying ordering phenomena in low-dimensional systems.

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Permanent scientific researchers associated with the CMEOS research group.

Javier Herrero Martín

Alba Scientist (associated)

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CMEOS contributes to ICMAB’s research in magnetic materials, functional oxides, crystallography and advanced materials characterization.

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Crystallography of Magnetic and Electronic Oxides and Surfaces

Chemical and magnetic crystallography, strongly correlated oxides, multiferroics, magnetoelectric materials, neutron and synchrotron diffraction, and surface-related phenomena.