Topics and aims

Magnetism is a property that had been missing from graphene’s impressive list of physical properties – until now. Owing to its unconventional magnetic properties, graphene has been touted as a promising material for spintronics applications. The ambition of the SPRING project is to develop an all-graphene platform, where spins can be used for transporting, storing and processing information. Researchers from different disciplines collaborate to fabricate atomically precise open-shell graphene nanostructures, and manipulate their electron spin and charge, and nuclear spin state.

The SPRING International workshop on spin research in graphene nanostructures (SPRING23) celebrates the achievements of the EU-funded H2020 FET-Open project SPRING. The workshop will feature a lineup of speakers from the SPRING consortium as well as renowned invited speakers who will be discussing a range of topics including magnetism in graphene-based nanostructures, organic synthesis, fabrication and characterization, electron spin detection and manipulation, and computational modeling.

Dates and venue

The workshop will take place during the three whole days September 18-20, 2023 in Donostia-San Sebastian.

Local organizers

• Jose Ignacio Pascual, CIC NanoGUNE, Donostia-San Sebastian (co-chair)
• Thomas Frederiksen, DIPC, Donostia-San Sebastian (co-chair)

Workshop advisory board

• Jose Ignacio Pascual, CIC NanoGUNE, Donostia-San Sebastian (co-chair)
• Thomas Frederiksen, DIPC, Donostia-San Sebastian (co-chair)
• Herre van der Zant, TU Delft
• Leo Gross, IBM Research Europe - Zurich
• Diego Peña, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Arzhang Ardavan, University of Oxford

Sponsors