• Perovskite oxides with modified B-site for ferromagnetism and A-site for ferroelectricity
• Metal/metal oxide interface study (eg: Co/Co-oxide) for exchange bias systems
• Molecular magnets with different organic length chains to study the relaxation dynamics of magnetic quantum tunneling

Correlated Photonic Materials

• Defect and stoichiometry engineering to obtain conducting, visible light transparent oxides and plasmonic crystals
• Modifying transparent conductors into multiferroics by anion substitution

Superconductivity

• Nb based superconducting materials
• Influence of interfacing superconducting Nb with plasmonic SrNbO3

Photo/electrochemical activities

• Perovskite oxides and oxynitrides for oxygen evolution and reduction reactions
• Relationship between magnetic phases and the electrochemical activities
• Photocatalytic and plasmonic materials

• PhD positions are available
• Various topics for Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis are available. If you are interested in gaining experience in modern techniques and learning the art of the creation of materials for multifunctionality, contact Jasnamol Palakkal (jpalakkal@uni-goettingen.de)