Third Party Funding
The basic funding of the Institute "Quantum Theory of Materials" derives from the Helmholtz programme: P2 - Natural, Artificial, and Cognitive Information Processing of the research field Information and finances our contribution to Topic 1: Quantum Materials and to the Joint Lab Virtual Materials Design.
We thank the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union (EU) for third party funding. Some examples are given in the list below.
| Funding | Programme | Principal Investigator | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Interplay of magnetic and exitonic properties in low-dimensional materials | University-Duisburg-Essen | Lounis | 2023-2025 |
Interplay of magnetodynamical phenomena and emergence of new many-body states in nanoscale structures | BMBF (PGSB) | Shehada Lounis | 2023-2024 |
Ab-initio investigation of altermagnets | SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) | Prakash Rai | 2023-2024 |
ML4Q - Matter and Light for Quantum Computing | DFG-Excellence Cluster Independence Grant DBAA2317 | Rüßmann | 2023-2025 |
ML4Q - Matter and Light for Quantum Computing | DFG-Excellence Cluster DBD02317 | Blügel | 2023-2025 |
ML4Q - Matter and Light for Quantum Computing | DFG-Excellence Cluster DBC02317 | Kosma | 2023-2025 |
MAterials design at the eXascale (MAX) | HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2021-COE-01-01 DE002223 DEI02223 | Wortmann | 2022-2026 |
Current-driven magnetic resistance in van der Waals spin orbital torque spin-filter magnetic tunnel junctions | Lishu Zhang | 2022-2024 | |
iAFMskyrmions - Intrinsic antiferromagnetic skyrmions from first-principles: stabilization, interaction with defects and efficient detection | DFG LO 1659/8-1 | Lounis | 2022-2025 |
Project Study of Helmholz Initiative for Research Software Engineering (HiRSE_PS) | HGF Innovationspool | Blügel | 2022-2024 |
Role of non-local Coulomb interaction for magnetic properties of 2D materials | BMBF (PGSB) | Beida Blügel | 2022-2024 |
Tight-binding Hamiltonian parameterzations using artificial intelligence | FZJ-NST Collaboration | Hyun-Jung Kim | 2022 |
Magnetochirale Transporteffekte von Skyrmionen | DFG-SPP-2137 | Mokrousov | 2021-2024 |
Ab-Initio Entdeckung topologischer magnetischer Hochtemperaturmaterialien | DFG | Mokrousov | 2021-2024 |
Investigation of topological magnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructure | BMBF (PGSB) | Abuawwad Lounis | 2021-2024 |
Skyrmions in two-dimensional heterostructures and the emergence of high-order chiral interactions | CSC (China Scholarship Council) | Zhou Lounis | 2021-2023 |
Interface stabilized Skyrmions in oxide structures for spintronics | DFG-SPP-2137 DD000518 | Blügel Lezaic | 2021-2024 |
| Building blocks for quantum computing | Bavarian government DBE01905 | Blügel | 2021-2023 |
Construction of 2D van der Waals magnetism on the nanoscale | DFG DD000483 | Lounis | 2021-2023 |
Investigation of intrinsic antiferromagnetic skyrmions | BMBF (PGSB) | Aldarawsheh Lounis | 2021-2024 |
Helmholtz School for Data Science in Life, Earth and Energy | HIDSS-0004 | Blügel | 2019-2025 |
The role of strain and interlayer interaction in the layered higher-order topological insulators: Multi-scale numerical simulations | Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung | Hyun-Jung Kim | 2020-2022 |
AIDAS2- Joint virtual Laboratory for AI, Data Analytics and Scalable Simulation | FZJ-CEA | Blügel | 2020-2024 |
Static and dynamic coupling of lattice and electronic degrees of freedom in magnetically ordered transition metal dichalcogenides | DFG CRC/TRR 288 | Mokrousov | 2020-2024 |
COMRAD - Cold Opto-Magnetism for Random Access Devices | Marie Curie Project DE001281 | Mokrousov | 2020-2024 |
Spin+Optics: Theoretical design of antiferromagnetic optospintronics | DFG CRC/TRR 173 | Mokrousov | 2020-2023 |
3D MAGiC - Three-dimensional magnetization textures: Discovery and control on the nanoscale | Horizon 2020 ERC-2019-SyG | Blügel Dunin-Borkowski | 2020-2026 |
SOgraphMEM - Spin interaction in functionalized graphene for resistive-magnetic memory | DFG | Blügel | 2020-2022 |
OptoSPIN : Optical Control of Nanoscale Spin Textures | Leibniz Collaborative Excellence | Blügel Mokrousov | 2020-2022 |
TOPOMANN - Exploring topological magnetization textures for artificial neural networks | HGF-RSF Joint Research | Blügel Kiselev | 2020-2022 |
ML4Q - Matter and Light for Quantum Computing | DFG-Excellence Cluster DBA01739 | Blügel | 2019-2022 |
Theory & modeling of valence change-based resistive switching | DFG-SFB-917 Nanoswitches | Blügel Lezaic | 2019-2023 |
Ab-initio investigation of the interplay between the hyperfine interaction and complex magnetism at the nanoscale | BMBF (PGSB) | Shehada Lounis | 2018-2022 |
Magneto-Chiral Transport Effects of Skyrmions | DFG DD000388 | Mokrousov | 2019-2020 |
MAterials design at the eXascale (MAX) | H2020-INFRAEDI-2018 DE001165 | Wortmann Blügel | 2018-2021 |
New single photon sources by engineering monolayer-thick semiconductors on the atomic scale | Volkswagen Stiftung DB001668 | Blügel | 2018-2021 |
Interface stabilized Skyrmions in oxide structures for spintronics | DFG-SPP-2137 | Lezaic Blügel | 2018-2021 |
Hybrid three-dimensional solitons for applications | DFG DD000378 | Kiselev | 2018-2021 |
Model design of metal seated valve | DFG DD000342 | Persson | 2018 - 2019 |
Sandwich molecule nanowires: syntheis at surfaces, structure and magnetism | DFG DD000345 | Atodiresei Michely | 2018-2020 |
Antiferromagnets for spinorbitronics from ab-initio theory | DFG DD000330 | Mokrousov | 2017-2020 |
Structure inversion-asymmetric matter and spin-orbit phenomena from ab-initio | DFG-SFB-1238 - Control and Dynamics of Quantum Materials Uni Cologne | Atodiresei Blügel | 2024-2028 |
ABC Quantum Network | Impuls- und Vernetzungsfonds Helmholtz-Exzellenznetwerk | DiVincenzo Blügel | 2016-2017 |
Sabbatical year funded by the | Prof. Dr. A. Ziane | Lounis | October 2015-September 2016 |
Phd fellowship of one year funded by the | O. Messaoudi | Lounis | September 2016-August 2017 |
Phd fellowship of one year funded by the | H. Kouarta | Lounis | October 2016-September 2017 |
Modeling and simulations of physical properties of nanomaterials | AGYA-Tandem DB001471 | Lounis | 2016 |
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects | DFG SPP-1666 MA 4637/3-2 DD000314 | Mavropoulos | 2016-2019 |
Dynamical magnetic excitations with spin-orbit interaction in realistic nanostructures —Dynasore | European Research Council Grant | Lounis | 2016-2021 |
First-principles studies of electronic and transport properties of one-dimensional edge states of nano-structured topological insulators | DFG SPP-1666 / Bl 823/2-2 | Bihlmayer | 2015-2019 |
Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis (NFFA-EUROPE) | H2020-INFRAIA-2014/2015 | Blügel | 2015-2019 |
Fluid dynamics at the interface of elastic solids | DFG DD000284 | Persson | 2015-2018 |
MAterials design at the eXascale (MAX) | H2020-EINFRA-2014/2015-1 | Wortmann | 2015-2018 |
Magnetic Skyrmions for Future Nanospintronic Devices (MAGicSky) | H2020-FETOPEN-2014/2015 | Mokrousov Blügel | 2015-2018 |
Theory & modeling of valence change based resistive switching | DFG-SFB-917 Nanoswitches | Blügel Lezaic | 2015-2018 |
Extension of the GW approximation by the functional renormalisation group (fRG) | DFG-RTG-1995 Graduiertenkolleg "Quantum Many-Body Methods in Condensed Matter Systems" RWTH Aachen | Blügel Honercamp | 2014-2019 |
Quantum many-body methods in condensed matter systems | Graduiertenkolleg der RWTH Aachen RTG 1995 | Helbig | 2014-2019 |
Theory of quantum spin-fluctuations in nano-magnets | Helmholtz Postdoc Programme DB003000 | Azpiroz | 2015-2018 |
Computational Design of Spin Caloric Nanostructures | DFG-SPP-1538 Spincalorics DD000251 | Mavropoulos | 2014-2017 |
Topological transverse spin, charge and heat transport driven by temperature gradients in transition-metal compounds from first principles | DFG-SPP-1538 Spincalorics | Mokrousov | 2014-2016 |
Instationaeres Reibungs- und Leckageverhalten von translatorischen Hydraulikdichtungen | DFG Rheinhard Kosselleck Projekt | Murrenhoff Lorenz Persson | 2014-2019 |
Dynamical spin-excitation in magnetic thin films and surfaces | Brazilian CAPES | Lounis | 2014-2018 |
Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchung atomare Defekte in metallischen Nanostrukturen | DFG Individual Grant DD000246 | Lounis | 2014-2017 |
Optically controlled spin logic | Volkswagen Stiftung DB001290 | Atodiresei Bürgler Müller Karthäuser | 2014-2017 |
Theoretical investigation of spin dynamics and spin currents in nanostructures | Brazilian CAPES + Alexander von Humboldt foundation | Guimarães | 2014-2017 |
Ab initio description of double and charge transfer excitations: from solvable models to complex systems | DFG Emmy Noether Group | Helbig | 2014-2015 |
Topological solitons in chiral magnetism | Seed funds JARA-FIT | Melcher Mokrousov Blügel | 2014-2015 |
Hybrid parallelism for the Jülich DFT code FLEUR | Seed funds JARA-HPC | Wortmann Blügel Müller | 2014-2015 |
Virtual Institute for Topological Insulators (VITI) | Helmholtz Virtual Institute DBB01126 | Bihlmayer Blügel Mavropoulos Mokrousov | 2013-2017 |
Spin scattering of topologically protected electrons at defects | DFG SPP-1666 Topological Insulators | Mavropoulos Blügel | 2013-2016 |
First-principles studies of electronic and transport properties of one-dimensional edge states of nanostructured topological insulators | DFG SPP-1666 Topological Insulators | Bihlmayer Mokrousov Wortmann | 2013-2016 |
Describing electronic properties of solids by EXX and RPA | Helmholtz Postdoc Programme | Betzinger | 2013-2016 |
Gallium Iron Room Temperature Magnetoelectric Oxides | DFG | Lezaic | 2013-2015 |
Topological insulators investigated by material specific ab initio theory | Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung | Aguilera | 2012-2014 |
Project-based Personnel Exchange Programme with India | DAAD | Lezaic | 2012-2014 |
Graphene-Ferroelectric Interface for Electronicand Spintronic Technologies | Marie Curie Intra-European FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF | Zanolli | 2012-2014 |
| Magnetism in structurally asymmetric nanowires of 3d-5d transition-metals | DAAD/DST Project-based Personal Exchange Programme with India (PPP-India) | Blügel Mokrousov | 2011-2014 |
Computational design of spin-caloric nanostructures | DFG SPP-1538 Spincalorics | Mavropoulos Wortmann Blügel | 2011-2014 |
Topological spin, charge and heat transport driven by temperature gradients in transition-metal compounds | DFG SPP-1538 Spincalorics | Mokrousov | 2011-2014 |
| Local confinement of switching filaments in transition metal oxides in electrical, chemical, and mechanical gradients | SFB917 RWTH-Aachen DB001245 | Bihlmayer | 2011-2015 |
| Correlation between the atomic structure and electronic states in resistively switching oxides | SFB917 RWTH-Aachen DB001246 | Lezaic | 2011-2015 |
Coherence and relaxation properties of electron spins | DFG DD000147 | Blügel | 2011-2012 |
Spin-relaxation and spin coherence in nonmagnetic metallic ultrathin films and nanowires | DFG DD000126 | Mokrousov | 2010-2013 |
Ab initio description of double and charge transfer excitations: from solvable models to complex systems | DFG Emmy Noether Group | Helbig | 2011-2017 |
Theory of Switching and Imaging Molecular Magnets on Surfaces | CNR-NANO S3 National Research Center (Modena, Italy) | Atodiresei | 2011-2013 |
Neue Absorbermaterialien für Dünnschichten mit Nanopartikeln aus unbegrenzt verfügbaren Materialien - NADNuM | NADNuM BMBF (FKZ:03SF0402A) DBC00945 | Bihlmayer | 2010-2013 |
Förderung der Nachwuchsgruppe VH-NG-717 "Functional Nanoscale Structure Probe and Simulation Laboratory" | DB000897 | Lounis | 2011-2015 |
Leak-rate of seals | 3 Monate Gastaufenthalt Prof. Volokitin | Persson | 2010 |
| IFOX: Interfacing Oxides | EU Exzellenz Netzwerk | Blügel | 2010-2013 |
Quantum transport at the molecular scale | DFG-SPP 1243 | Karthäuser | 2010-2012 |
| Dynamical Mean-Field Approach with Predictive Power for Strongly Correlated Materials Massively parallel simulations of strong electronic correlations: Realistic Coulomb vertex and multiplet effects | DFG-Forschergruppe 1346 | Pavarini Koch | 2010-2012 |
Spin-relaxation and spin coherence in nonmagnetic metallic ultrathin films and nanowires | DFG Research Grant | Mokrousov | 2010-2012 |
| Describing the spin-polarized transport in molecular junctions by at-initio calculations | DFG | Wortmann | 2009-2010 |
| Computational design and evaluation of spintronics materials | DFG | Wortmann | 2009-2012 |
Helmholtz-Universität Nachwuchsgruppe | Mokrousov | 2009-2014 | |
Helmholtz-Universität Nachwuchsgruppe | Lezaic | 2008-2013 | |
| Femtosecond opto-magnetism and novel approaches to ultrafast magnetism at the nanoscale (FANTOMAS) | EU Initial Training Netzwerk | Blügel | 2008-2012 |
An Integrated Framework for Engineering Bio-Mimetic Adhesive Interface | DFG - FANAS Eurocores | Persson | 2008-2011 |
| Coherence and relaxation properties of electron spins Coherent few-electron spin states in carbon nanoribbons from ab initio | DFG-Forschergruppe 912 | Indlekofer Blügel | 2008-2014 |
Calculation of a spin-dependent transport across a ferroelectric junction | Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung | Lazic | 2008-2009 |
Development of first-principles electronic structure code based on real-space PAW method and its applications to quantum transport of molecular devices | Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung | Ono | 2007-2008 |
| Homochiral Magnetic Structures in Deposited Clusters | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1153 | Blügel | 2007-2009 |
| Structural and electron transport investigations of functionalized carboxylic acids on Cu(110)-surfaces: experimental and ab initio studies. | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1243 | Karthäuser | 2006-2012 |
| Ab-initio Berechnungen des spinabhaengigen Transports durch molekulare Kontakte. | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1243 | Wortmann | 2006- 2010 |
Self-Assembled Nanoscale Magnetic Networks | DFG-ESF-EUROCORES | Bihlmayer Blügel | 2006- 2009 |
Spin-Bahn-Effekte in magnetischen Systemen : Photoelektronen-Spektroskopie und | DFG-Projekt (Gemeinsam mit FU Berlin) | Blügel | 2006- 2009 |
| Quanten-Simulationen von Nanostrukturen und hochentwickelten Materialien (NANOQUANTA) (in Englisch) | EU-Exzellenznetzwerk | Schindlmayr | 2004- 2008 |
Ultraschnelle Magnetisierungsprozesse ( | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1133 | Bringer | 2004- 2006 |
Moderne und universelle first-principles-Methoden für Mehrelektronensysteme in Chemie und Physik ( | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1145 | 2003- 2009 | |
Cluster in Kontakt mit Oberflächen: Elektronenstruktur und Magnetismus ( | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1153 | Blügel Bringer | 2004- 2006 |
Moderne und universelle first-principles-Methoden für Mehrelektronensysteme in Chemie und Physik (in Englisch) | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1145 | Schindlmayr Bihlmayer | 2003- 2009 |
Cluster in Kontakt mit Oberflächen: Elektronenstruktur und Magnetismus (in Englisch) | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1153 | Blügel | 2003- 2005 2007- 2009 |
Spin-dependent transport in Nanostructures | Marie-Curie Fellowship | Enkovaara | 2003- 2004 |
Deutsch-ungarisches WTZ Projekt | Lustfeld | 2003- 2004 | |
| Molekularer Magnetismus | DFG-Schwerpunkt 1137 | Blügel | 2002- 2008 |
| Dynamik in magnetischen Nanostrukturen (in Englisch) | EU-RTN Netzwerk | Liebsch | 2002- 2006 |
| Werkstoffmodellierung - Wege zum computergestützten Materialdesign | BMBF-Kompetenzzentrum | Jones | 2000- 2005 |
| Photonenabsorption und Spektroskopie mit Elektronen in nanoskalierten Materialien (NANOPHASE) (in Englisch) | EU-Netzwerk zur Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs | Schindlmayr | 2000- 2004 |