Cutting-edge electronics research receives £1.75m boost from EPSRC

Cutting-edge electronics research in the UK has received a huge boost, thanks to grants for the University of Warwick - totalling almost £1.75 million - from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Marin Alexe in the Department of Physics has been awarded grants for two research projects in the field of ferroelectricity - which may lead to breakthroughs in nanotechnology, and memory storage in everyday devices. One project, 'Ferrotoroidic structures: polar flux-closure, vortices and skyrmions' , will develop a fundamental, new understanding of ferroelectrics systems - materials which are used in smart phones and TVs, watches, games consoles, and computers. The aim is to obtain and analyse the fundamental structural and functional properties of polar ferrotoroidic oxides based on the perovskite structure. The knowledge acquired from this project could be used to develop the next generation of memory devices and cognitive computing - revolutionising the fields of data processing and secure communications. Professor Alexe is the Principal Investigator on this project, with Dr Ana Sanchez as Co-Investigator. The EPSRC award for this project is is £998k.