About us

HRZZ IP-2018-01-2730 – Collective Dynamics in Magnetoelectrics

We are the enthusiastic team of the ColDynaMo project which is funded by the Croatian Science Foundation.

Multiferroics and magnetoelectric systems are novel materials in solid state science with direct application in the high-tech industry. At the Institute of Physics in Zagreb, we are uniquely positioned to research this broad and exciting class of materials. The synergy of this project with the new possibilities within KaCIF and CALT will result in new fundamental understanding about magnetoelectric coupling ruling a selection of exotic new multiferroics. We also provide a platform for doctoral and postdoc students joining us in research to develop their careers.

Specifically, we focus on three groups of multiferroic materials: frustrated incommensurate antiferromagnets, multi-domain magnets with electric polarization as well as chemically-controlled hexaferrites. The aim is to systematically describe their collective excitations in the spin and charge sector using dc, ac magnetic susceptibility and susceptibility anistotropy with the option of applied electric field and pressure as well as specific heat, magnetotransport, and dielectric spectroscopy in magnetic field.

Team leader

Tomislav Ivek
tivek@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8808, +385 1 469 8913
Office: +385 1 469 8882

Collaborators

Mirta Herak
mirta@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8832, +385 1 469 8833
Office: +385 1 469 8848
Nikolina Novosel
nnovosel@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8831, +385 1 469 8920
Office: +385 1 469 8883
Damir Dominko
ddominko@ifs.hr
Office: +385 1 469 8821
Matija Čulo
mculo@ifs.hr
Temporarily at postdoc in Nijmegen

Postdoc

We want you
wewantyou@nosuchaddress.nwhr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8913
Office: +385 1 469 8846

PhD students

Željko Rapljenović
zrapljenovic@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8913
Office: +385 1 469 8846
Martina Dragičević
mdragicevic@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8808
Office: +385 1 469 8846
Virna Kisiček
vkisicek@ifs.hr
Lab.: +385 1 469 8821
Office: +385 1 469 8821

Past member

David Rivas Góngora