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Dr. Ignasi Fina
Affiliation: 1.36, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SPAIN Telephone: +34-678-037993 (personal) e-mail: [email protected]
web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/ifinawebsite
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4182-6194 Research ID: G-2210-2011
Citizenship: Spanish Marital status: married Children: 1 Date of birth: June 12th, 1982
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona –CSIC Project leader 2017 – now
Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona –CSIC Postdoctoral Fellow 2016 – 2017
ICN2 - Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia Postdoctoral Fellow 2015 – 2016
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Postdoctoral Fellow 2013 – 2015
University of Warwick Postdoctoral Fellow 2014 – 2015
Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona –CSIC (UB) Postdoctoral Position 2012
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona –CSIC (UB), 2012 Phd thesis advisors: Prof. J. Fontcuberta and Dra. L. Fàbregas Cum Laude honors. B.S. Physics & M.S. Engineering Physics Universitat de Barcelona, 2006
EXPERTISE
Teaching activities as PhD and Master thesis supervisor; seminars at Universitat de Barcelona and others.
Preparation of experimental set-ups for physical properties characterization.
Macro- and nano-scopic characterization of ferroelectric, dielectric, transport, magnetic and magnetotransport properties.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Granted with 240.500€ for 5 different projects, and with approx. 250.000€ through competitive fellowships.
>900 citations (more than 200 in 2016); h-factor of 17 over a period of near 8 years (T.Reuters); almost 50 publications in Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials and Physical Review Letters, among other.
Realization of a precompetitive devices based on ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic materials.
First to observe 90o-rotation of ferroelectric polarization by magnetic field in thin film form and two different stable resistive states of an antiferromagnetic metal at room temperature.
First Young Researcher Prize of RSEF (Spanish Physics Society).
REFERENCES
Prof. Josep Fontcuberta Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, [email protected]
Prof. Marin Alexe Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, [email protected]
Prof. Jordi Sort ICREA, [email protected], [email protected]
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Curriculum Vitae
Ignasi Fina
Name: Ignasi Fina Martínez ID: 43698806W
Date of birth: 12th June 1982 Sex: Male
Office: 1.36, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC),
Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
08193 Bellaterra, SPAIN
Telephone: +34-678-037993
e-mail: [email protected]
Dissemination: Google+, Twitter, Youtube
Blogger: MasScience
home-page: https://sites.google.com/site/ifinawebsite
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/I_Fina
Scopus: 26431302800 ResearchID: G-2210-2011 Orcid: 0000-0003-4182-6194
Citizenship: Spanish Marital status: married Children: 1
Brief overview of my scientific career
Starting from the very beginning, and focusing on my achievements as an experimental scientist, during
my PhD I carried out extensive work designing and developing, in a very independent way, several
experimental installations for transport, magneto-transport, dielectric, and ferroelectric characterization.
Now, this equipment is included in the list of facilities available at the NFFA (Nanoscience Foundries and
Fine Analysis) grouping infrastructures available for industrial or academic research in nanoscience. This
intense experimental work carried out at early stages of my career has given me independence for the
development of my career and the training required to succeed in the implementation of any materials
science related project. As PhD candidate, I developed my expertise on functional characterization of
multiferroic systems [1,2]. During my first postdoc position I developed a project on new functionalities
and phenomena in multiferroic materials. During my second postdoc. at the Max Planck Institute in Halle
(Germany) and after at the University of Warwick (UK), I focused on the spintronic functionalities present
in multiferroic systems and antiferromagnetic materials. The success of these projects is reflected in the
high impact of the journals where this work was reported, only highlight references 3 and 4 published in
Advanced Materials and Nature Communications, respectively. During these two years, I also diversified
my expertise working on: growth of materials (metals, semiconductors, insulators and ferroelectrics),
lithography techniques (e-beam and UV), photoelectric phenomena, magnetic nanocharacterization, etc.
and I mentored three doctoral students. I realized my third postdoc at Catalan Institute of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology. The aim of this third postdoc stage was the realization of a precompetitive device
based on ferroelectric materials.
Currently, I occupy a position of researcher at the ICMAB-CSIC focusing my work on two lines of research.
The first one, on the electrical control of magnetic order in antiferromagnets in order to be able to develop
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energy efficient antiferromagnetic based devices [5], and the second one, on the use of
photoferroelectrics for sun energy harvesting applications [6]. The first research line has a high degree of
internationalization with collaborations with labs in USA and around Europe and merges two of my
previous research lines: magnetoelectric coupling and antiferromagnetic spintronics; the second, more at
early stages, tries to take advantage of my broad background on ferroelectrics. I sketched my evolution in
the bottom figure. Energy saving and production are two of the most important challenges in the
nowadays society. Therefore, new materials for energy efficient electronic devices and energy harvesting
devices with improved characteristics and novel functionalities are demanded by society and therefore by
industry, and both antiferromagnets and photoferroelectrics are potential candidates to meet that
demand.
I have presented my work in a large number of international conferences, including lectures and invited
talks. Part of my work has also been disseminated in media (TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines).
Moreover, I have coordinated the organization of a congress and I have been part of the organization of
another. I have also worked with industry (IGSresearch and the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) in
different project leaded by myself. I was also co-founder of IGSjump, SMU founded with the aim of building
bridges between academia and industry. I supervised PhD and Master thesis, and also mentored several
students. I am also devoted to science dissemination, being involved in projects such as ESCOLAB and
NANOEDUCA, where young students are introduced to science. I have also been awarded with the First
Young Researcher Prize of the XXXVI Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Physics Society for my excellent
trajectory.
1. I. Fina et al. The direct magnetoelectric effect in ferroelectric–ferromagnetic epitaxial heterostructures. Nanoscale 5, 8037-8044 (2013). 2. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Chiral Domains in cycloidal multiferroic thin films: switching and memory effects. Physical Review Letters 107, 257601 (2011). 3. J. H. Lee, I. Fina, et al. Spintronic Functionality of BiFeO3 Domain Walls. Advanced Materials, 26, 7078 (2014). 4. I. Fina et al., Anisotropic magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic semiconductor. Nature Communications 5, 4671 (2014) 5. I. Fina, et al., Electric-Field Adjustable Time-Dependent Magnetoelectric Response in Martensitic FeRh Alloy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 15577 (2017). 6. F. Liu, I. Fina, et al., Selecting Steady and Transient Photocurrent Response in BaTiO3 Films. Advanced Electronic Materials 1, 1500171 (2016).
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Present professional situation
Project leader
Period: 16th February 2017 – Now
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
Administrative situation: Government employee
Commitment: Full-time
Tasks: I lead #ESRAM (Energy Saving Robust Antiferromagnetic Memory) project, which is focused on
the investigation of the energy efficient electric control of antiferromagnetic order. Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/esram-project/main.
Associate Professor
Period: 1st September 2017 – Now
Place: Universitat de Barcelona
Administrative situation: Government employee
Commitment: Part-time
Tasks: Teaching of several experimental courses of Physics Degree at Bachelor level.
Professional Research Appointments
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Juan de la Cierva)
Period: March 2016 – February 2017
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
Tasks: During my Juan de la Cierva Fellow, I mainly focus my research on photovoltaic and resistive
switching effects in ferroelectric materials.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Beatriu de Pinós B)
Period: March 2015 – March 2016
Place: Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2). Barcelona, Spain.
Tasks: During my position at ICN2, I developed a precompetitve device based on ferroelectric
materials for car weight sensing. A demonstration set of this device is now installed, and working:
http://www.igsresearch.com/devel/piezo/ .
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Beatriu de Pinós)
Period: March 2014 – March 2015
Place: University of Warwick, Department of Physics. Warwick, United Kingdom.
Tasks: During my stage in UK, I focused on spintronic functionalites in multiferroic systems.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Beatriu de Pinós)
Period: March 2013 – March 2015
Place: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. Halle (Saale), Germany.
Tasks: During my postDoc positions at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics(Germany),
under the supervision of Prof. Marin Alexe and el Prof. Dietrich Hesse, I mainly worked on the
characterisation of antiferromagnetic materials for being used in spintronic based devices.
Postdoctoral position (temporary contract)
Period: May 2012 - March 2013
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Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). Barcelona, Spain.
Tasks: I developed my first postDoc with Prof. Fontcuberta exploring the dynamics of a particular class
of multiferroic materials: cycloidal antiferromagnets. Also I started my interest on the
characterisation of multiferroic and ferroelectric films on silicon.
PhD position (temporary contract)
Period: November 2007 - May 2012
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). Barcelona, Spain.
Tasks: Under the supervision of Dra. Lourdes Fábrega and el Prof. Josep Fontcuberta, I acquired my
background on ferroelectric characterization of multiferroic materials in thin film form.
Other Appointments
CEO and cofounder of IGS JUMP: company focused on the development of non-academic ideas for their
industrial applicability
Period: March 2014 – March 2015
Research consulter at IGSresearch: company focused on manufacturing devices for the development of
the smart city concept and others
Period: January 2013 – March 2015
After school teaching at Academia Gauss: focused on after school science teaching at high school level
Period: October 2005 – September 2007
Place: Castelldefels, Spain
Consultor júnior SAP at T-Systems Iberia: Junior SAP programer
Period: 2007
Place: Martorell, Barcelona
Academic education
Ph. D. in Physics
Period: November 2007 - May 2012
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
Supervisors: Lourdes Fábrega and Josep Fontcuberta
University: University of Barcelona
Thesis entitled: Ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric coupling in magnetic ferroelectrics and artificial
multiferroic heterostructures
Qualification: Cum Laude
Master Degree: Engineering Physics
Period: September 2006 – September 2007
University: University of Barcelona
Master Thesis entitled: Dielectric and ferroelectric characterization of functional oxides
Average Mark: 8.7/10
Certificate on Science Teaching
Period: September 2005 – June 2006
Place: Institut de ciències de la educació
University: University of Barcelona
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Degree: Physics
Period: September 2000 – June 2006
University: University of Barcelona
Average Mark: 7.3/10
Projects as PI
Total awarded funding 195.500€
1. Title: Chalcogenide Ferroelectric Materials for Solar Energy Conversion
Short description: In collaboration with Dr. R. Jaramillo from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), we planned a project in which we will explore a peculiar kind of material,
called a ferroelectric semiconductor, that may offer a powerful, new mechanism for
converting light into electricity.
Funding from: MIT and La Caixa (MIT-Spain “la Caixa” Foundation Seed Fund program)
Period: 01 January 2018- 01 January 2020
Budget: 20.000€
Number: PC06600 // acc.: 2176098
Type: Research project
Role: PI
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain and MIT, Massachusetts, USA
2. Title: Energy Saving Robust Antiferromagnetic Memory
Short description: #ESRAM (Energy Saving Robust Antiferromagnetic Memory) is focus on the
investigation of the energy efficient electric control of antiferromagnetic order.
Funding from: MINECO, Spanish Goverment
Period: 16th February 2017- 16th February 2020
Budget: 169.500€
Number: MAT2015-73839-JIN
Type: Research project
Role: PI
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain
3. Title: Additional funding from Juan de la Cierva Fellowship
Short description: I used the additional funding of the fellowship mainly to fund my work on
photoferroelectric materials.
Funding from: MINECO, Spanish Goverment
Period: 16th March 2016 – 16th March 2018
Budget: 6.000€
Number: IJCI-2014-19102
Type: Additional funding
Role: PI
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain
Technology Transfer projects
Total secured funding 45.000€
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1. Title: Prueba de Metodología para la obtención de Materiales antiferromagnéticos sobre
substratos amorfos (FLEX-AFM: Fase 1)
Short description: The project is continuation of my previous works on the study of
antiferromagnetic materials for memory applications. The objective was the implementation
of selected antiferromagnetic materials in flexible substrates for their integration in paper to
be part of notes or certificates. The results were that the materials can be included in
particular flexible substrates that (awaiting more research) can not be integrated properly in
paper.
Funding from: La Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT, NIF ESQ2826004J)
Contract number: 45196522-DI (in FNMT)
Project number: FLEX-AFM
Period: September 2014 - September 2015
Budget: 30.000€
Type: Technology Transfer
Role: PI
2. Title: Vehicle classification system based on ferroelectric materials
Short description: This work follows up my expertise on ferroelectric materials. In particular,
it was aimed to take advantage of the high piezoelectric coefficient of ferroelectric materials
to use them to prototype an energy efficient device able to detect and classify vehicles. The
prototype was developed, and it is available in the portfolio of the funding company
IGSresearch, although it has been commercialized to the best of my knowledge.
Funding from: IGSresearch (NIF: B43609650)
Contract number: A150010 (in IGSresearch)
Period: 5th April 2014 - 5th April 2015
Budget: 15.000€
Type: Technology Transfer
Role: PI
Competitive fellowships
Working since March 2012 with competitive contracts, equivalent to approx. 250.000€
1. Awarded with a Juan de la Cierva fellowship for a post-Doctoral position at Institut de Ciència
de Materials de Barcelona
Reference number: IJCI-2014-19102
Period: 16th March 2016 – 16th March 2018
Granted by: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
Budged: 58.000€
Place: Barcelona, Spain
2. Awarded with a Beatriu de Pinós B fellowship for a post-Doctoral position at ICN2-Institut Català
de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Reference number: BP-A_2 00014
Period: 4th March 2015 – 4th March 2016
Granted by: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca – Generalitat de Catalunya
Budged: 43.000€
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Place: Barcelona, Spain
3. Awarded with a Beatriu de Pinós A fellowship for a post-Doctoral position at Max Planck
Institute for Microstructure Physics and at University of Warwick
Reference number: BP-A 00220
Period: 4th March 2013 – 4th March 2015
Granted by: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca – Generalitat de Catalunya
Budged: 86.000€
Place: Halle, Germany and Warwick, United Kingdom
4. Awarded with a Alexander Von Humboldt fellowship
Period: Unused
Granted by: Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
Budged: 63.600€
Place: Halle, Germany
Projects as participant or collaborator
1. Title: Towards oxide based electronics (TOBE)
Funding agency: European Union
Project number: MP1308
Period: 2014-2018
Responsible and coordinator: Fabio Miletto.
Role: Participant
2. Title: Functionality of oxidic interfaces
Funding agency: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Project number: SFB 762
Period: 2008-2015
Responsible and coordinator: Ingrid Mertig.
Role: Collaborator
3. Title: Interfacing oxides (IFOX)
Funding agency: European Union
Project number: FP7-NMP3-LA-2010-246102
Period: 2007-2014
Responsible at my research institute: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Hesse.
Role: Collaborator
4. Title: Responsive multifunctional oxides and hybrid structures
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Project number: MAT2011-29269-C03-01
Period: 2012-2014
Responsible and coordinator: F. Sánchez
Role: Participant
5. Title: Óxidos multifuncionales para la manipulación de espines y comunicaciones ágiles
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Project number: MAT2008-06761-C03-01
Period: 2009-2011
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Responsible and coordinator: J. Fontcuberta
Role: Participant
6. Title: Materiales avanzados y nanotecnologías para dispositivos y sistemas eléctricos, electrónicos
y magnetoelectrónicos innovadores (NANOSELECT)
Funding agency: Ministerio de Educación y ciencia
Project number: CSD2007-00041
Period: 2007-2012
Responsible and coordinator: X. Obradors
Role: Participant
7. Title: Project to: Group Recerca Consolidat de Catalunya: Materials Magnètics i Òxids Funcionals.
Funding agency: Generalitat de Catalunya
Project number: 2009 SGR 00376
Period: 2010-2015
Responsible and coordinator: J. Fontcuberta
Role: Participant
8. Title: Manipulate the coupling in multiferroic thin films (MaCoMuFi).
Funding agency: European Union
Project number: FP6-NMP-33221
Period: 2006-2009
Responsible: J. Fontcuberta
Coordinator: W. Prellier
Role: Participant
9. Title: Thin Films For Novel Oxide Devices (THIOX).
Funding agency: European Science Foundation
Project number: FP6-NMP-33221
Period: June 2003- June 2008
Role: Participant
Other funding
A) Synchrotron or other facilities (Total = 28 days):
1. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (main proposer, 4 days beamtime): Local imaging of
thermally and electrically driven memory effects on FeRh nanostructures (2017092462-ifina)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: 8-9th February and 22-23th May, 2018
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
2. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (main proposer, 2 days beamtime): Local structural
characterization of FeRh microindented structures (2017092412-ifina)
Beamline: MSPD
Period: 6 -7th February 2018
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
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3. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (co-proposer, 3 days beamtime): Ferroelectric switching
in PMNPT structures (In House + 2017072265 -mfoerster)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: 13 -15th July 2017
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
4. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (co-proposer, 5 days beamtime): Magnetoelectric
coupling in PMA/PMNPT structures (Commissioning + 2016091817-mfoerster)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: 9 -13th May 2017
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
5. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (Main proposer, 5 days beamtime): Imaging static and
dynamic magnetoelectric responses in PMN-PT/FeRh structures at room temperature
(2016091875-ifina)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: 23-24th February & 3-5th May 2017
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
6. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (Main Proposer, 4 days beamtime): Dependence of
antiferromagnetic order on electric field in NiO/PMN-PT structures (2016091924-ifina)
Beamline: BOREAS
Period: 17-20th February 2017
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
7. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (Main proposer, 1 days beamtime): Magnetoelectric
coupling on BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 structures grown on Silicon (Commissioning)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: November 2016
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
8. Experiment grant at ALBA Synchrotron (Main proposer, 4 days beamtime): Imaging anisotropic
magnetoelectric response in BiFeO3/Co and BiFeO3/Py mulitferroic nanostructures (proposal ID:
2014071069-ifina)
Beamline: CIRCE
Period: June 2015
Granted by: CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron
Place: Barcelona, Spain
B) Conferences:
1. Awarded with an TO-BE Spring Meeting 2016 meeting grant (full-paid)
Period: April 2016
Granted by: Organization
Place: Warwick, UK
2. Awarded with an TO-BE Spring Meeting 2015 meeting grant (full-paid)
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Period: March 2015
Granted by: Organization
Place: Aveiro, Portugal
3. Awarded with an E-MRS fall 2013 meeting grant (full-paid)
Period: September 2013
Granted by: Organization
Place: Warsaw, Poland
4. Awarded with an ISAF 2012 meeting grant (full-paid)
Period: July 2012
Granted by: Organization
Place: Aveiro, Portugal
C) Applied/ not granted funding:
4. Finalist at Junior Leader "la Caixa" - Retaining
Duration: 3 years
Budget: 305.700€
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain
5. Not granted with Ramon y Cajal fellowship
Date: 2016
Funding agency: MINECO (Spanish Government)
Duration: 5 years
6. Not granted with Marie Curie fellowship
Date: 2015
Funding agency: Marie Curie program (European Comission)
Duration: 2 years
Place: PoliMi, Milano, Italy
7. Not granted with LLAVOR (tech transfer project)
Date: 2015
Funding agency: Catalan Government
Duration: 2 years
Budget: 20000€
Place: ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
8. Not granted with COMFUTURO
Date: 2015
Funding agency: Fundación General del CSIC (Spanish Government)
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 2 years
Budget: 50000€ + fellowship
9. Not granted with Proyectos Retos Jovenes Investigadores (2 years project, approx. 170k€)
Date: 2014
Funding agency: MINECO (Spanish Government)
Place: ICMAB, Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 2 years
Budget: 60000€ + fellowship
10. Not granted with Ramon y Cajal fellowship (5 years contract)
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Date: 2013
Funding agency: MINECO (Spanish Government)
Duration: 5 years
Awards
First Young Researcher Prize of the XXXVI Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Physics Society for the excellent trajectory (July 2017).
Experimental installations development
Ferroelectric and Dielectric Characterization Lab (FEDE). Design and development of an experimental lab for ferroelectric and magnetoelectric characterization at ICMAB, including software realization (http://departments.icmab.es/mulfox/dielectric-characterisation).
Teaching activity
A) Supervising:
Supervisor PhD thesis “Tunnel electroresistance and coexisting effects in BaTiO3 ferroelectric thin
films”.
Period: September 2015 – July 2018
Student: Mengdi Qian
University: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Supervisor Bachelor thesis “New materials for invisible memory devices”.
Period: February 2018 – July 2018
Student: Carles Gómez
University: Universitat de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Supervisor Bachelor thesis “Ferroelectric components to mimic neurons”.
Period: February 2018 – July 2018
Student: Guillermo Prieto
University: Universitat de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Supervisor Bachelor stage
Period: January 2018 – June 2018
Student: Sara Remió
University: Universitat de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Supervisor PhD thesis “Photoelectric effects in BaTiO3 ferroelectric thin films”.
Period: September 2013 – July 2017
Student: Fanmao Liu
University: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Qualification: Cum Laude
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Supervisor Master thesis “Extrinsic effect in ferroelectric polarization characterization”.
Period: September 2017 – June 2018
Student: Sergio Gonzalez
University: Universitat de Barcelona
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Qualification: To be defended
Supervisor Master thesis “Ferroelectric materials for photovoltaics”.
Period: March 2017 – September 2017
Student: Diego Vazquez
University: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Qualification: 9.7/10
B) Other activity:
Supervisor PhD stage “Photovoltaics of Ba(Sn,Ti)O3: from bulk materials to thin films”.
Period: 8th January 2018 – 15th March 2018
Student: Halyna Volkova
University: Centrale Supelec
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Supervisor PhD stage “Thin films preparation by PLD of promising photovoltaic ceramics”.
Period: 20th February 2017 – 10th March 2017
Student: Cristina Pascual-Gonzalez
University: Sheffield Hallam University
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Mentoring of PhD thesis “Multiferroic tunnel structures”.
Period: March 2013 – March 2015
Student: Andy Quindeau
University: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Place: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. Halle (Saale), Germany
Mentoring of PhD thesis “Multiferroic tunnel structures”.
Period: March 2013 – March 2015
Student: Geanina Apachitei
University: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Place: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. Halle (Saale), Germany
C) Professor:
1. Fundamental Physics Laboratory course. Physics Degree. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona,
Spain (Spring - 2018). 72 hours.
2. Materials Characterization course. Physics Degree. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
(Spring - 2018). 24 hours.
3. Electromagnetism Laboratory course. Physics Degree. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
(Fall - 2017). 24 hours.
D) Lectures:
1. I. Fina. New trends on ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials. Lecture at Universitat de
Barcelona. Physics Degree. Barcelona, Spain (20th April 2017).
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2. I. Fina. Multiferroic materials. Lecture at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. Nanoscience and
Society subject of Nanoscience and nanotechnology Degree. Barcelona, Spain (March 17th 2016).
3. I. Fina, Dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetoelectric characterization at low temperature.
Workshop: Complex Materials: Magnetic and Electric Characterization at Low Temperatures.
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). Barcelona, Spain (November 2013).
E) Jury member:
1. Bachelor thesis on Applied Physics. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain (31th January
2014).
Publications and scientific results
Near 50 published papers; h-factor of 17; more than 900 citations over a period of near 8 years (T.
Reuters). Publications in Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Physical
Review Letters, etc. Above 30 over 46 papers as first (18) or second (13) author, and corresponding in
23.
A) Published papers:
1. J. D. Clarkson, I. Fina, Z. Q. Liu, Y. Lee, J. Kim, C. Frontera, K. Cordero, S. Wisotzki, F. Sanchez, J.
Sort, S. L. Hsu, C. Ko, L. Aballe, M. Foerster, J. Wu, H. M. Christen, J. T. Heron, D. G. Schlom, S.
Salahuddin, N. Kioussis, J. Fontcuberta, X. Marti and R. Ramesh, Hidden Magnetic States Emergent
Under Electric Field, In A Room Temperature Composite Magnetoelectric Multiferroic, Scientific
Reports 7, 15460 (2017). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
2. I. Fina, A. Quintana, J. Padilla-Pantoja, X. Marti, F. Macià, F. Sanchez, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J.
Fontcuberta, and J. Sort, Electric-Field Adjustable Time-Dependent Magnetoelectric Response in
Martensitic FeRh Alloy, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9, 15577 (2017). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
3. I. Fina, X. Marti. Electric control of antiferromagnets. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 53, 1 (2017).
In arxiv: arXiv:1610.05615. Quartile (year of publication): 3rd. Review.
4. J. Lyu, I. Fina, R. Solanas, J. Fontcuberta, and F. Sánchez. Tailoring Lattice Strain and Ferroelectric
Polarization of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films on Si(001). Scientific Reports, 495 (2017). Quartile (year
of publication): 1st.
5. G. Radaelli, D. Gutiérrez, M. Qian, I. Fina, F. Sánchez, L. Baldrati, C. Piamoteze, J. Heidler, R.
Bertacco and J. Fontcuberta, Strain-controlled responsiveness of slave half-doped manganite
La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 layers inserted in BaTiO3 ferroelectric tunnel junctions. Advanced Electronic
Materials 2, 1600368 (2016). In arxiv: arXiv:1612.00679. Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
6. R. Galceran, I. Fina, J. Cisneros-Fernández, B. Bozzo, C. Frontera, L. López-Mir, H. Deniz, K.-W. Park,
B.-G. Park, Ll. Balcells, X. Martí, T. Jungwirth & B. Martínez. Isothermal anisotropic
magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic metallic IrMn. Scientific Reports 6, 35471 (2016). Quartile
(year of publication): 1st.
7. LE Coy, I Fina, J Ventura, L Yate, E Langenberg, MC Polo, C Ferrater, M Varela. Dielectric
characterization of multiferroic magnetoelectric double-perovskite Y(Ni0.5Mn0.5)O3 thin films.
Applied Physics Letters 109, 152901 (2016). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
8. M. Scigaj, C.H. Chao, J. Gázquez, I. Fina, R. Moalla, G. Saint-Girons, M.F. Chisholm, G. Herranz, J.
Fontcuberta, R. Bachelet, F. Sánchez. High ferroelectric polarization in c-oriented BaTiO3 epitaxial
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thin films on SrTiO3/Si (001). Applied Physics Letters 109, 122903 (2016). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
9. E. Khestanova, N. Dix, I. Fina, M. Scigaj, J.M. Rebled, C. Magén, S. Estradé, F. Peiró, G. Herranz, J.
Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez. Untangling Electrostatic and Strain Effects on the Polarization of
Ferroelectric Superlattices. Advanced Functional Materials 26, 6446 (2016). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
10. M. Scigaj, N. Dix, J. Gázquez, M. Varela, I. Fina, N. Domingo, G. Herranz, V. Skumryev, J.
Fontcuberta & F. Sánchez. Monolithic integration of room-temperature multifunctional BaTiO3-
CoFe2O4 epitaxial heterostructures on Si(001). Scientific Reports 6, 31870 (2016). Quartile (year
of publication): 1st.
11. V. Saidl, M. Brajer, L. Horák, H. Reichlová, K. Výborný, M. Veis, T. Janda, F. Trojánek, M. Maryško,
I. Fina, X. Marti, T. Jungwirth and P. Němec. Investigation of magneto-structural phase transition
in FeRh by reflectivity and transmittance measurements in visible and near-infrared spectral
region. New Journal of Physics 18, 083017 (2016). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
12. F. Liu, I. Fina, R. Bertacco, J. Fontcuberta. Unravelling and controlling hidden imprint fields in
ferroelectric capacitors. Scientific Reports 6, 25028 (2016). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
13. I. Fina, G. Apachitei, D. Preziosi, H. Deniz, D. Kriegner, X. Marti & M. Alexe, In-plane tunnelling field-
effect transistor integrated on Silicon. Scientific Reports 5, 14367 (2015). Dissemination:
Nanowerk, RSEF-GEFES, Institutional. Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
14. M. Coll, J. Gazquez, I. Fina, Z. Khayat, A. Quindeau, M. Alexe, M. Varela, S. Trolier-McKinstry, X.
Obradors, T. Puig., Nanocrystalline Ferroelectric BiFeO3 Thin Films by Low-Temperature Atomic
Layer Deposition. Chemistry of Materials 27, 6322 (2015). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
15. A. Quindeau, V. Borisov, I. Fina, S. Ostanin, E. Pippel, I. Mertig, D. Hesse, and M. Alexe. Origin of
tunnel electro resistance effect in PbTiO3-based multiferroic tunnel junctions. Physical Review B
92, 035130 (2015). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
16. F. Liu, I. Fina, D. Gutiérrez, G. Radaelli, R. Bertacco, and J. Fontcuberta. Selecting Steady and
Transient Photocurrent Response in BaTiO3 Films. Advanced Electronic Materials 1, 1500171
(2015). In arxiv: arXiv:1507.01492v1. Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
17. X. Martí, I. Fina, and T. Jungwirth. Prospect for Antiferromagnetic Spintronics. IEEE Transactions
1on Magnetics 51, 2900104 (2015). Dissemination: Institutional-ICN2, Physics.org, NanoWerk,
MathPub, HighBeam Research and AgenciaSinc. Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
18. A. Quindeau, I. Fina, X.Marti, G. Apachitei, P. Ferrer, C. Nicklin, E. Pippel, D. Hesse and M. Alexe.
Four-state ferroelectric spin-valve. Scientific Reports 5, 9749 (2015). Quartile (year of publication):
1st.
19. J. H. Lee, I. Fina, X. Marti, Y. H. Kim, D. Hesse, and M. Alexe. Spintronic Functionality of BiFeO3
Domain Walls. Advanced Materials 26, 7078 (2014). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
20. D. Preziosi, X. Marti, I. Fina, F. Bern, M. Ziese, E. Pippel, D. Hesse and M. Alexe. Tailoring the
interfacial magnetic anisotropy in multiferroic field effect devices. Physical Review B 90, 125155
(2014). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
21. I. Fina, X. Marti, D. Yi, J. Liu, J. H. Chu, C. Rayan-Serrao, S. Suresha, A. B. Shick, J. Železný, T.
Jungwirth, J. Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh. Anisotropic magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic
semiconductor. Nature Communication 5, 4671 (2014). Dissemination in media: Dicat (Spanish),
and GEFES (Spanish). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
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22. M. Gich, I. Fina, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Gàzquez, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig. Multiferroic
Iron Oxide Thin Films at Room-Temperature. Advanced Materials 26, 4645(2014). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
23. X. Marti, I. Fina, C. Frontera, R.J. Paull, J.D. Clarkson, J. Kudrnovský, I. Turek, D. Yi, Jian Liu, J.-H.
Chu, C. Nelson, E. Arenholz, Q. He, L. You, S. Salahuddin, J. Fontcuberta, T. Jungwirth, R. Ramesh.
Room-temperature antiferromagnetic memory resistor. Nature Materials 13, 367 (2014).
Dissemination in media: CT24 (Czech), Tendencias21 (Spanish), Dicat (Spanish), RPA (Spanish),
RAC1 (Catalan), SER (Spanish), La Vanguardia (Spanish), and RECERCAT (Catalan). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
24. G. Radaelli, D. Petti, E. Plekhanov, I. Fina, P. Torelli, B. R. Salles, M. Cantoni, C. Rinaldi, D. Gutiérrez,
G. Panaccione, M. Varela, S. Picozzi, J. Fontcuberta, R. Bertacco. Electric control of magnetism at
the Fe/BaTiO3 interface. Nature Communications 5, 3404 (2014). Quartile (year of publication):
1st.
25. I. Fina, V. Skumryev, D.O’Flynn, G. Balakrishnan, J. Fontcuberta. Phase coexistence and
magnetically tuneable polarization in cycloidal multiferroics. Physical Review B 88, 100403(R)
(2013). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
26. I. Fina, N. Dix, J. M. Rebled, P. Gemeiner, X. Martí, F. Peiró, B. Dkhil, F. Sánchez, L. Fàbrega and J.
Fontcuberta. Direct magnetoelectric effect in ferroelectric - ferromagnetic epitaxial
heterostructures. Nanoscale 5, 8037 (2013). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
27. D. Petti, E. Albisetti, H. Reichlová, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, M. Molina-Ruiz, A. F. Lopeandía, K. Olejník,
V. Novák, I. Fina, B. Dkhil, J. Hayakawa, X. Marti, J. Wunderlich, T. Jungwirth, and R. Bertacco.
Storing magnetic information in IrMn/MgO/Ta tunnel junctions via field-cooling. Applied Physics
Letters 102, 192404 (2013). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
28. N. Dix, I. Fina, R. Bachelet, L. Fàbrega, C. Kanamadi, J. Fontcuberta, and F. Sánchez. Large out-of-
plane ferroelectric polarization in flat epitaxial BaTiO3 on CoFe2O4 heterostructures. Applied
Physics Letters 102, 172907 (2013). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
29. M. Scigaj, N. Dix, I. Fina, R. Bachelet, B. Warot-Fonrose, J. Fontcuberta, and F. Sánchez. Ultra-flat
BaTiO3 epitaxial films on Si(001) with large out-of-plane polarization. Applied Physics Letters 102,
112905 (2013). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
30. E. Langenberg, I. Fina, J. Ventura, B. Noheda, M. Varela, and J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric properties
of (Bi0.9La0.1)2NiMnO6 thin films: Determining the intrinsic electric and magnetoelectric
response. Physical Review B 86, 085108 (2012). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
31. G. Radaelli, S. Brivio, I. Fina, R. Bertacco. Correlation between growth dynamics and dielectric
properties of epitaxial BaTiO3 films. Applied Physics Letters 100, 102904 (2012). Quartile (year of
publication): 1st.
32. F. Jiménez-Villacorta, J. A. Gallastegui, I. Fina, X. Marti, and J. Fontcuberta. Strain-driven transition
from E-type to A-type magnetic order in YMnO3 epitaxial films. Physical Review B 86, 024420
(2012). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
33. D. Gutiérrez, M. Foerster, I. Fina, and J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric response of epitaxially strained
CoFe2O4 spinel thin films. Physical Review B 86, 125309 (2012). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
34. E. Langenberg, I. Fina, P. Gemeiner, B. Dkhil, L. Fàbrega, M. Varela, and J. Fontcuberta.
Ferroelectric phase transition in strained multiferroic (Bi0.9La0.1)2NiMnO6 thin films. Applied Physics
Letters 100, 022902 (2012). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
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35. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Chiral Domains in cycloidal multiferroic
thin films: switching and memory effects. Physical Review Letters 107, 257601 (2011). Quartile
(year of publication): 1st.
36. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, E. Langenberg, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, M. Varela, and J. Fontcuberta.
Nonferroelectric contributions to the hysteresis cycles in manganite thin films: A comparative study
of measurement technique. Journal of Applied Physics 109, 074105 (2011). Quartile (year of
publication): 2nd.
37. J. Fontcuberta, I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, X. Martí, and V. Skumryev. Ferroelectricity and strain
effects in orthorhombic YMnO3 thin films. Phase Transitions 84, 555 (2011). Arxiv: 1012.3112.
Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
38. V. Skumryev, V. Laukhin, I. Fina, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, M. Gospodinov, and J. Fontcuberta.
Magnetization Reversal by Electric-Field Decoupling of Magnetic and Ferroelectric Domain Walls
in Multiferroic-Based Heterostructures. Physical Review Letters 106, 057206 (2011). Quartile (year
of publication): 1st.
39. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Erratum: Magnetic switch of
polarization in epitaxial orthorhombic YMnO3 thin film. Applied Physics Letters 99, 219901 (2011).
Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
40. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Magnetic switch of polarization in
epitaxial orthorhombic YMnO3 thin film. Applied Physics Letters 97, 232905(2010). Quartile (year
of publication): 1st.
41. I. Fina, N. Dix, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Effects of morphology and strain on the
dielectric response of multiferroic CoFe2O4–BaTiO3 nanocomposite thin films. Journal of Applied
Physics 108, 034108(2010). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
42. I. Fina, N. Dix, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Magnetocapacitance in BaTiO3-CoFe2O4
nanocomposites. Thin Solid Films 518, 4634 (2010). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
43. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sànchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric anomalies in orthorhombic
YMnO3 thin films. Thin Solid Films 518, 4710(2010). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
44. J. Ventura, I. Fina, C. Ferrater, E. Langenberg, L. Coy, M. Polo, M. García-Cuenca, L. Fàbrega, and
M. Varela. Structural and dielectric properties of (001) and (111)-oriented BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 epitaxial
thin films. Thin Solid Films 518, 4692(2010). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
45. X. Marti, I. Fina, V. Skumryev, C. Ferrater, M. Varela, L. Fabrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta.
Strain tuned magnetoelectric coupling in orthorhombic YMnO3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters
95, 142903(2009). Quartile (year of publication): 1st.
46. N. Dix, R. Muralidharan, J. Caicedo, D. Hrabovsky, I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, V. Skumryev, M. Varela, J.
Guyonnet, P. Paruch, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Influence of substrate temperature in BiFeO3-
CoFe2O4 nanocomposites deposited on SrTiO3 (001). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
321, 1790(2009). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
47. I. Fina, N. Dix, V. Laukhin, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric properties of BaTiO3-
CoFe2O4 nanocomposite thin films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321, 1795(2009).
Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
48. E. Langenberg, M. Varela, M. García-Cuenca, C. Ferrater, M. Polo, I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez,
and J. Fontcuberta. Epitaxial thin films of (Bi0.9La0.1)2NiMnO6 obtained by pulsed laser deposition.
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321, 1748(2009). Quartile (year of publication): 2nd.
B) In-print, Pre-print, submitted, or unpublished:
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1. I. Fina, X. Martí, G. Catalan. Vehicle classification system based on ferroelectric materials.
Unpublished.
2. I. Fina, C. Paillard, B. Dkhil. Photoferroelectrics. Invited Review. Pending.
C) Book chapters: 1. I. Fina, Spintronic Functionalities in Multiferroic Oxide Heterostructures. in Oxide interfaces –
charge and spin transport- Fundamentals and Applications, Edited by T. Banerjee, Pan Stanford Publishing., (expected release 2017Q4).
2. X. Marti, I. Fina, G. Catalan, Andreu Veà, The Profile of Researchers Moving Towards Scientific Entrepreneurship in Supporting University Ventures, Edited by J. Peña, Springer (ISBN: 978-3-319-61237-9).
3. J. Garcés, I. Fina and X. Marti, IGSresearch: From Science to Business in the Markets of Security, Smartcity Management, and Geological Monitoring in Supporting University Ventures, Edited by J. Peña, Springer, (ISBN: 978-3-319-61237-9).
Dissemination
>30 talks and 9 plenaries, or invited. Presence in media: radio and newspaper.
A) Plenary talks (at conferences):
1. I. Fina, Cloaking magnetic information. Bienal RSEF2017. Santiago de Compostela, Spain (19th July,
2017).
B) Invited talks (at conferences):
1. I. Fina, Antiferromagnetc materials for security applications. International Workshop on Magneto-
electric actuation, magneto-ionics and related phenomena in high-surface area materials. Gavà,
Spain (28-30th May 2018).
2. I. Fina, Photoferroelectric oxides. An Oxide Technology Roadmap. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain (12-
13th March 2018).
3. I. Fina, Thermally and electrically stimulated observation of magnetic memory effect in a
Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic phase transition. EMRS Fall Meeting 2017 Warsaw, Poland
(18th September 2017).
4. I. Fina, Photoelectric effects in ferroelectric thin films. Epitaxy 2017 Barcelona, Spain (13th
September 2017).
5. I. Fina, Spintronic functionalities in multiferroic systems. GEFES 2016 Cuenca, Spain (13th January
2016).
6. I. Fina, Antiferromagnetic Spintronics. EMRS Spring Meeting 2015. Lille, France (13th May 2015).
7. I. Fina, Exploiting spin-orbit coupling for data storage. Nanoselect 2014. Sant Feliu de Guíxols,
Spain (25th June 2014).
C) Invited talks (at other Research centers or Universities):
1. I. Fina, Photoelectric effects in ferroelectric thin films. Invited by: Prof. dr hab. Stefan Jurga.
NanoBioMedical Centre | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Poznan, Poland (13th September
2017).
2. I. Fina, Modulation of FeRh phase transition via interface mediated piezoelectric effects. Invited
by: Dr. Andreas Klein. TU-Darmstadt. Darmstadt, Germany (18th November 2016).
3. I. Fina, Last advances on Antiferromagnetic Spintronics. Invited by: Riccardo Bertacco, Politecnico
di Milano. Milano, Italy (9th September 2015).
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4. I. Fina, Realizing science. Invited by: Miguel Angel Garcia, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC).
Madrid, Spain (21th January 2014).
5. I. Fina, Looking for enhanced control of ferroelectric polarization by magnetic field. Invited by:
Kathrin Doerr, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Halle/Saale, Germany (25th November
2013).
D) Oral contributions as presenting author:
1. I. Fina, Time dependent Adjustable magnetoelectric coupling in Martensitic FeRh alloys.
Nanoselect 2017. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain (13th July 2017).
2. I. Fina, A. Quintana, C. Frontera, J. Padilla-Pantoja, X. Martí, F. Macià, F. Sánchez, M. Foerster, L.
Aballe, R. Ramesh, J. Sort, J. Fontcuberta, Thermally and electrically stimulated magnetic memory
effect in a Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic martensitic alloy. Bienal RSEF2017. Santiago de
Compostela, Spain (17th July 2017).
3. I. Fina, A. Quintana, F. Sánchez, J. Sort, X. Marti, J. Fontcuberta. Electrically driven magnetic
memory effect in Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic mixed phase system. EMRS Spring Meeting
2017. Lille, France (25th May 2017).
4. I. Fina M. Qian, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta. Disentangling tunneling and non-tunneling
contributions on electroresistance in BTO-based ferroelectric nanometric junctions. EMRS Spring
Meeting 2017. Lille, France (25th May 2017).
5. I. Fina, Vehicle classification system based on ferroelectric materials, ISAF 2016. Darmstadt,
Germany (22th August 2016).
6. I. Fina, F. Liu, F. Sanchez, J. Fontcuberta, Role of surface states on the photoresponse of BaTiO3
thin films, TO-BE Spring Meeting 2015. Warwick, UK (7th April 2016).
7. I. Fina, J. Clarkson, C. Frontera, K. Cordero, S. Wizotsky, F. Sanchez, X. Marti, G. Catalan, J.
Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh. Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic mixed phase system with thermal
encrypted magnetic memory performance. E-MRS 2013. Warsaw, Poland (September 2015).
8. I. Fina, F. Liu, D.Gutiérrez, G. Radaelli, R. Bertacco, J. Fontcuberta. Relation between short-circuit
photocurrent and ferroelectric retention in BaTiO3 thin films. EMRS Spring Meeting 2015. Lille,
France (11th May 2015).
9. I. Fina, X. Martí, J.H. Lee, D. Preziosi, A. Quindeau, H. Deniz, D. Kriegner, M. Ziese, F. Bern, G.
Apachitei, P. Ferrer, C. Nicklin, E. Pippel, Y.H. Kim, D. Hesse, M. Alexe. Spintronic functionalities in
multiferroic systems. EMRS Spring Meeting 2015. Lille, France (12th May 2015).
10. I. Fina, F. Liu, D. Gutiérrez, G. Radaelli, R. Bertacco, J. Fontcuberta. Relation between short-circuit
photcurrent and ferroelectric retention in BaTiO3 thin films. TO-BE Spring Meeting 2015. Aveiro,
Portugal (30th March 2015).
11. I. Fina, M. Gich, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig. Room temperature
magnetism and ferroelectricity in eps-Fe2O3 thin films. DPG 2014. Dresden, Germany (1st April
2014).
12. I. Fina, V. Skumryev, D. O'Flynn, G. Balakrishnan, N. Dix, J. M. Rebled, P. Gemeiner, X. Marti, F.
Peiró, B. Dkhil, F. Sánchez, L. Fàbrega, J. Fontcuberta. Different routes for enhanced control of
ferroelectric polarization by magnetic field. DPG 2014. Dresden, Germany (1st April 2014).
13. I. Fina, X. Marti, D. Yi, C. Rayan-Serrao, J. Liu, J.-H. Chu, S.J. Suresha, J. Zelezny, T. Jungwirth, J.
Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh. Antiferromagnetic spintronics. DPG 2014. Dresden, Germany (1st April
2014).
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14. I. Fina, V. Skumryev, D.O’Flynn, G. Balakrishnan, N. Dix, J. M. Rebled, P. Gemeiner, X. Martí, F.
Peiró, B. Dkhil, F. Sánchez, L. Fàbrega, and J. Fontcuberta. Different routes for enhanced control of
ferroelectric polarization by magnetic field. GEFES 2014 Ciudad Real, Spain (23th January 2014).
15. I. Fina, X. Martí, D. Yi, C. Rayan-Serrao, J. Liu, Jiun-Haw Chu, S.J. Suresha, J. Zelezny, T. Jungwirth,
J. Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh. Antiferromagnetic spintronics. IMPRS/SFB-NANO. Halle, Germany
(October 2013).
16. I. Fina, M.Gich, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig. Ferroelectric and
magnetodielectric properties of AlFeO3 and AlFeO3/eps-Fe2O3 thin films at room temperature. E-
MRS 2013. Warsaw, Poland (September 2013).
17. I. Fina, X. Martí, D. Yi, C. Rayan-Serrao, J. Liu, Jiun-Haw Chu, S.J. Suresha, J. Zelezny, T. Jungwirth,
J. Fontcuberta, R. Ramesh. Antiferromagnetic spintronics. E-MRS 2013. Warsaw, Poland
(September 2013).
18. I. Fina, N. Dix, J. M. Rebled, P. Gemeiner, X. Martí, S. Estradé, F. Peirò, B. Dkhil, F. Sánchez, L.
Fàbrega, and J. Fontcuberta. Large direct magnetoelectric effect in ferroelectric - ferromagnetic
epitaxial heterostructures thanks to appropriate architecture selection. E-MRS 2013. Strasbourg,
France (May 2013).
19. I. Fina, D.O’Flynn, G. Balakrishnan, and J. Fontcuberta. Phase coexistence and magnetically-
tuneable polarization in cycloidal multiferroics. MAMA-Trend. Sorrento, Italy (May 2013).
20. I. Fina, J.M. Rebled, R. Bachelet, N. Dix, X. Martí, B. Dkhil, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta.
Magnetoelectric response dependence on stacking order in epitaxial CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 bilayers.
ISAF 2012. Aveiro, Portugal (July 2012).
21. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Efects of strain on the magnetoelectric
behaviour of orthorhombic YMnO3 thin films. ISIF 2011. Cambridge, United Kingdom (July 2011).
22. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectricity and Strain Effects in
Orthorhombic YMnO3 Thin Films. EMF 2011. Bordeaux, France (June 2011).
23. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, V. Skumryev, X. Martí and J. Fontcuberta. Magnetic switching of
electric polarization in multiferroic thin films. Nanoselect 2011. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain (June
2011).
24. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectricity and magnetoelectric
coupling in strain engineered orthorhombic YMnO3 epitaxial thin film. ISAF-ECAPD 2010,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (August 2010).
25. I. Fina, N. Dix, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric and magnetic characterization of
multiferroic CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 nanocomposites. E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France
(June 2009).
E) Poster contributions as presenting author:
1. I. Fina, F. Liu, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta. Tuning photoelectric response in ferroelectric thin films.
EMRS Fall Meeting 2017 Warsaw, Poland (19th September 2017).
2. I. Fina, J. Clarkson, C. Frontera, K. Cordero, S. Wizotsky, A. Quintana, F. Sanchez, J. Sort, R. Ramesh,
X. Marti, J. Fontcuberta. Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic mixed phase system with thermal and
electric encrypted magnetic memory performance, ISAF 2016. Darmstadt, Germany. (22th August
2016)
3. I. Fina, M. Gich, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Gàzquez, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig. Multiferroic
Iron Oxide Thin Films at Room-Temperature. EMRS Spring Meeting 2015. Lille, France (11th May
2015).
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4. I. Fina, N. Dix, R. Bachelet, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Tailoring ferroelectricity in
CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 bilayers. ISIF 2011. Cambridge, United Kingdom (July 2011).
5. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectric switching and cycloidal
order in o-YMnO3 thin films. ISIF 2011. Cambridge, United Kingdom (July 2011).
6. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectricity and Strain Effects in
Orthorhombic YMnO3 Thin Films. EMF 2011. Bordeaux, France (June 2011).
7. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X.Martí, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectric Switching and Cycloidal
Order in YMnO3 Thin Films. EMF 2011. Bordeaux, France (June 2011).
8. I. Fina, N. Dix, R. Brachelet, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectric Properties of
CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 Bilayers. EMF 2011. Bordeaux, France (June 2011).
9. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectricity and strain effects in
orthorhombic RMnO3 thin films. Nanoselect 2011. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain(June 2011).
10. I. Fina, N. Dix, R. Bachelet, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectric properties of
multiferroic CoFe2O4‐BaTiO3 layered heterostructures. Nanoselect 2011. Sant Feliu de Guíxols,
Spain (June 2011).
11. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, X. Martí, E. Langenberg, N.Dix, F. Sànchez, M. Varela and J. Fontcuberta. Non-
ferroelectric contributions to the hysteresis cycles in manganite thin films: a comparative study of
measurement methods. ISAF-ECAPD 2010, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (August 2010).
12. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, V. Skumryev, V. Laukhin, M. Gospodinov and J. Fontcuberta. Ferroelectric
properties of LuMnO3 single crystals. ISAF-ECAPD 2010, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (August
2010).
13. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, V. Skumryev, V. Laukhin, M. Gospodinov, J. Fontcuberta. Low temperature
characterization of ferroelectric LuMnO3 single crystals. Nanoselect 2010. Sant Feliu de Guíxols,
Spain (August 2010).
14. X. Marti, I. Fina, F. Sánchez, L. Fàbrega, and J. Fontcuberta. Control of magnetic and dielectric
properties by epitaxial strain in orthorhombic TbMnO3 and YMnO3. Workshop on Oxide
Electronics 16th, Tarragona, Spain (October 2009).
15. I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, V. Skumryev, V. Laukhin, M. Gospodinov, J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric anomalies
and impedance spectroscopy in multiferroic o-YMnO3 thin films. Nanoselect 2009. Manresa, Spain
(July 2009).
16. I. Fina, N. Dix, V. Laukhin, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta. Effects of morphology and
strain on the dielectric permittivity of multiferroic CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 nanocomposites
Nanoselect 2009. Manresa, Spain (July 2009).
17. I. Fina, X. Martí, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta. Dielectric anomaly and
magnetocapacitance in orthorhombic YMO3. E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France
(June 2009).
18. I. Fina, N. Dix, V. Skumryev, L. Fàbrega, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta. Magnetic and electric properties
of CoFe2O4-BaTiO3 nanocomposite thin films. E-MRS 2008 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France
(May 2008).
F) Interviews in media:
1. Els materials del Futur: Materials Antiferromagnétics, ‘Tercer harmonic’·at RKB radio, 17th May
2017 (Radio). (https://goo.gl/htfWUz)
2. Una nova memòria USB (A new USB memory). ‘Pa ciencia la nostra’ at Radio Sants, 28th April 2016
(Radio)
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(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4wbP5TB2gTVbHVvT1VZUEgxc2s/view?usp=sharing)
3. Del laboratori a l’SmartCity (Realizing Science). 'El Matí' at Cadena Cope, 27th January 2015
(Radio). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJijHArOJ0s)
4. Cervells fugats. 'El món a RAC1' at RAC1, 13th August 2012 (Radio).
(http://rac1.org/elmon/blog/cervells-fugats/).
G) Presence in Social Networks (disseminating my own work)
1. Dissemination: Google+, Twitter, Youtube
2. Blogger: MasScience
Attendance
A) Conferences
1. GEFES X. 24-26th June 2018. Valencia, Spain.
2. EMRS Fall Meeting 2017. 18-21th September 2017. Warsaw, Poland.
3. EMN MEETING ON EPITAXY. 11-15th September 2017. Barcelona, Spain
4. Bienal RSEF2017. 19-21th July 2017. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5. Nanoselect 2017. 11-13th July 2017. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.
6. EMRS Spring Meeting 2017. 22-26th May 2017. Strasbourg, France.
7. Joint IEEE ISAF-ECAPD-PFM 2016 Conference (ISAF 2016). 21 -25th August 2016. Darmstadt,
Germany.
8. TO-BE Spring Meeting 2016. 6-8th April 2016. Warwick, UK.
9. IX Edición de la Reunión Bienal del Grupo Especializado de Física del Estado Sólido de la Real
Sociedad Española de Física (GEFES 2016). 13-15th January 2016. Cuenca Real, Spain.
10. EMRS Spring Meeting 2015. 11-15th May 2015. Lille, France.
11. TO-BE Spring Meeting 2015. 30th March -2nd April 2015. Aveiro, Portugal.
12. Nanoselect. June 25th – June 27th 2014. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
13. DPG-Frühjahrstagung (DPG Spring Meeting), 30th March– 4th April 2014. Dresden, Germany.
14. VIII Edición de la Reunión Bienal del Grupo Especializado de Física del Estado Sólido de la Real
Sociedad Española de Física (GEFES 2014). January 2014. Ciudad Real, Spain.
15. IMPRS/SFB-NANO. October 2013, Halle, Germany.
16. European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (E-MRS 2013). September 2013 Warsaw,
Poland.
17. European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (E-MRS 2013). May 2013 Strasbourg,
France.
18. Joint IEEE ISAF-ECAPD-PFM 2012 Conference (ISAF 2012). 9 -13th July 2012. Aveiro, Portugal.
19. International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF2011). July 2011, Cambridge, United
Kingdom.
20. European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (EMF 2011). June 2011. Bordeaux, France.
21. Nanoselect. June 2011. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
22. International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics - European Conference on the
Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ISAF-ECAPD 2010). August 2010. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
23. Nanoselect. August 2010. Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
24. Workshop on Oxide Electronics 16th. October 2009. Tarragona, Spain.
25. Nanoselect 2009. July 2009. Manresa, Spain.
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26. European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (E-MRS 2009). June 2009 Strasbourg,
France.
27. European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (E-MRS 2008). May 2008 Strasbourg,
France.
B) Seminars and workshops
1. Complex Materials: Magnetic and Electric Characterization at Low Temperatures. Institut de
Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (November 2013).
2. Scanning Probe Microscopy: Fundamental tools for nanotechnology. Institut de Ciència de
Materials de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 20th April 2007 (http://www.icmab.es/jmp2007/)
3. Transmition Electron Microscopy: Advanced applications for material science and technology.
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 25th October 2010.
(http://www.icmab.es/jtem2010/)
4. Theorical Approaches in Material Science. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona,
Barcelona, Spain. 14th November 2011. (http://www.icmab.es/theo2011/)
Stays in research centres
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle (Germany)
Period: February 2011
Departamento de Ingeniería de Materiales, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos (Brazil)
Period: September 2004 – December 2004
Organization of Scientific Meetings
1. Symposium on Multiferroic Materials, in GEFES X
Date: 24-26th June 2018
Place: Valencia, Spain
Role: Symposium chairperson
2. Symposium on magnetoelectric coupling in antiferromagnetic at room temperature materials,
in International Workshop on Magneto-electric actuation, magneto-ionics and related
phenomena in high-surface area materials (temporary: http://pagines.uab.cat/spinporics/ca)
Date: 28-30th May 2018
Place: Gavà, Spain
Role: Symposium organizer
3. Towards Oxides Applications: Opportunities and Challenges
Date: 15th-17th March 2018
Place: Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Role: Local organizer
4. 1st Scientific Meeting of ICMAB Students (http://congresses.icmab.es/jphd2011/).
Date: 25th May 2011
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Role: Main organizer
5. Theorical Approaches in Material Science (http://icmab.es/archive/icmab-past-events-
archive/all/527-theoretical-approaches-in-material-science)
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Date: 14th November 2011
Place: Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Role: Organizing committee
6. 16th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (WOE-16)
Date: October 2009
Place: Tarragona, Spain
Role: Local organizer
7. 2nd European School on Multiferroics 2008 (http://oldintranet.lmgp.grenoble-
inp.fr/spip.php?article333)
Date: 1st-5th September 2008
Place: Girona, Spain
Role: Local organizer
8. 5th Thin Film Oxide Meeting THIOX (http://icmab.es/archive/icmab-past-events-archive/all/527-
theoretical-approaches-in-material-science)
Date: 28-30th March 2007
Place: Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
Role: Local organizer
9. Member of the Committee of Seminars and Internal Training at ICMAB: from 2008 to 2012
Advisory and referring
Jury member Bachelor Thesis. Universtitat de Barcelona. 31th June 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
Evaluator in Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP). Ministerio de economía,
industria y competitividad. Spain.
Evaluator in Postdoctoral Research International Mobility Experience (PRIME) 2016. Head: Dr.
Holger Finken. Germany.
Advisor at Technology Transfer Unit at ICMAB, Spain
Advisor of IGSresearch. Spain.
Reviewer for Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal
of Applied Physics, AIP Advances, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, RSC Advances, among others.
Development and codevelopment
Developer Roadcheck: Project in YouTube; Spanish TV, Spanish Newspaper; RoadCheck WebPage
CoDeveloper Spinwire Algorithm: SW WebPage
CoDeveolper. USB antiferromagnetic memory device.
Dissemination activities to broad audience
Conferences
1. I. Fina. Materiales: del laboratorio a la calle. Invited by High School direction. IES Isabel de Villena.
Valencia, Spain (23th January 2018)
2. I. Fina, M. Llull and X. Martí. Science and industry. Lecture in Universitat de Barcelona. Physics
Degree. Barcelona, Spain (15th May 2014).
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3. I. Fina, and X. Martí. Tres generacions. La força del Col.legi Major. Invited by: Montse Lavado,
Col·legi Major Penyafort-Llull. Barcelona, Spain (21th November 2013).
Editor
GEFES Web from 2016
MULFOX Web
Member of Penyalab
Committee of students of Col·legi Major Penyafort devoted to research on new devices for own
students promotion. link
Participation on several projects of scientific dissemination for young people.
All projects related to the dissemination of state-of-the-art scientific activity to young students.
ESCOLAB, NanoEduca, Bojos per la física.:
I. Fina. De la física elemental a les Smart Cities, belongs to the program: Bojos per la Física.
September 16th, 2016. Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnología. Link.
Realization of a demonstration kit based on piezoelectric effect. During 2016. Link.
Organizer at Kids' Day at ICMAB. Link.
Collaborator of CESIRE
CESIRE is a governmental entity devoted to the development of new educational content for Schools
and High Schools.
Other
Membership
Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF): Grupo Especializado de Física del Estado Sólido. Des de
2013
Network
Several present collaborations: Dr. Michael Forester (at ALBA), Dr. Xavier Martí (at IGSresearch), Neus Domingo (at ICN2), Jordi Sort (at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona), R. Ramesh (Berkeley Lab), Riccardo Bertacco (at Politecnico di Milano), Marin Alexe (at Warwick University), among others.
Expertise
Sample growth optimization of several ferroelectric materials by PLD (BFO, PZT,…) and of several magnetically active metals by Sputtering (Py, Co, CoFe, FeRh,…).
Design and development of an experimental set-up for ferroelectric and magnetoelectric characterization adapted to a PPMS at ICMAB, including software realization.
Design and development of an experimental set-up for magnetoelectric dynamics characterization adapted to a PPMS at MPI-Halle, including software realization.
Transport and dielectric measurements in cryogenic probe station and PPMS system.
Set-up of an on purpose designed furnace for substrate and sample annealing under different gas environments.
Development of an experimental set-up designed to the measurement of magnetization under applied electric fields to a SQUID at ICMAB.
Development of analyses methods for ferroelectric and magnetodielectric characterization.
Micro- and nano- lithography for magnetoelectric/multiferroic device realization.
Dielectric/Ferroelectric and magnetoelectric characterization of multiferroic thin films: including single-phase and composite multiferroics, and multiferroic single-crystals.
Ferroelectric characterization of ferroelectric and multiferroic thin films on Si.
First to measure ferroelectric polarization controllable by magnetic field in thin film form.
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Study of the domain dynamics and memory effects in cycloidal magnets.
Analysis of the epitaxial strain effects in multiferroic properties of various multiferroic materials.
XMLD experiments in antiferromagnetic materials, and XMCD and PEEM experiments in multiferroic heterostructures.
Paper writing, project application.
