Ondřej Michal, our Mgr. student, was awarded the Best Poster Award at the 22nd International Conference on Magnetism in Bologna for his poster titled "Magnetism and anisotropy of vdW antiferromagnet VCl3".
In his poster, Ondřej presented the results of recent bulk measurements conducted on VCl3, a member of the vanadium-based trihalides family. Other materials in this group, namely VBr3 and VI3, exhibit an unquenched orbital moment due to the crystal field effect on the magnetic-moment-bearing V3+ ions. This unquenched orbital moment leads, among other things, to high magnetocrystalline anisotropy. The results presented support similar behavior in VCl3 but also highlight differences, such as its in-plane antiferromagnetic structure with out-of-plane anisotropy.
His poster is available on the board in the building of our faculty, Ke Karlovu 5, ground floor, next to the technology lab.
