Croatian Science Foundation research grant approved

Damjan Pelc — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:36:08 GMT

The group was awarded a research grant from the Croatian Science Foundation (IP-2026-6146, 2026-2029, 200000€) for research on unconventional quantum fluids: superconductors, spin liquids, and orbital fluctuations.

Obrisani Korisnik — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:23:27 GMT

We study materials with strong quantum correlations, with emphasis on unconventional superconductors. We employ a broad range of experimental techniques, including nuclear magnetic resonance, neutron and X-ray scattering and low-frequency optical spectroscopy.

The group is primarily funded by the Croatian Science Foundation through grant no. IP-2026-6146 and UIP-2020-02-9494 (completed in 2026).

Publications

Obrisani Korisnik — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:22:17 GMT

R. J. Spieker et al., Evidence for rare-region physics in the structural and electronic degrees of freedom of the nickelate L⁢a_2−xS⁢r_x⁢Ni⁢O₄. Phys. Rev. Materials 10, 095001 (2026)

R. J. Spieker et al., Pervasive symmetry-lowering nanoscale structural fluctuations in the cuprate La_2−xSr_xCu⁢O₄. Phys. Rev. B 113, 014101 (2026)

J. J. Abraham et al., Magnetic-field tuning of the spin dynamics in the quasi-2D van der Waals antiferromagnet CuCrP₂S₆. Adv. Funct. Mater. 36, e11057 (2026)

L. Rogić et al., Cryogenic continuous-wave optical spectrometer for sub-THz frequencies. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 083101 (2025)

M. Vučković et al., Cu NMR study of lightly doped La_2-xSr_xCuO₄. Phys. Rev. B 111, 184509 (2025)

R. Osborn et al., Diffuse scattering from correlated electron systems. Sci. Adv. 11, eadt7770 (2025)

A. Najev et al., Electronic spin susceptibility in metallic strontium titanate. npj Quant. Mater. 10, 4 (2025)

Z. W. Anderson et al., Nanoscale structural correlations in a model cuprate superconductor. Phys. Rev. B 110, 214519 (2024) (Editor's suggestion)

I. Khayr et al., Structural properties of plastically deformed SrTiO₃ and KTaO₃. Phys. Rev. Materials 8, 124404 (2024)

X. Wang et al., Multiferroicity in plastically deformed SrTiO₃. Nat. Commun. 15, 7442 (2024)

A. Najev et al., Magnetic resonance study of rare-earth titanates. Phys. Rev. B 109, 174406 (2024) (Editor's suggestion)

S. Griffitt et al., Local inversion-symmetry breaking in a bismuthate high-T_c superconductor. Nat. Commun. 14, 845 (2023)

D. Pelc et al., Unconventional short-range structural fluctuations in cuprate superconductors. Sci. Rep. 12, 20483 (2022)

A. Najev et al., Uniaxial strain control of bulk ferromagnetism in rare-earth titanates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 167201 (2022)

S. Hameed et al., Enhanced superconductivity and ferroelectric quantum criticality in plastically deformed strontium titanate, Nat. Mater. 21, 54 (2022)

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Croatian Science Foundation research grant approved

Publications