Hybrid superconducting nanowires for quantum devices

After the discovery of superconductivity in twisted bi-layer graphene, it is believed that graphite can exhibit the same behavior due to the intrinsic presence of rotational stacking fault in a bulk sample. During this internship, I searched for traces of superconductivity using transport and magnetic measurement in commercially available graphite that undergo a treatment to increase the presence of these stacking fault.

Time-resolved synchrotron (BESSY II, Berlin) X-ray diffraction studies of the piezoelectric response in PLZT (Lead zirconate titanate doped Lanthanum) thin films and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy in situ