ERC Consolidator Grant for the project “3DCuT”

The project “3DCuT – 3D Cuprate Twistronics as a Platform for High-Temperature Topological Superconductivity”, led by Prof. Nicola Poccia, will enable the creation of an innovative laboratory dedicated to the exploration and application of superconducting physics through the fabrication of complex materials stacked in Lego-like structures only a few atoms thick. The laboratory will focus on the development of micro/nano-devices and techniques to fabricate and control heterostructures composed of cuprate layers bound by very weak chemical bonds.

The project represents the culmination of the methodological advances achieved by Prof. Nicola Poccia throughout his career, which has focused on the realization of ultra-clean interfaces of cuprates stacked and twisted at specific angles. This research field is rapidly evolving, and these interfaces are now among the leading candidates for the implementation of high-temperature topological superconductivity. The project combines the exotic properties of cuprate heterostructures with tools from quantum information science and aims to realize a new type of highly tunable Josephson junctions for quantum technologies.

By joining the QTlab, Prof. Nicola Poccia will establish a new laboratory dedicated to superconducting quantum materials, in synergy with the QTlab’s quantum computing activities and with collaborators at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), where he continues to hold a prominent part-time role.

The project, which will be hosted by the University of Naples Federico II for a duration of five years, has been awarded funding of approximately 2 million euros.