The project
CONSPIRA addresses the challenge of fabricating and controlling periodic arrays of nuclear and electronic spins embedded in graphene nanostructures with atomic-scale precision. Elementary spins are key components for quantum technologies, yet integrating them into scalable platforms with tunable interactions remains a bottleneck.
The project combines on-surface synthesis with spin-sensitive spectroscopies, a novel low-temperature STM coupled to cavity quantum electrodynamics, and microwave-based control of spin dynamics.
Principal Investigator: José Ignacio Pascual
Host institution: CIC nanoGUNE BRTA
Duration: 60 months (2024–2028)
Collaborators: D. Peña (CiQUS, Santiago de Compostela), T. Frederiksen (DIPC), D. Sánchez-Portal (CFM-CSIC), F. Luis (ICMA-CSIC)
Work packages
Results
All publications →Nature · 2026
Parity-dependent coupling of molecular spin chains to a superconductor
Katerina Vaxevani, Jon Ortuzar, Stefano Trivini, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Letters · 2025
Local control of parity and charge in nanoscale superconducting lead islands
Stefano Trivini, Jon Ortuzar, Katerina Vaxevani, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Advanced Materials · 2025
Spin and Charge Control of Topological End States in Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons on a 2D Ferromagnet
L. Edens, F. Romero Lara, T. Sai, … J.I. Pascual
Nano Letters · 2025
From local to collective superconductivity in proximitized graphene
Stefano Trivini, Tim Kokkeler, Jon Ortuzar, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Letters · 2025
Revealing inter-band electron pairing in a superconductor with spin-orbit coupling
Javier Zaldívar, Jon Ortuzar, Miguel Alvarado, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Materials · 2025
Epitaxial growth of gold films on the elemental superconductors V(100), Nb(100) and Nb(110)
Dongfei Wang, Katerina Vaxevani, Danilo Longo, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Nature Communications · 2025
Systematic Modulation of Charge and Spin in Graphene Nanoribbons on MgO
Amelia Domínguez-Celorrio, Leonard Edens, Sofía Sanz, … David Serrate
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
On-surface Synthesis of a Ferromagnetic Molecular Spin Trimer
A. Vegliante, M. Vilas-Varela, R. Ortiz, … D. Peña
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. [GRANT NUMBER]). [ERC and EU emblems to be added.]