Jordi Sort leads the ‘Group of Smart Nanoengineered Materials, Nanomechanics and Nanomagnetism’ as an ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. After finishing his PhD in 2002 in the field of “magnetic interfacial effects” (Extraordinary Award), Prof. Sort performed two postdoctoral stays at SPINTEC (Grenoble) and at Argonne National Laboratory. His research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of a wide variety of materials (electrodeposited films, lithographed structures, porous materials, metallic glasses, composites) with emphasis on their magnetic and mechanical performance. His work has been awarded by the Catalan and Spanish Physical Societies (Young Researcher Award). At present, Prof. Sort has supervised 7 PhD Theses, has published 220 articles (5100 citations, h = 35), has issued 4 patents and has managed 22 national/international research projects, including an ITN and a Consolidator Grant-2014 from the European Research Council.

Research interests

Jordi Sort is currently investigating the nanomechanical and nanomagnetic properties of a wide range of materials, including lithographed structures, thin films and bulky specimens. Among the most relevant recent achievements one can mention: the use of nanoindentation and selective ion irradiation to form magnetic structures embedded in non-magnetic matrices; magneto-electric effects in nanoporous alloys; the ductilization of metallic glasses by development of nanostructured morphologies; the growth of new types of coatings with enhanced mechanical and magnetic properties; the characterization of mesoporous materials and onion-type nanoparticles with interlayer magnetic interactions; the development of advanced biodegradable materials for orthopedic implants; the characterization of remotely-actuated magnetic nanowires for biomedical applications. Further information at: http://jsort-icrea.uab.cat/index.htm.