Ruben Skjelstad Dragland

About

I have been working as a PhD candiate on Functional Topological Systems in FACET since August 2023.

Main Supervisor: Professor Dennis Gerhard Meier

Co-supervisor: Professor Antonius T.J. van Helvoort

My main research goal is to explore the possibility of using ferroelectric domain walls as active electronic components. The research involves lithography, focused ion beam (FIB), and various scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques: conductive Atomic Force Microscopy (cAFM), Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) etc.

Research

ATRONICS

Creating building blocks for atomic-scale electronics.

Publications

2024

Coexistence of multi-scale domains in ferroelectric polycrystals with non-uniform grain-size distribution. K. Wolk, R. S. Dragland, E. Chavez-Panduro, L. Richarz, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, K. A. Hunnestad, Ch. Tzschaschel, J. Schultheiss, and D. Meier, Matter doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2024.02.041 (2024)

2025

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Mejía, Catalina Salazar; Hansen, Ingvild; Hamasaki, Yosuke; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Ehara, Yoshitaka. (2025) Relation between 4f-magnetism and the low-temperature magnetocaloric effect in multiferroic hexagonal manganites. Communications Materials
Academic article

2024

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Salazar-Mejia, C.; Hansen, Ingvild; Hamasaki, Yosuke; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Ehara, Yoshi. (2024) Relation between rare-earth magnetism and the magnetocaloric effect in multiferroic hexagonal manganites. arXiv.org
Academic article
Wolk, Katharina; Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Hjelmstad, Michael E.; Richarz, Leonie; Yan, Zewu. (2024) Coexistence of multi-scale domains in ferroelectric polycrystals with non-uniform grain-size distributions. Matter
Academic article

Journal publications

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Mejía, Catalina Salazar; Hansen, Ingvild; Hamasaki, Yosuke; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Ehara, Yoshitaka. (2025) Relation between 4f-magnetism and the low-temperature magnetocaloric effect in multiferroic hexagonal manganites. Communications Materials
Academic article
Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Salazar-Mejia, C.; Hansen, Ingvild; Hamasaki, Yosuke; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Ehara, Yoshi. (2024) Relation between rare-earth magnetism and the magnetocaloric effect in multiferroic hexagonal manganites. arXiv.org
Academic article
Wolk, Katharina; Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Hjelmstad, Michael E.; Richarz, Leonie; Yan, Zewu. (2024) Coexistence of multi-scale domains in ferroelectric polycrystals with non-uniform grain-size distributions. Matter
Academic article

Teaching

TMT4515 - Kjemiske metoder for syntese og karakterisering av nanomaterialer, fordypningsemne

TMT4110 - Kjemi

TFY4330 - Nanotools (Guest lecture and exercise session on AFM)

Outreach

Kom i kontakt med ferroelektriske domenevegger (2024)

Populærvitenskapelig foredrag for Timini - Linjeforeningen for Nanoteknologi om ferroelektriske domenevegger og hvordan man ønsker å realisere domeneveggnanoelektronikk gjennom å bruke deres elektroniske egenskaper.

Grå Gugge Symposium 2025 - Om ferroelektriske domenevegger

Foredrag på Grå Gugge Symposium 2025, arrangert av bedriftskontakten til Timini - Linjeforeningen for Nanoteknologi, om hvordan man kan kombinere mikrofabrikasjon med atomærkraftmikroskopi til å estimere ladningsbærertettheten til erbiummanganitt.

2024

Poster

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Richarz, Leonie Caroline; Hansen, Ingvild; Zahn, Manuel; He, Jiali; Hentschel, Mario. (2024) Getting in Contact with Ferroelectric Domain Walls. FerroSchool 2024 , Ljubliana 2024-11-18 - 2024-11-21
Academic lecture

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Wolk, Katharina; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Richarz, Leonie Caroline; Yan, Zewu; Bourret, Edith. (2024) Ferroelectric Domains in DyMnO3 Polycrystals with Inhomogeneous Grain-size Distribution. European Conference on Application of Polar Dielectrics , Trondheim 2024-06-16 - 2024-06-19
Academic lecture

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Wolk, Katharina; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Hunnestad, Kasper Aas; Schultheiss, Jan Erich; Meier, Dennis. (2024) Domain Size Engineering by Grain Scaling in Polycrystalline Hexagonal DyMnO3. DPG Frühjahrstagungen 2024 , Berlin 2024-03-17 - 2024-03-22

2023

Poster

Dragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Wolk, Katharina; Panduro, Elvia Anabela Chavez; Hunnestad, Kasper Aas; Schultheiss, Jan Erich; Meier, Dennis. (2023) Non-uniform Grain Size Effects on Ferroelectric Domain Scaling in DyMnO3. Norwegian Nanosymposium 2023 , Trondheim 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29

Språkvelger

Ruben Skjelstad Dragland