Head of Group
Unit: Smart Materials
Group: Modelling of functional materials
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I studied Physics at the University of the Basque Country, where I obtained my Ph.D. in 2001. After two postdoctoral appointments in the USA, at Rutgers University and the NIST Center for Neutron Research, in 2005 I joined the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) as a permanent researcher. Then, in 2015 I moved to the newly created Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), where I lead a research group focused on modeling of functional materials (MFM). Since 2018 I also hold an invited position as Affiliate Full Professor of Physics at the University of Luxembourg. My research specializes in applying theoretical and computational methods to address problems in condensed matter physics and materials science. I am better known for my works on ferroelectric and multiferroic phenomena as well as my original methodological contributions, e.g., for predictive dynamical simulations of nanostructured ferroelectrics. Recent highlights include the discovery of unprecedented electromechanical properties in novel fluorite ferroelectrics, the explanation of anomalous dielectric effects (negative capacitance and voltage amplification) in ferroelectric heterostructures, and the discovery of electric skyrmion bubbles. Since 2022 I am a Fellow of the American Physical Society “For ground-breaking contributions to the computational theory of ferroelectric and multiferroic materials.”
Group leader for "Modeling of Functional Materials" (MFM)
A modern perspective on antiferroelectrics
Catalan G., Gruverman A., Íñiguez-González J., Meier D., Trassin M.
Nature Materials, vol. 25, n° 4, pp. 557-565, 2026
Engineering Unequal Antipolar Displacement in Ferromagnetic Layered Oxide Heterostructures
Spring J., Fedorova N.S., Vogel A., Herrero-Martín J., Stylianidis E., Zubko P., Íñiguez-González J., Rossell M.D., Gibert M.
Advanced Materials, vol. 38, n° 17, art. no. e13458, 2026
Tunable and Persistent Macroscopic Polarization in Nominally Centrosymmetric Defective Oxides
Park D.S., Pryds N., Gauquelin N., Hadad M., Chezganov D., Palliotto A., Jannis D., Íñiguez-González J., Verbeeck J., Muralt P., Damjanovic D.
Advanced Materials, vol. 38, n° 3, art. no. e03685, 2026
Hybrid antiferroelectric–ferroelectric domain walls in noncollinear antipolar oxides
Ushakov I.N., Topstad M., Khalid M.Z., Sharma N., Grams C.P., Ludacka U., He J., Hunnestad K.A., Sadeqi-Moqadam M., Glaum J., Selbach S.M., Hemberger J., Becker P., Bohatý L., Kumar A., Íñiguez-González J., van Helvoort A.T.J., Meier D.
Nature Nanotechnology, 2026
Flexoelectrically Induced Polar Topology in Twisted SrTiO3 Membranes
Tenreiro I., Aramberri H., Rouco V., Sánchez-Santolino G., Cabero M., Gallego F., Sánchez-Manzano D., González-Calbet J.M., Mompeán F., García-Hernández M., Rivera-Calzada A., Íñiguez-González J., León C., Santamaría J.
Advanced Materials, 2026