Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Research in nanophysics and novel materials are emphasized. Our faculty are involved in several research fields at the frontiers in the following areas: spintronics, topological materials, superconductors, semiconductors, ferromagnets, mesoscopic physics, left-handed metamaterials, quantum chaos, nanotechnology and nanoparticle synthesis.
Members
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Professor de la Torre’s research seeks to understand complex emergent phenomena in quantum materials and engineering new long-lived quantum states by interacting with matter at ultrafast timescales.
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Professor Dimitrova’s research aims to develop fast high-fidelity quantum network channels between atomic tweezer arrays for modular quantum computing and long-distance quantum networks.
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Professor Kin Chung Fong’s group conducts interdisciplinary research of quantum matter, quantum microwave optics, and quantum devices.
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Professor Heiman’s expertise lies in topological materials, MBE films, and AFM spintronics.
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Research in Professor Israeloff’s group is focused on polymer glass aging, non-equilibrium measurements, and fluctuation–dissipation.
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Professor Kar’s expertise lies in graphene, 2D boron nitride, h-BCN, carbon nanotubes, and topological insulators.
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Professor Kravchenko expertise includes metal-insulator transition, wigner crystallization, and flat-band materials.
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Professor Menon conducts and supervises research in nanomaterials, specifically porous alumina, titania nanotubes, gallium nitride nanowires.
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Professor Sridhar’s research is focused in quantitative MRI, drug delivery, and neurovisual science.
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Professor Stevenson’s expertise lies in quantum sensing, nanoscale biophysics, and membrane dynamics.
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Professor Wanunu’s expertise lies in nanoscale biophysics, nanopores, and optics.
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Professor Wu’s research focuses on topological quantum materials, magnetic thin films, spintronics, and magnonics.
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Professor Yoon’s expertise includes ultrafast spectroscopy, Van der Waals heterostructures, light-induced phenomena, and quantum nonlinear optics.
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