Quantum Materials

The ability to exploit the interactions between a materials spin, charge, and lattice degrees of freedom is central to the development of the next-generation technologies in data storage, communications, and computation. Several groups on campus are interested in magnetoelectric multiferroics, which exhibit a cross-coupling that allows for the control of electrical polarizations using magnetic fields or, correspondingly, the orientation of magnetic moment using applied voltages. While uncommon in nature, the development of single-phase multiferroics with strong coupling at room temperature would pave the way for unprecedented new technologies in the form of cryogen-free magnetic field sensors and new low energy data-storage methods. Other work includes the fundamental understanding of unique physical properties of novel nanomaterials (like black phosphorus, graphene, and transition metal dichalcogenides), and their new applications in high speed electronics, RF sensing, and neuromorphic computing.

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