Strong correlation effects are believed to be the driving force behind many novel quantum phases and exotic phenomena, such as strange metallicity. They become pronounced when the electrostatic repulsive interaction […]
Investigating charge-structure coupling in soft materials for information processing and actuation. We will discuss the thermodynamics of information, compare the efficiency of different information processing architectures (CPU vs. brain), and […]
Topology and phase transitions in twisted nodal superconductors “Twistronics” paradigm has been tremendously successful in realizing strongly correlated and topological phases of electrons in two-dimensional semiconductors or semimetals. In […]
Liang Wu (U Penn) "Novel nonlinear optical response in PT-invariant antiferromagnets"
Speaker: David Weld of UCSB Location: Bloomberg 462 Title: Probing quantum dynamics with strongly driven ultracold atoms Abstract: Degenerate gases in modulated optical potentials are a flexible testbed for the […]
Speaker: Mark Rudner (U Washington) “Dynamical quantum materials” When pushed out of equilibrium, quantum materials can host interesting types of internal fields -- dc or ac electric fields, currents, etc., […]
Speaker: Tomoya Higo of U. Tokyo Title: Electrical manipulation and detection of topological states in heterostructures based on the Weyl antiferromagnet Mn3Sn Abstract: Various elementary particles previously proposed in high-energy […]
Speaker: William D. Ratcliff of NIST Title: "Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Neutron Scattering” Abstract: Neutron scattering is a versatile technique for studying the structure and dynamics of materials. Unfortunately, […]
Host: Yaojun Zhang
Special Condensed Matter Seminar Speaker: Allen Scheie Title: "The old and the new: Probing elemental gadolinium and quantum entanglement with neutron scattering" Abstract: Doing experiments on quantum materials often not […]
Title: New Pathways for Topological Flat Bands, and Roton Condensate in Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Systems Abstract: Recent studies on topological flat bands in moiré superlattices have revealed fascinating new […]
Title: Moiré magnetism in twisted two-dimensional magnets Abstract: Moiré superlattice emerges from the interference between two mismatched atomic lattices, and it has led to tremendous success in designing and tailoring the electronic states in […]