Nanoscale / quantum materials

Exploring and manipulating matter at the nanometer scale, where quantum phenomena dominate, to guide the design of new materials and devices for applications such as quantum computing, sensing, and energy technologies.

Jesse Berezovsky studies quantum interactions between spins and photons in solid-state devices, using novel material systems, innovative techniques, and tailored nanoscale electronic, magnetic, and photonic devices. He also applies methods from statistical physics to understand fundamental structures in music from first principles, while developing new approaches to composing and performing music.

Giuseppe Strangi researches nanophotonics, metamaterials, plasmonics, and metasurfaces, focusing on how extreme optical environments can control light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. His work has applications in quantum technologies, biosensing, and energy harvesting.

Walter Lambrecht uses advanced computational methods, from density functional theory to many-body perturbation theory, to study the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of 2D and quantum materials, as well as defects in wide band-gap semiconductors.

Xuan Gao’s research focuses on understanding the electronic properties of nanoscale quantum materials and their applications in devices, such as field-effect transistors, and technologies including computing, energy harvesting, and sensing.

Hari Padma uses light to probe and manipulate quantum materials at the smallest length and timescales. His primary methods are spectroscopy and scattering experiments with THz, optical, and X-ray radiation, emphasizing femtosecond time-resolved techniques.

Shulei Zhang theoretically investigates magnetism and topological matter, focusing on how emergent spin and charge transport arise from quantum geometric effects and many-body interactions in quantum materials. Current projects include nonreciprocal spin-charge transport, spin-wave dynamics, and skyrmionics.

This area focuses on exploring and manipulating the properties of matter at the nanometer length scales where quantum phenomena abound, thereby guiding the design of new materials and devices for applications including quantum computing, sensing and energy technology.