Ben Breitung: Exploring High-Entropy Materials for Electrochemical Applications

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66879995529?pwd=dHpQb25LSGVZK3ozY243em5tenRWQT09 Meeting ID: 668 7999 5529 Passcode: 113399   Speaker: Ben Breitung, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology   Title: Exploring High-Entropy Materials for Electrochemical Applications   Abstract: High-entropy ceramics are a novel materials class with rapidly increasing significance since their discovery in 2015. Their unique crystal structure and the enormous compositional freedom allows tailoring these compounds […]

Claire Donnelly: Three-dimensional nanomagnetism: from textures in the bulk to 3D magnetic nanostructures

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399   Speaker: Claire Donnelly, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids   Abstract: Three dimensional magnetic systems promise significant opportunities for applications, for example providing higher density devices and new functionalities associated with complex topology and greater degrees of freedom .   With the recent development […]

Christoph Renner: Electronic Vortex Core Structure of a d-Wave High Temperature Superconductor

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399   Speaker Christoph Renner, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science at University of Geneva   Abstract: High temperature superconductivity (HTS) in copper oxides keeps challenging our understanding. Among the outstanding puzzles is the electronic structure of the Abrikosov vortex cores. The fundamental excitations bound to magnetic vortices in type-II […]

Jennifer Cano: Higher magic angles in twisted bilayer graphene and topological twistronics 

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399   Speaker: Jennifer Cano, Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University Title: Higher magic angles in twisted bilayer graphene and topological twistronics   Bio: Jennifer Cano is an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University and an Affiliate Associate Research Scientist at the Flatiron Institute. She earned a PhD […]

Eliška Greplová: Quantum Matter Meets Artificial Intelligence

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399   Speaker: Eliska Greplova, Assistant professor at the Department of Quantum Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology   Abstract: The fields of condensed matter, artificial intelligence and quantum computing have independently experienced a number of breakthroughs in the last decade. In this talk, I am going provide an […]

Christian Schneider: Exciton-Polaritons and their condensates in microcavities loaded with atomically thin crystals

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Christian Schneider, Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) have emerged as a new platform for studies of tightly bound excitons and many-body excitations in ultimately thin materials. Their giant dipole coupling to optical fields makes them very appealing for implementing novel […]

Ke Zou: Recent progress on understanding the superconductivity of bulk and monolayer FeSe

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Ke Zou, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Abstract: The physics of high-temperature superconductors is usually governed by the interplay of the spin and charge degrees of freedom. FeSe has the simplest chemical composition among Fe-based superconductors, yet monolayer FeSe on SrTiO3 substrate reports one of the highest […]

Inna Vishik: Electronic Correlations and Topology across Tc in a Magnetic Weyl Semimetal

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Inna Vishik, Associate Professor in Physics and Astronomy at UC Davis Abstract: Co3Sn2S2 is a magnetic Weyl semimetal below its Curie temperature (Tc) of 177K. I will discuss our recent spatial and temperature-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies in this system.  Across Tc, we observe signatures […]

Alexandra Navrotsky: Recent Developments in High Temperature Calorimetry

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Alexandra Navrotsky - Center for Materials of the Universe (MotU) , Arizona State University Title: Recent developments in high temperature calorimetry Abstract: A variety of high temperature calorimetric techniques have recently advanced for application to refractory oxides and related materials. These include improvements in oxide melt […]

Marlou Slot: Atom by Atom and Layer by Layer: Designing and Realizing Electronic Quantum Matter

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Marlou Slot; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Title: Atom by Atom and Layer by Layer: Designing and Realizing Electronic Quantum Matter Abstract: Quantum simulators are a versatile tool to study the behavior of quantum matter in a controlled way. […]

Kwabena Bediako: New Twists on Chemistry and Physics in Moiré Superlattices

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Kwabena Bediako, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, Dept. of Chemistry Title: New twists on chemistry and physics in moiré superlattices     Abstract: Atomically thin or two-dimensional (2D) materials can be assembled into bespoke heterostructures to produce some extraordinary physical phenomena. Likewise, these highly tunable materials are […]

Dr. Valentino R. Cooper: Exploring the Chemical Landscape of High Entropy Oxides

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68470173961?pwd=RTZEak9Pd01WajVOZHN5SW5YZHcyQT09 Meeting ID: 684 7017 3961 Passcode: 113399 Speaker: Dr. Valentino R. Cooper Title: Exploring the Chemical Landscape of High Entropy Oxides Abstract: High entropy, multi-component metal alloys (HEA), have superior mechanical properties and high radiation tolerances; which are, in part, driven by configurational entropy. Recently, an oxide analogue comprised of MgO, CoO, NiO, CuO […]