Superconducting qubits are among the leading competitors in the race towards building the first full-fledged quantum computer. Using this platform, researchers have for the first time demonstrated computational capability that is beyond the reach of the current classical machines. (This achievement is nicknamed "Quantum Supremacy".) Up to date, however, the...
The highly flexible nature of 2D materials has led to them becoming fundamental building blocks for achieving novel device physics and potential breakthroughs in practical technologies. 2D layers can be interfaced in a wide array of methods with themselves, other 2D layered materials, or materials of entirely different type or...
Superconductivity is a fascinating manifestation of quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale that has led to greater insights of the strongly correlated physics of a large number of interacting electrons ever since its discovery $\sim$ 100 years ago in elemental Hg. The unconventional superconductors that are based on uranium offer...
The role of mesoscale structure on the properties of functional materials is poorly understood as the influence of mesoscale structure is both complicated and material specific. Thus there is not only a lack of a general understanding of how structure influences emergent properties but also a lack of a general...
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) like perovskites are known to be versatile for functional properties such as ferroelectricity, magnetism, optical properties, and high-temperature superconductivity, because of their sensitive coupling between atomic structure and properties. By studying and understanding the fundamental structure-property relationships present in TMOs, it is possible to strategically engineer...
Liquid 3He is the paradigm system for studying exotic quantum mechanical phenomena observed in nature. The normal state of 3He is a strongly-correlated Fermi liquid with strong ferromagnetic spin fluctuations. However, as we cool 3He down to T = 0K, we find something fascinating and unexpected. This exotic fluid remains...
Organic semiconductors have shown great promise for optoelectronic applications, particularly solar photovoltaics. Critical to their success is the ability to understand and manipulate the relationship between molecular structure and bulk properties. Substantial progress on understanding structural influences on electronic properties has been made for the conjugated polymers and small molecules...
In monolayer materials with a honeycomb-like lattice an emergent degree of freedom arises for charge carriers corresponding to their valley index. Due to spatial inversion asymmetry and the presence of strong spin-orbit coupling, this valley degree of freedom strongly affects the optoelectronic properties of carriers in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides...
Liquid helium-3 is a remarkable substance. Even prior to the discovery of superfluidity in 1972, liquid helium-3 was the paradigm of a strongly interacting Fermi liquid. At even lower temperatures, liquid helium-3 undergoes a phase transition to a p-wave Fermi superfluid. Over 40 years since its discovery, superfluid helium-3 is...