Center for the Advancement of Topological Semimetals (CATS)
Director
Robert McQueeney
Lead Institution
Ames Laboratory
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To understand and discover new quantum phenomena and functionality in topological materials for future applications in spin-based electronics, computing, and sensing.
Research Topics
optics, charge transport, magnetism and spin physics, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (predictive)
Materials Studied
Materials: semiconductor, metal, optoelectronic and metamaterial
Interfaces: solid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, neutron diffraction and scattering, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, near-field microscopy, surface science, ultrafast science, high-throughput screening methods, density functional theory (DFT)
Partner Institutions
- Ames Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Harvard University
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Waterloo
