Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials (NPQC)

Director

Joel Moore

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Class

2018-2022

Mission

To expand dramatically our understanding and control of coherence in solids by building on recent discoveries in quantum materials along with advances in experimental and computational techniques.

Research Topics

optics, defects, charge transport, superconductivity, magnetism and spin physics, quantum information science

Materials Studied

Materials: semiconductor, metal, oxide, optoelectronic and metamaterial

Interfaces: solid/solid

Nanostructured Materials: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D

Experimental and Theoretical Methods

X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, density functional theory (DFT)