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)
Partner Institutions
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Columbia University
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- University of California, Santa Barbara
