Programmable Quantum Materials (Pro-QM)
Director
Dmitri Basov
Lead Institution
Columbia University
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To discover, characterize, and deploy new forms of quantum matter controllable by gating, magnetic proximity and nano-mechanical manipulation.
Research Topics
optics, defects, charge transport, superconductivity, magnetism and spin physics, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, mesostructured materials, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Materials Studied
Materials: semiconductor, metal, optoelectronic, and metamaterial
Interfaces: solid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
scanning probe microscopy, near-field microscopy, surface science, ultrafast science, density functional theory (DFT), dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), mesoscale modeling
Partner Institutions
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- University of Washington
