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