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Dr Sheng Ran, a postdoctoral fellow working at QMC and the NIST Center for Neutron Research, has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Lee Osheroff Richardson (LOR) Science Prize. Sheng, who has led research involving the discovery and investigation of the new topological superconductor uranium telluride at QMC, is recognised for "his research on unconventional superconductivity and electronic phases, particularly his seminal contributions to the discovery of exotic and extremely high-field re-entrant superconductivity in uranium ditelluride." The LOR Science Prize for North and South America is named after David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff and Robert C. Richardson who were joint winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996, for their discovery of superfluidity in 3He, and is awarded annually to recognise the novel work of young scientists working in the fields of low temperatures, high magnetic fields or surface science in North and South America. More information is found at the Oxford LOR site.
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An international team of collaborators led by QMC Researcher Ichiro Takeuchi (MSE), has developed an improved elastocaloric cooling material using a blend of nickel (Ni)-titanium (Ti) metals, forged using a 3D printer, that is not only potentially more efficient than current technology, but is completely ‘green.’ Takeuchi has been developing this technology for almost a decade, and it is one step closer to commercialization. See more info in the news release
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QMC PhD graduate Chris Eckberg investigates enhancements in the superconductivity of electronic nematic systems. Read the whole story here on phys.org
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Phys.org reports on the studies done by the Maryland Quantum Materials Center's researchers Dr. Johnpierre Paglione and Dr. Xiangfeng Wang. Researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. These materials create a playground for fundamental physics and are promising for a number of applications in special types of electronics and quantum computing.
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Check out NIST's Taking Measure: Just a Standard Blog where QMC researcher Dr. Sheng Ran's details the surprizes uncovered during the discovery of the spin-triplet superconductivity in UTe2.