2024 Carr Lecture by Jochen Mannart

This year's W. J. Carr Lecture Series on Superconductivity and Advanced Materials will be presented by Prof. Jochen Mannhart from the Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany. Prof Mannhart's research interests are focused on the properties of interfaces in complex electronic materials, and have included work on the discovery and development of bicrystal Josephson junctions and SQUIDs, the enhancement of critical currents of high-Tc superconductors by grain alignment, which is the basis for the modern high-Tc superconducting cables, the first imaging of individual atoms with subatomic resolution, and the fabrication of the first all-oxide FETs. Mannhart has received numerous awards for his research, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis of the German Science Foundation and the Europhysics Prize in 2014.  A Technical Seminar will be given on Monday, January 29 at 4pm in Toll 1201 (more info here), followed by a special Department Colloquium on Tuesday, January 30 at 4pm in 1410 Toll (more info here).

Nick Butch Elected as 2023 APS Fellow

QMC member and NIST Researcher Nick Butch has been elected to the APS 2023 Fellowship. This program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions in physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education. Each year, no more than one half of one percent of the Society membership is recognized by their peers for election to Fellow of the American Physical Society. Nick was nomiated to the DCMP Unit and is one of 14 elected fellows -- congrats Nick!!

$2M NSF FuSe Grant Awarded to QMC Researchers

A team of UMD researchers led by Carlos Ocampo (MSE and IREAP) and including Ichiro Takeuchi (MSE) have been awarded a $2 million grant to support the discovery of new materials for high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable semiconductors for electronic and optical computational devices, using machine learning to predict unexplored “phase change materials” (PCM) that the researchers can combine, synthesize, test and later integrate into electronic and photonic computational devices. More information can be found here.

 

APPLY NOW for the 7th FQM Winter School!

QMC is hosting its 7th annual Fundamentals of Quantum Materials Winter School, to be held at the University of Maryland, January 15-19, 2024.  This school, (sponsored by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, ICAM, and NSF), is aimed at providing fundamental training to our current and future generations of Quantum Materials scientists in synthesis and characterization techniques.  It will bring together senior and junior scientists to address topics at the forefront of current research into quantum materials, while also providing pedagogical background and practical training for junior scientists.  With an interdisciplinary and diverse crowd, including physicists, chemists, and materials scientists, participants will gain basic functional knowledge of how to plan and carry out synthesis relevant to the study of quantum materials and will have a unique opportunity to interact with some of the top researchers in the field while networking with fellow peers.  This year's school is focused on High Pressure Synthesis and Measurements, and will include a combination of  fundamental materials synthesis instruction as well as lectures on experimental techniques and practices from an impressive list of invited speakers. The school will be followed by a one-day Workshop focused on a current topic in quantum materials research, covering both experimental and theoretical work presented by a list of prominent scientists in the field. School students are expected to attend both events.  Applications can be submitted via web at https://fqm.physics.umd.edu. 

 

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