We use a range of nano-scale techniques in order to study the materials science of synthesis of novel quantum materials and find ways to exploit their functional behavior.
A list of current topics of interest includes:
• Synthesis of quantum materials: superconductors, functional 2D materials.
• Phenomena at surfaces and buried interfaces: structure, electronic properties, surface dynamics (e.g. phase transitions, domain structure, disorder effects).
• Synthesis and topological properties of novel layered materials.
• Instrumentation development.