Research

We create our own small table-top experimental universe by fabricating quantum materials, where strong electronic interactions and topology can be controlled and explored.

• We design and engineer new layered heterostructures by exfoliating, twisting, cutting, stacking, and nanopatterning atomically thin materials.
• We nanofabricate these heterostructures into devices and perform quantum transport measurements at millikelvin temperatures to discover emergent phenomena, such as unconventional superconductivity and fractionalized particles.

Understanding complex phases of matter requires multidimensional investigation across different physically observable quantities.

• We creatively use layered materials not only as platforms for emergent physics, but also as quantum sensors that are seamlessly integrated into the system under study.
• We simultaneously probe transport, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic properties, including conductivity, chemical potential, entropy, magnetization, and density of states, within a single device.

What is the microscopic origin and mechanism of the emergent phenomena we discover? Can these states be directly visualized and precisely controlled in situ at length scales smaller than individual atoms?

• We aim to build an unprecedented experimental platform that combines simultaneous mesoscopic and subatomic-scale measurement capabilities, fully compatible with state-of-the-art quantum devices.
• We visualize and control phases in our devices, ranging from emergent crystalline orders and exotic quasiparticles to future topological qubits.

 We explore the interface between quantum materials and emerging device-based qubit technologies.

• We apply high-frequency techniques, such as RF reflectometry and ultrafast transport measurements, to probe quantum materials beyond the DC regime.
• We aim to develop 2D quantum material-based superconducting qubits, spin qubits, and potential topological qubits.