IRG 2: Elastic Layered Quantum Materials

Creating and studying layered quantum materials with optical, magnetic, topological and superconducting properties that can be sensitively tuned by quasi-static or dynamic elastic strain.

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Arthur Barnard

Materials Science and EngineeringPhysicsIRG 2Research Faculty

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Ting Cao

Materials Science and EngineeringAI CoreIRG 2Research Faculty

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David Cobden

Shared Facilities Chair
PhysicsIRG 2Shared Facilities Leadership

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Serena Eley

Electrical EngineeringIRG 2Research Faculty

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Juan Carlos Idrobo

Materials Science and EngineeringIRG 1IRG 2Research Faculty

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Mo Li

Electrical EngineeringPhysicsIRG 2Research Faculty

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Alexandra Velian

ChemistryIRG 2IRG 2 Co-LeadIRG Leaders

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Di Xiao

Materials Science and EngineeringIRG 2Research Faculty

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Xiaodong Xu

Materials Science and EngineeringPhysicsIRG 2Research Faculty

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Jihui Yang

Materials Science and EngineeringIRG 2Research Faculty

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Matthew Yankowitz

PhysicsIRG 2Research Faculty

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Jiun-Haw Chu

PhysicsIRG 2IRG 2 Co-LeadIRG Leaders

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Recent Publications

1. Low-lying electronic structure of the rare earth based topological nodal line semimetal candidate DySbTe

   Nathan Valadez, Iftakhar Bin Elius, Dante James, Peter Radanovich, Tetiana Romanova, Sami Elgalal, Grzegorz Chajewski, Florie Mesple, Ellis Thompson, Keng Tou Chu, Matthew Yankowitz, Andrzej Ptok, Dariusz Kaczorowski, and Madhab Neupane

   Physical Review B, 2025, 112, 155148

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz

2. Strongly interacting Hofstadter states in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

   Minhao He, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiaqi Cai, Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Ran Peng, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ady Stern, B. Andrei Bernevig, Matthew Yankowitz, Oskar Vafek & Xiaodong Xu

   Nature Physics, 2025

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz, Xiaodong Xu

3. Anomalous Hysteresis in Graphite/Boron Nitride Transistors

   Dacen Waters, Derek Waleffe, Ellis Thompson, Esmeralda Arreguin-Martinez, Jordan Fonseca, Thomas Poirier, James H. Edgar, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Xiaodong Xu, David Cobden, and Matthew Yankowitz

   Nano Letters, 2025

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 2

   David Cobden, Matthew Yankowitz, Xiaodong Xu

4. Structural properties and recrystallization effects in ion beam modified B20-type FeGe films

   Liu, Jiangteng, Ryan Schoell, Xiyue S Zhang, Hongbin Yang, M. B Venuti, Hanjong Paik, David A Muller, Tzu-Ming Lu, Khalid Hattar, and Serena Eley

   APL Materials, 2025, 13, 011112-01111210

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 2

   Serena Eley

5. Moiré-Driven Topological Electronic Crystals in Twisted Graphene.

   Su, Ruiheng, Dacen Waters, Boran Zhou, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Ya-Hui Zhang, Matthew Yankowitz, and Joshua Folk

   Nature, 2025, 637, 1084-1089

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 2

   Matthew Yankowitz