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. Superconductivity from dual-surface carriers in rhombohedral graphene

   Manish Kumar, Derek Waleffe, Anna Okounkova, Raveel Tejani, Võ Tiến Phong, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Cyprian Lewandowski, Joshua Folk & Matthew Yankowitz

   Nature Physics, 2026, 22, 862-869

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz

2. Anomalous metal and superconducting phases in rhombohedral graphene

   Anna Okounkova, Abigail Sohm, Tobias Faehndrich, Manish Kumar, Derek Waleffe, Jiaqiang Yan, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Joshua Folk & Matthew Yankowitz

   Nature, 2026, 658, 65-70

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 4

   Matthew Yankowitz

3. Structural characterization of neutron irradiated hexagonal boron-10 nitride-15 single crystals

   Thomas Poirier; Josh Avery; Dmitri Zakharov; Kim Kisslinger; Judith Yang; Jong Keum; Kristie Koski; Sonder Wilson; Guodong Ren; Juan Carlos Idrobo; Florie Mesple; Ellis Thompson; Matthew Yankowitz; Lei R. Cao; James H. Edgar

   Applied Physics Letters, 2026, 23, 231902

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz, Juan Carlos Idrobo

4. Tripling of the superconducting critical current density in BaFe₂(As_(1-x)P₂)₂ retained after pressure release

   Jiangteng Liu, Alex Lopez, Daniel Slone, Guodong Ren, Zhaoyu Liu, Juan-Carlos Idrobo, Jiun-Haw Chu and Serena Eley

   Superconductor Science and Technology, 2026, 39, 065009

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Serena Eley, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Jiun-Haw Chu

5. Observation of momentum dependent charge density wave gap in EuTe₄

   Iftakhar Bin Elius; Nathan Valadez; Gyanendra Dhakal; Volodymyr Buturlim; Sabin Regmi; Dante James; Peter Radanovich; Keng Tou Chu; Ellis Thompson; Matthew Yankowitz; Tetiana Romanova; Andrzej Ptok; Krzysztof Gofryk; Dariusz Kaczorowski; Madhab Neupane

   Physics Review B, 2026, 113, 235125-

   DMR-2308979IRG 2Year 3

   Matthew Yankowitz