SQM-seminar

Singapore Quantum Materials (SQM) Seminar Series

The Singapore quantum materials (SQM) seminar series brings together researchers in Singapore to discuss recent work in quantum materials in an informal setting.

Each meeting comprises two talks given by graduate students or postdocs, as well as active participation of researchers and faculty from around Singapore.

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Spring 2019

SQM Seminar @ A*STAR (May 17th)

17th May 2019 (Friday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Multi Purpose Hall 1 (MPH1) [directions], Innovis Building, Fusionopolis 2, A*STAR

Speakers:

"Chalcogenide Topological Insulators for Photonics"

Harish Krishnamoorthy (Cesare Soci Group, NTU)

"Phonon induced resistivity in twisted bilayer graphene close to magic angle"

Girish Sharma (Shaffique Adam Group, NUS)

SQM Seminar @ NUS (Mar 20th)

20th March 2019 (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"Synthesis, Properties and Applications of novel 2D materials"

Jiadong Zhu (Liu Zheng's group, NTU)

"Signatures of localization in interacting systems coupled to a nonequilibrium bath"

Xiansong Xu (Dario Poleti's group, SUTD)

Fall 2018

SQM Seminar @ NTU (Dec 14th)

14th December 2018 (Friday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Executive Classroom 1 (SPMS-03-06) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

"Spectrally and spatially resolved scattering of exciton-carrier dynamics in WSe2 single layer"

Daniele Vella (Goki Eda Group, NUS)

"Emergence of magnetic skyrmions on Co/Pt-based multilayers with strong interfacial chiral interactions"

Xiaoye Chen (Spin Technologies for Electronic Devices Group, IMRE, A*STAR)

SQM Seminar @ NUS (Nov 14th)

14th November 2018 (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"Linearly Polarized Luminescence of Atomically-thin MoS2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals"

Andres Granados del Águila (Xiong Group, NTU)

"Artificial life in nonlinear cavity arrays with a feedback loop and with an exciton-polariton lattice

Rimi Banerjee (Liew Group, NTU)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (Oct 19th)

19th October 2018 (Friday), 11am-1230nn

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

"Insulating phase and unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene"

Xingyu Gu (Shaffique Adam Group, NUS)

"Synthesization of 2D honeycomb structure based on group IV and V elements and their properties"

Gou Jian (Andrew Wee Group, NUS)

SQM Seminar @ NUS (Sept 12th)

12th Sept (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"Interplay among carriers, phonons, and excitons in lead-halide perovskites "

Daming Zhao (Chia group, NTU)

"Electron transport on magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional chiral magnets"

Nyayabanta Swain (Sengupta Group, NTU)

Spring 2018

SQM Seminar @ NUS (June 27th)

27th June (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"A New Spin on Halide Perovskites"

David Giovanni (Sum group, NTU)

"Internal structure and geometric phase of plasmons"

Li-kun Shi (Song Group, NTU)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (May 25th)

25th May 2018 (Friday), 11am-1230nn

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

"Exploring light emission from metal-insulator-metal quantum tunnelling junctions"

Thorin Jake Duffin (Nijhuis group, NUS)

"The role of electron-electron interactions in Dirac Fermions"

Leaw Jia Ning (Shaffique Adam Group, NUS)

SQM Seminar @ NUS (April 18th)

18th April (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: CA2DM Theory Commons, S16-06, Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"Valleytronic-based logically-reversible gates and electron emission across 2D material electrical contacts"

Yee Sin Ang (Ricky Ang's group, SUTD)

"Ultrafast dual channel switching and Meissner effect in quantum superconductor metamaterials"

Yogesh Kumar Srivastava (Ranjan Singh's group, NTU)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (February 2nd)

2nd February 2018 (Friday), 10am-1130pm

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

"Tuning magnetoresistance from classical to quantum in TmB4"

Sreemanta Mitra (Panagopoulos group, NTU)

"Excitonic structuring of the Optical Conductivity in MoS2 Monolayers"

Emilia Ridolfi (Pereira Group, NUS)

Fall 2017

SQM Seminar @ NUS (October 11th)

11th October (Wednesday), 11am-1230 nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

"Microsecond dark-exciton valley polarization memory in 2D heterostructures"

Abdullah Rasmita (Weibo Gao's group, NTU)

"The relationship between structure and properties in a ferroelectric material"

Weili Cheah (IHPC)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (August 25th)

25th August 2017 , 11am-1230nn

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

"Spin-Orbit Dirac Point in Monolayer HfGeTe and Type-II nodal loops

Shan Guan (Shengyuan Yang's group, SUTD)

“Energy Level Alignment at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces"

Yifeng Chen (Su Ying Quek group, NUS)

"Sign change of spin-orbit coupling driven topological insulator to Dirac/Weyl semimetal transition"

Xian-Lei Sheng (Shengyuan Yang's group, SUTD)

Spring 2017

SQM Seminar @ NUS (April 26th)

26th April 2017 , 11am-1230nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

“Topological transport and microscopy studies of magnetic skyrmions in Ir/Fe/Co/Pt multilayers"

M. Raju (Christos Panagopoulos group, NTU)

"Dirac semimetal Fermi arc states and its optical responses"

Likun Shi (Justin Song group, NTU & IHPC)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (February 17th)

17th February 2017, 11am-1230am

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

“Anomalous sign change in the Seebeck Coefficient of few layer MoS2"

Wu Jing (Kedar Hippalgaonkar's Group, IMRE)

"Realistic lattice model for electron-electron interactions in undoped graphene"

Joao Rodriguez (Shaffique Adam's group, NUS)

SQM Seminar @ SUTD (January 13th)

13th January 2017 , 10am-1130am

Location: SUTD Lecture Theatre 4 (Room 2.404) [directions], Building 2, Level 4, SUTD

Speakers:

“Floquet semimetal with Floquet-band holonomy"

Longwen Zhou (Jiangbin Gong group, NUS)

"Dynamics on a topological mattress"

Chinghua Lee (IHPC)

Fall 2016

SQM Seminar @ NUS (November 30th)

30th November 2016 , 11am-1230nn

Location: Physics Conference Room (S11-02-07), Department of Physics (NUS)

Speakers:

“Linear and nonlinear Weyl point photonic lattices”

Daniel Leykam (Yidong Chong group, NTU)

"Exotic magnetoresponse in type-II Weyl semi-metals"

Zhiming Yu (Shengyuan Yang group, SUTD)

SQM Seminar @ NTU (November 4th)

4th November 2016 , 11am-1230nn

Location: Hilbert Space (PAP-02-02) [directions], School of Physics and Mathematical Sciences (NTU)

Speakers:

“Effective Medium Theory for Coulomb Drag in Graphene”

Derek Ho (Shaffique Adam group, NUS)

"Superconductivity in Li-intercalated MoS2"

Ivan Verzhbitskiy (Goki Eda group, NUS)