We investigate how electrons organize, interact, and evolve in two-dimensional quantum materials — and seek new ways to image and control their behavior.
What happens when electrons are confined to nanoscale quantum dots? We image electronic wavefunctions, explore few-electron states, and investigate phenomena such as quantum scars and artificial relativistic atoms.
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How do interactions and disorder compete to create, distort, and melt collective electronic phases? We investigate Wigner solids, quantum melting, and spatially inhomogeneous states in gate-tunable two-dimensional semiconductors.
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Z. Ge, et.al. Nature 654, 902 (2026)
Can interfaces generate electronic behavior absent in an isolated material? We aim to investigate the effects of superconductivity, magnetism, and topology in engineered van der Waals heterostructures and quantum dots.
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E. Prada, et al. Nature Reviews Physics 2.10 (2020)