Research
Descriptions, Current Projects, Facilities, Funding, Collaborators
Representative Publications by Subjects:
Solid State & Nano Physics (Graphene, Topological Insulators, Wigner Crystals/2DES)
AMO Physics (BEC, Cold Molecules)
Other: Applications (Bioengineering)
Nanoscale Materials, Physics and Devices
- Synthetic graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
- Quantum transport and Dirac fermion physics in graphene
- Graphene based radiation detection
- Thermal transport in graphene
B) Topological Insulators and related materials
1. Development of topological insulator and related materials
(List of bulk crystals grown at Purdue's Semiconductor Crystal Growth facilities using Bridgman method)
2. Novel "topological physics" such as topological excitonic condensation, quantum-Hall-like topological state, novel particle excitations (Majorana/Weyl fermions etc.)
3. Topological device applications in transistors, spintronics and thermoelectrics
Some background materials on topological insulators
Quantum Physics and Engineering with Atoms and Molecules
A) Bose-Einstein Condensation
B) Polar molecules and quantum information