Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Condensed Matter Seminar - "Intertwined magnetism, correlations and topology in semiconductor moiré lattices"

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Physics - Condensed Matter
Location: ESB 190
Date: Feb 14, 2025 1:00 pm
Speaker: Ben Feldman, Stanford University
Contact: Stephen Bullwinkel
E-Mail: bullwink@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-333-1652
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Originating Calendar: Physics - Condensed Matter Seminar; Moiré superlattices, formed by stacking two-dimensional materials with a small interlayer twist, have emerged as a remarkably flexible platform to engineer and study novel quantum phases of matter. In this talk, I will describe single-electron transistor microscopy of semiconducting moiré materials, which host a variety of correlated phases ranging from electron solids to topological fluids. By measuring how these states respond to experimental tuning knobs such as twist angle and applied electromagnetic fields, we can relate their properties to the microscopic character of the underlying bands. This enables us to disentangle the respective roles played by the moiré superlattice and the constituent material properties in stabilizing distinct ground states.

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