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Welcome to QMAT Josh!

Published:17.02.2021
QMAT welcomes Dr. Josh Straquadine to the group as the newest post-doc!

Scale-invariant magnetic anisotropy in RuCl₃ at high magnetic fields

Published:08.10.2020
Scale-invariant magnetic anisotropy in RuCl₃ at high magnetic fields

Goodbye and Hello

Published:28.09.2020
Chrystelle Demierre moves to a new position at EPFL while Corrine Farquharson-Grandjean joins as the new administrative assistant.

New IMX Students Tour QMAT

Published:11.09.2020
New masters students visit the lab.

Even Colder

Published:20.07.2020
A new dilution refrigerator is installed.

h/e oscillations in interlayer transport of delafossites

Published:12.06.2020
New Science paper reporting on extraordinary single-particle quantum coherence lengths in delafossites.

QMAT Runs Remotely

Published:23.03.2020
We encourage everyone to social distance and stay safe at this time.

Welcome to QMAT Mathieu!

Published:09.03.2020
QMAT welcomes new student.

Magnetic electron collimation in three-dimensional semi-metals.

Published:18.02.2020
New npj Quantum Materials paper published on using magnetic field to focus electron beams in 3d semi-metals.

QMAT goes bowling

Published:17.02.2020
In celebration of new group members, QMAT went bowling.

Welcome to QMAT Hung-wei

Published:25.01.2020
—A new Phd student joins QMAT

Future Directions in Topological States of Matter

Published:18.01.2020
QMAT visits Aspen Center for Physics.

EDMX Research Day 2019

Published:29.11.2019
Congratulations to Jonas Diaz for winning the best poster award at the EDMX Research Day 2019.

A Novel Approach to Non-uniform Superconductivity

Published:11.10.2019
— New Science article published on spatially-controlled superconductivity.

A Micro-structured Swiss Watch

Published:30.09.2019
— Engraving the hands of a Swiss-made watch using Focused Ion Beam microstructuring.

International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

Published:30.09.2019
— Congratulations to Dr. Maja Bachmann and Dr. Chunyu Guo for winning poster awards at SCES!

Exploring New Materials By High Pressure Synthesis

Published:19.09.2019
— Persistent antiferromagnetic order in heavily overdoped Ca_1−xLa_xFeAs₂

Welcome Maarten!

Published:17.09.2019
— Dr. Maarten van Delft joins QMAT.

Dr. Maja Bachmann Graduates!

Published:31.07.2019
— Dr. Maja Bachmann, the first student from QMAT, graduates.

European FIB Network Workshop

Published:17.06.2019
— QMAT presented novel techniques in FIB-Fabricated Microstructures at the 2019 European FIB Network Workshop.

QMAT visits Evian-les-Bains

Published:27.05.2019
— In celebration of the PhD students’ successful candidacy exams, QMAT crossed Lac Léman to visit the French town Evian-les-Bains.

Congratulations to Jonas Diaz

Published:27.05.2019
— Congratulations to Jonas Diaz for passing his candidacy exam and successfully completing his first year as a PhD!

Congratulations to Maja Bachmann for passing her viva exam!

Published:23.05.19
— On Monday, Maja successfully completed her viva examination at St. Andrews thereby marking the end of her PhD.

Thermodynamic Signatures of Weyl Fermions in NbP

Published:19.05.19
— Thermodynamic signatures of Weyl fermions are uncovered in NbP with extreme magnetic fields.

Visit from Prof. Boebinger

Published:19.05.19
— Special thanks to Professor Gregory Boebinger, director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, for an informative talk and complementary discussions on quantum matter at extreme magnetic fields.

Gordon Research Seminar: Unconventional Superconductivity

Published:13.05.19
— QMAT would like to thank the organizers and participants of the Gordon Research Seminar on Unconventional Superconductivity for a successful and informative weekend.

Climbing Trip

Published:17.04.19
— When not hard at work, members of QMAT can be found scaling the walls of the local climbing gym!

Congratulations to Xiangwei Huang

Published:05.04.2019
— Congratulations to Xiangwei Huang for passing his candidacy exam and successfully completing his first year as a PhD!

Congratulations to Amelia Estry

Published:04.04.2019
— Congratulations to Amelia Estry for passing her candidacy exam and successfully completing her first year as a PhD!

Welcome to Chunyu Guo

Published:01.04.2019
— ”My name is Chunyu Guo, I did my PhD in China and now joined QMAT as a postdoc. My research interests are focused on strongly correlated systems and topological materials.”