Research
Our main research focus is investigating properties
of exotic superconductors. Most recently, we are looking to better understand
the high temperature superconductor (HTS) phase diagram. Of particular
interest is determining how the superconducting phase is linked to the
pseudogap in the phase diagram. We believe the key to understanding
their relationship lies in observing spectroscopic changes in local
density of states on the same atomic resolved location as a function
of temperature – a novel ability made possible by our custom instrument.
Other broad research interests include understanding how atomic defects and disorder affect HTS properties, using FT-STM to map the Fermi surface of materials, and a more recent interest in measuring vibrational modes in biological proteins. |
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