Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 2022

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Thursday 22 September 2022

A. Model Systems 

8:15-8:45 am Registration and coffee, posters displayed 

8:45-9:00 Paolo Radaelli , Oxford Physics
Welcome and updates on Oxford Quantum Materials 

9:00-9.30 Clifford Hicks, University of Birmingham

The stress-strain relationship of Sr2RuO4

 

9:30-10:00 Geetha Balakrishnan, University of Warwick

Crystal Growth and investigations of magnetic skyrmion materials

 

10:00-10:30 Paolo Radaelli, Oxford Physics

Topological textures in oxide heterostructures 

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break 

 

 

B. Synthesis of novel materials 

­­11:00-11:30 Mike Hayward, Oxford Chemistry

Topochemical methods for the preparation of Quantum Materials 

 

11.30-12:00 Jamie Neilson, Colorado State University

Excitons and Entropy in Hybrid Halide Semiconductors 

 

12:00-12:30 Hiroshi Kageyama, Kyoto University

Bismuth and antimony based oxyhalides for catalytic applications 

 

GROUP PHOTO 

12:30-14:00 Lunch Somerville College / Posters Martin Wood and Beecroft foyer 

 

C. Magnetism 

­­14:00-14:15 Leonie Woodland, Oxford Physics 

Tuning the confinement potential of spinons in an Ising chain using magnetic fields 

 

14:15-14:30 Jack Ballard, Oxford Physics

Reflectivity ferromagnetic resonance (RFMR) for layer-resolved dynamic study of multi-layered systems

 

14:30-14:45 Kylie MacFarquharson, Oxford Physics

Non-collinear magnetic order in honeycomb Na2PrO3 revealed by single crystal torque measurements

 

14:45-15:00 Niccolo Fontana, Oxford Physics

Characterization of the Spin-electric Coupling of Gd3+ Ions in GdW10 Molecular Nanomagnets 

 

15:00-15:15 Nicola Kelly, Oxford Chemistry

New layered vanadium oxychalcogenides

 

15:15-16:00 pm Coffee break 

 

D. Superconductivity 

16:00-16:15 Shuqiu Wang, Oxford Physics

Visualizing Intra-unit-cell Orbital Ordering in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x

 

16:15-16:30 Susie Speller, Oxford Materials

Understanding radiation damage in high temperature superconductors using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

 

16:30-16.45 Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise, California Institute of Technology

Spin-orbit enhanced superconductivity in Bernal bilayer graphene

 

16:45-17:00 Shane O'Mahony, University College Cork

On the Electron Pairing Mechanism of Copper-Oxide High Temperature Superconductivity

 

17:00-18:30pm Poster session and Drinks 

 

Quantum Materials Public Lecture 

18:30-19.30 Seamus Davis, Oxford Physics

Macroscopic Quantum Physics  

 

Friday 23 September 2022

 

E. Theoretical Aspects of Quantum Matter 

9:00-9:30 Claudio Castelnovo, University of Cambridge

Dynamical fractal and anomalous noise in clean magnetic crystal

 

­­9:30-10.00 Nick Bultinck, Oxford Physics

Strong interaction physics in synthetic superlattices 

 

10.00-10:20 Anirudh Chandrasekaran, Loughborough University

Flat bands and higher order van Hove singularities: the example of strontium ruthenates

 

10:20-11:20 Coffee break and Posters 

 

F. Magnetism and spin effects 

11:20-11:40 Safeer Chenattukuzhiyil, Oxford Physics

Spin Hall effect in proximitized graphene 

 

11:40-12.00 Lapo Bogani, Oxford Materials

Quantum spin states in atomically-precise graphene 

12.00-12:40 Steve Blundell, Oxford Physics 

The quantum muon 

 

12:40 - 13:00 Amalia Coldea, Oxford Physics 

Extreme conditions for exploring Quantum Matter and ISABEL access

 

 

13:00 The end of the symposium.

 

POSTERS

NAME 

 

 

AFFILIATION 

TITLE 

Ludmila Babicova 

 

Oxford Chemistry

Tuning magnetism and superconductivity in layered nickel- and cobalt-based chalcogenides 

Pascal Manuel 

ISIS Neutron & Muon source 

Neutron diffraction studies of (uniaxial) pressure tuned magnetic systems 

Alex Gee 

Oxford Materials 

Exceptionally-clean Single-Electron-Transistors from Solutions of Molecular Graphene Nanoribbons 

Katherine Steele 

 

Oxford Chemistry

The effects of alkali metal intercalation on the structure and superconductivity of Niobium Selenide 

Paul Davis 

Oxford Chemistry 

Topochemical Synthesis and Properties of Low-Valent Early Transition Metal Oxides 

Mikhail Vaganov 

 

Oxford Physics

Linear electric field effect in Mn(II) trigonal bipyramidal complexes 

Zhilin Liang 

Oxford Chemistry 

Topochemical reduction of Ru-containing perovskite 

Joshua Bibby 

Oxford Physics 

Quantum phenomena driven by spin-orbit interactions in nanocrystalline topological insulators 

Angadjit Singh 

University of Oxford 

Electrical Transport in Cd3As2 Dirac Semi-metal Nanowires 

 

 

Emily Heppell 

Oxford Physics 

Ferrimagnetic [Co1-xTbx/Pt]n multilayers with bulk perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for spintronic applications 

Tobias Chatfield 

Oxford Physics 

A tunnel diode oscillator study of an iron-based superconductor under pressure 

Siobhan Tobin 

Oxford Physics 

Magnetic structure and spin waves of the doped cobalt oxide  La2-xBaxCoO4 

 

Anuradha Vibhakar 

Diamond Light Source 

Magnetic Scattering at the I16 Beamline: Highlights and Progress 

Dan Porter 

Diamond Light Source 

 

Guiding antiferromagnetic transitions Ca2RuO4 

 

Archie Morfoot 

Oxford Physics 

The nematic electronic phase of FeSe1-xTex explored via angle-resolved photoemission 

James Murrell 

Oxford Chemistry 

Synthesis and magnetic properties of topochemically reduced Ruddlesden-Popper phases containing 5d transition metals 

 

 

Shinichi Sunami 

Oxford Physics 

Probing Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of 2D Quantum Gases via Matter-Wave Interferometry 

Ylias Sadki 

Oxford Physics 

Mapping Fermi surfaces with quantum oscillations 

Zachary Zajicek 

Oxford Physics 

The effects of Cu substitution on superconductivity of FeSe tuned by applied pressure 

Radu Coldea 

Oxford Physics 

Quantum effects in the spin dynamics of a spin-1/2 near-Heisenberg triangular antiferromagnet 

George Gill 

Oxford Physics 

Data Analysis For µSR Experiments with Negative Muons 

Hank WuOxford PhysicsA wolf in sheep's clothing? Muon-induced magnetism in quantum spin ice

Caitlin Walsh

 

Royal Holloway University of LondonPrediction of anomalies in the velocity of sound for the pseudogap of hole-doped cuprates