We are an experimental condensed matter physics group at Rice University interested in a variety of quantum materials including but not limited to high temperature superconductors, topological materials, transition metal dichalcogenides, heavy fermion systems, charge density wave systems. Our goal is to advance the fundamental understanding of these exotic materials using spectroscopy tools such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and x-ray scattering.

Recent News

• Zheng's kagome FeSn thin film paper is published in Nat. Comm.! Congratulations to everybody involved! 2024-10-31
• Yucheng and Yichen both win poster awards at the eQMA workshop! 2024-10-25
• Jianwei's paper reporting pyrochlore flat band physics in Laves phase CeRu₂ appeared in npj Quantum Materials. Congratulations! 2024-09-19
• We say goodbye to Jianwei, Jiseop, Han, and Xiaokun as they embark on their new journeys. Best wishes for your future endeavors! 2024-08-30
• Yucheng wins Neville B. Smith poster award! Congratulations! 2024-08-13
• Yichen wins the Dunlap award! Congrats! 2024-05-16
• Yichen and Ziqin are invited to go to the 2024 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics! Congrats and enjoy your meetings with the Nobel Laureates! 2024-04-24
• Han's newest paper published in Nat. Comm.: Switching vacancy order on and off results in topology change in van der Waals ferromagnet Fe₅GeTe₂. Congratulations! 2024-04-05
• Thank you to Priscila Rosa and Filip Ronning for writing a very nice News and Views on our pyrochlore flatband paper! 2024-01-31
• Zheng's work on the kagome CDW system ScV₆Sn₆ has appeared in npj Quantum Materials! 2024-01-29
• Jianwei's 3D pyrochlore paper is published in Nature Physics! Congrats to everyone involved! 2024-01-29
• New publication in PRB: magnetic fluctuations in 2D van der Waals magnet Cr₂Ge₂Te₆. Congrats to Han for leading this work! 2024-01-14
• Congrats to Yichen on winning an ICAM-sponsored Accelnet Quantum Materials Science Exchange Award! 2023-12-20
• Congrats to Ziqin on winning a Nat. Mat. sponsored poster award at the RCQM workshop! 2023-12-20
• Our DMREF team meeting of 2023 successfully hosted at Rice University 2023-11-15
• Our work on the design and observation of an ideal weak topological insulator is published at PRB! 2023-11-09
• Our paper on charge order induced Dirac pockets in the nonsymmorphic crystal TaTe₄ appeared in PRB today! 2023-10-13
• Our collaborative work with Emilia Morosan's group on Weyl nodal ring states in square-net magnet EuGa4 is published in Nat. Comm.! 2023-09-25
• Jianwei's design of an in-situ magnetic field capability for ARPES in collaboration with Yu He (Yale) is officially published in Rev. Sci. Instrum. today! Congratulations and look forward to more exciting work in this direction! 2023-09-08
• Jianwei and Yucheng's invited review on synchrotron radiation on iron pnictides appeared online in Synchrotron Radiation News! 2023-08-29