Oxford Symposium on Quantum Materials 2012
Quantum phenomena driven by the discovery of new materials
8.45-9.05 am Registration and coffee, posters displayed
Materials
9.05-9.15 Paolo Radaelli, Oxford Physics
Introduction to Oxford Quantum Materials and its facilities
9.15-10.00 Paul Canfield(link is external), Ames Laboratory, USA
Assembling, understanding, and auguring phase diagrams for Fe-based superconductivity
10.00-10:30 Simon Clarke(link is external), Oxford Chemistry
Magnetism, superconductivity and chemistry of layered non-oxide solids
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.25 Prabhakaran Dharmalingam, Oxford Physics
Crystal growth at Oxford Physics using floating zone
11.25-11.50 Michael Hayward(link is external), Oxford Chemistry
Low-temperature topochemical reduction as a route to novel electronic materials
11.50-12.00 Thorsten Hesjedal, Oxford Physics
Thin film growth using Molecular Beam Epitaxy
12.00-2pm Lunch and Posters
GROUP PHOTO
Magnetism
2.00-2.20 Nic Shannon, Oxford Physics
Quantum Ice
2.20-2.35S. Choi, Oxford Physics
Spin waves and revised crystal structure of honeycomb iridate Na2IrO3
2.35-2.50 Saman Ghannadzadeh, Oxford Physics
Controlling Magnetic Dimensionality with Applied Pressure
2.50-3.10 Barbara Montanari(link is external), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Half-metallicity in the ferrimagnet Nb(TCNE)2 from first principles
3.10pm-4.00pm Coffee break
Quantum information
4.00-4.20 A. Ardavan, Oxford Physics
Quantum information processing using electron spins in condensed matter
4.20-4.40 Victor Petrashov(link is external), Royal Holloway, University of London
Real Time Read-out of Metastable States in a Superconducting Flux Qubit
Multiferroics and superconductivity
4.40-4.55Katie Doig
Time-resolved optical pump-probe spectroscopy of undoped and Dy-doped BiFeO3 multiferroic thin films
4.55-5.10 Roger Johnson
Homochiral domains in BiFeO3
5.10-5.25 Timur Kim(link is external), Diamond Light Source
Conventional superconductivity in SrPd2Ge2
5.25-5.40pm Closing remarks and collection of posters
After meeting chats
6-7.00 pm Royal Oak Pub (Woodstock Road)
7.00 pm Group dinner
Al-Andalus
10 Little Clarendon Street
Oxford, OX1 2HP
Party Menu
Acknowledgement
This meeting is sponsored by the EPSRC grant: EP/I017836/1(link is external)
(dinner and drinks not included)
