Experimental Condensed Matter
Condensed matter physics is at the interface of many disciplines and involves a collaborative approach with colleagues in chemistry, materials science and engineering and electrical engineering. Our research facilities are distributed over physics research labs, the NanoTech Institute, and the Cleanroom Research Laboratory.
Research in experimental condensed matter emphasizes both fundamental physics and applications of novel phases and phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems, such as superconductors, semiconductors, semiconductor heterostructures, two-dimensional materials, quantum wires, quantum dots, topologic materials, photovoltaic, organic and polymeric materials. Faculty and graduate research assistants investigate the electronic, magnetic and optical properties in such materials, as well as applications in electronics, spintronics, photonics, quantum computing, and renewable energies.
Research facilities include a full line of low temperature labs (including dilution refrigerator, PPMS, MPMS, VTI, cryogenic probe station, dip station) to cover the temperatures from 400 K down to 10 mK and a magnetic field up to 12 T for electron and spin transport, magnetization studies. There are also several spectroscopy labs for ultrafast, nuclear magnetic resonance, Raman, THz, and electron spin resonance studies. In addition, we have labs for single crystal growth, thin film growth, nanomaterial growth, and cleanroom facility along with several surface characterization facilities at UTD.