Group news

This week, Sasha from MPIC in Mainz visited us and presented an intriguing recent development towards the room-temperature superconductor. We had engaging discussions together, which led to many innovative ideas. Thank you, Sasha! 

Our secretary, Susan, is moving to the U.S. after two wonderful years with our team. She has always been there to assist with administrative tasks and has achieved a great deal during her time here. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors. Thank you, Susan!

This Friday, James presented his recent work on Frustrated quantum devices. During his stay, we had a great discussion regarding the recent developments in quantum materials and future directions for collaborations.

Today we hosted a welcome party for Augusto from Berkley. He will be staying with us for one month to work on his project on superconducting pnictides.

Our new paper, entitled “Many-body interference in kagome crystals”, is officially published on Nature! We report experimental evidence for coherent charge transport in the normal state of the kagome metal CsV₃Sb₅. These findings shed new light on the debated nature of correlated order in kagome metals and open new directions for quantum coherence in correlated electron systems. 

For this year’s group retreat, we visited two Max-Planck institutes in Dresden. The photo was taken during the lab tour at MPI-CPFS, which enhanced our understanding of the existing experimental techniques and laid the groundwork for future collaborations.

This Monday, Dr. Wolfgang Tröger and Sebastian Meyer-Borchert presented a general intro to the Comprehensive Service for Max Planck Scientists regarding Patents, Licensing, and Startups based on innovative scientific developments, which helped us gain a better understanding of the process from scientific breakthrough to commercial success.

This week, Prof. Sol H. Jacobsen from NTNU visited us and presented the intriguing recent development of her group on the proximity effects of curvilinear magnetism and strain on conventional superconductivity. We had intriguing discussions together, which led to many innovative ideas. Thank you, Sol! 

Our beloved group member, Carsten, has recently become a father! To celebrate, we had a great party at the roof terrace garden, where we enjoyed the nice weather with the newborn and the delicious cakes.

This week, Dr. Davide Pizzirani from HFML-FELIX presented his recent work on the investigation of layered quantum materials under extremely high magnetic fields. After his talk, we had a great discussion regarding the recent developments in topological materials.

We have successfully organized an excellent workshop focused on Kagome materials! Engaging discussions and insightful presentations enhanced our understanding of the exotic correlated orders in Kagome metals.
Special thanks to all the volunteers who made this possible! more

This week, Prof. Tobias Holder from Tel Aviv University visited us. He presented his recent progress on quantum geometry, and we had a fruitful discussion extending our previous collaborations on quantum transport.

We had a fun group retreat at the Dieksee lakeside! We discussed the group's scientific development in the past year and enjoyed a boat ride across the five beautiful lakes.

This week, Nan Cheng from the University of Michigan visited and presented his recent work on the effect of real space curvature on wave propagation. We had intriguing discussions and enjoyed delicious Hamburg fish together. 

After this Wednesday, our master candidates, Ling, Kaize and Linus, have all completed their master’s thesis defence! Congratulations!

Our beloved group member, Kaize Wang, just completed his master's thesis defence yesterday successfully! Congratulations Kaize!

This Friday, Dr. Lunhui from Aalto University visited us. We had a fruitful discussion extending our previous collaborations on topological semimetals and enjoyed watching the UEFA match together! 

Our team member Roemer recently published his work, “Lifshitz transition enabling superconducting dome around a charge-order critical point,” on Science Advances. Congratulations, Roemer! more

This week, Prof. Kenneth Burch from Boston College visited us and presented the intriguing recent development of his group on nonlocal quantum tunnelling from a magneto-chiral topological superconductor. We had engaging discussions together, which led to many innovative ideas. Thank you, Ken! 

Our recent development of a unique methodology for measuring elastic modules has been published in Review of Scientific Instruments! We have introduced a novel approach and detailed workflow to carve crystalline resonators via focused ion beam milling from small and oddly shaped crystals unsuitable for traditional measurements of elasticity. Congratulations to all contributing authors! more

Our recent work has been published in Nature Communications! It revealed the semi-classical origin of the extreme magnetoresistance in PtSn₄ and showcased the importance of Ockham’s razor in uncommon magnetotransport phenomena. Congratulations to all contributing authors! more