Rice alum Louis Brus awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
Rice alumnus Louis Brus (’65) has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Moungi Bawendi and Alexei Ekimov for the “discovery and development of quantum dots.”
When D turns to F, quantum matter is A-plus
In a potential boon for quantum computing, Rice physicists have shown that topologically protected quantum states can be entangled with other, highly manipulable quantum states in some electronic materials.
Rice researchers earn prestigious Defense Department grants
Rice professors Qimiao Si and Jeffrey Tabor are recipients of prestigious 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the Department of Defense.
Discovery may lead to terahertz technology for quantum sensing
Rice University researchers leverage the quantum properties of strontium titanate to make a broad terahertz frequency range useful for quantum control and sensing applications.
Physicists discover ‘stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism’
Physicists from Rice and Ames National Laboratory have discovered “stacked pancakes of liquid magnetism” in layered helical magnetic materials.
Physicists find unusual waves in nickel-based magnet
Rice physicists and collaborators have discovered “spin exciton” excitations can ripple through a nickel-based magnet as a coherent wave.
Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material
Rice physicists have found experimental evidence that magnetism helps bring about the intriguing type of electronic order they discovered in a quantum material last year.
Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.
Rice team begins ambitious quantum entanglement research
A Rice research team has begun an ambitious three-year project to see quantum entanglement among billions of particles in a solid material thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Keck Foundation.
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.
Physicists demo method for designing topological metals
Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.
Interwoven: Charge and magnetism intertwine in kagome material
Rice physicists have discovered a quantum material where electrons engage in a collective dance that appears to be governed by both their electronic and magnetic natures.
Spinning is key for line-dancing electrons in iron selenide
Quantum physicists at Rice have helped answer an important question at the forefront of research into superconductivity.
Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid
Physicists have confirmed the first 3D quantum spin liquid, a solid material with a liquidlike magnetic state.
People, papers and presentations for Feb. 28, 2022
Rice materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan is co-lead author of a forward-thinking perspective of quantum materials manufacturing in Advanced Materials, and Will Rice College senior Eduardo Gonzalez Villarreal was named the Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2022 Undergraduate Major of the Year for Rice University.
