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Theory of novel quantum materials

Job Summary

The discovery of novel phases in Quantum Materials has raised many questions about their fundamental properties and possible ways to control them

Job Description

This PhD project will develop theoretical modeling of electronic quantum phases of matter to understand and predict their behavior in various platforms.

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are exciting tunable platforms hosting unconventional superconductivity, a large variety of charge density waves and, more recently, moirè physics. TM oxide materials with strong spin-orbit coupling and proximity to broken inversion symmetry phases have also manifested novel quantum phases.

The student will construct effective theoretical models to explore and uncover electronic instabilities and exotic phases of matter, and identify the mechanisms to control them. A microscopic derivation of relevant couplings between electrons and different bosonic fluctuations, such as polar or nematic, will also be studied.

Collaborations with various experimental and computational groups (both at DIPC and other international institutions) will be encouraged and a pivotal part of the project.

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