The Search for Low Dimensional Quantum Matter

Title: The Search for Low Dimensional Quantum Matter
Speaker: Prof. Adrian Del Maestro (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Time: 2024/01/18 (Thur.) 13:30-16:00
Place: NCTS Physics Lecture Hall, 4F, Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall, NTU
Online: https://nationaltaiwanuniversity-zbh.my.webex.com/nationaltaiwanuniversity-zbh.my-tc/j.php?MTID=m7ce78e14fe1f735677b891ef08488852
 

Abstract
As the spatial dimension is lowered, locally stabilizing interactions between atoms are reduced, leading to the emergence of quantum fluctuating phases of matter without classical analogues. In this talk I will discuss theoretical progress and experimental proposals for the realization of a two-dimensional quantum liquid. Bosonic atoms deposited on an atomically thin substrate (e.g. graphene) represents a playground for such exotic quantum many-body physics with highly tunable interaction potentials. I will show that simple mechanical deformations of the substrate can unlock a plethora of two-dimensional solid and superfluid states, and discuss protocols for how these could be realized in the laboratory through lattice expansion.
 
Adrian Del Maestro
Adrian received his PhD in 2008 from the Department of Physics at Harvard University under the supervision of Subir Sachdev. Afterward, he performed postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia and the Institute for Quantum Matter located at Johns Hopkins University.
From 2011 - 2020, he was an assistant, then associate professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Vermont. From 2018-2020 he served as the Director of the Vermont Advanced Computing Core.
He is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Physics & Astronomy and a Professor in the Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
He is a member of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM) and the IAMM Quantum Center.
Detailed professional and biographical information can be found in his CV.

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