McQueen Lab

Discovering new phenomena through the design and synthesis of new materials

Tunable, exfoliatable, trimerized kagome magnets

Open Positions

• Always looking for interested and talented graduate/undergraduate students

News and Awards

• Updated publications!
• Updated resources, including removal of the decommissioned HHPC and improved MARCC tutorials (thanks Lisa!)
• Updated publications!
• Lisa Pogue publishes article on Science: This is How We Do It
• Updated group members: welcome new students and visitors!
• Updated publications.
• Updated publications!
• Lisa Pogue publishes article on The Promise of Quantum Materials
• Updated publications!
• Updated publications.
• Updated publications: congrats to Chris on our first ACS Nano paper!
• Multiple updates to the software page.

Recent Publications (All Publications)

130. J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen, T.T. Tran
The Chemistry of Quantum Spin Liquids
arXiv:2006.10882 (2020) [arXiv:2006.10882]

129. T. Berry, L.A. Pressley, W.A. Phelan, T.T. Tran, T.M. McQueen
Laser Enhanced Single Crystal Growth of Non-Symmorphic Materials: Applications to an Eight-Fold Fermion Candidate
Chem. Mater. 13, 5827-34 (2020) [Full PDF]

128. H.K. Vivanco, B.A. Trump, C.M. Brown, T.M. McQueen
Competing Antiferromagnetic-Ferromagnetic States in d⁷ Kitaev Honeycomb Magnet
arXiv:2006.03724 (2020) [arXiv:2006.03724]

Shorts About Our Work

• Researchers accidentally uncover new magnetic phenomenon (a story of materials discovery, see also phys.org)
• The Magic Shop (a story of materials creation)
• Beyond the Elements: Lighter, Cheaper, Tougher Stuff (Corresponding Feature)
• Extreme Materials Synthesis
• A Vision for the Future of Quantum Materials Synthesis
• The Potential Value and Frontiers of Quantum Materials
• The Promise of Quantum Materials (Lisa Pogue)
• Science: This is How We Do It (Lisa Pogue)
• Materials by Design for Dirac/Weyl Nanoelectronics (Technical Talk)
• Guided Materials Discovery and PARADIM Tour (Prof. McQueen, Lucas Pressley, Mekhola Sinha)
• Design of A New Freshman Chemistry Curriculum (Pedagogical Talk)