McQueen Lab

Discovering new phenomena through the design and synthesis of new materials

Advancing Materials Synthesis

Open Positions

• Always looking for interested and talented graduate/undergraduate students

News and Awards

• Updated Publications!
• Congratulations to Dr. Brandon Wilfong on his new position!
• Congratulations to Izze Hedricks on winning an NSF-GRFP for her graduate studies at Princeton!
• Congratulations to Dr. Nick Ng on successfully defending his dissertation!
• Congratulations to Dr. Tanya Berry on winning the 2024 Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award in Experimental Condensed Matter or Materials Physics!
• Welcome to Dr. Davor Tolj!
• Official welcome to Mikias (Miki) Balkew, Wyatt Bunstine, DaVonte Lewis, Luke Meiler, Abby Neill, and Tiffany Soetojo!
• Updated publications!
• Congratulations to Elizabeth (Izze) Hedrick and Xin (Jason) Zhang on their matriculation to the PhD program at Princeton University!
• Congratulations to Daniel Naiman and the rest of the Chem-E-Car Competition team on qualifying for nationals!
• Updated references and software.
• Congratulations to Xin (Jason) Zhang on being awarded an NSF GRFP fellowship, and Elizabeth (Izze) Hedrick on receiving an NSF GRFP honorable mention!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

189. J. Abraham, B.D. Clader, R. Osiander, C. Gutgsell, D. Todorovski, S. Sperling, J.E. Epstein, T.M. Sweeney, E.A. Pogue, T.M. McQueen
Silicon carbide magnetometer and associated material formation methods
United States Patent, 11,993,864 (May 28, 2024) [Full PDF]

188. N. Ng, M.A. Siegler, S. Bernier, W. Bunstine, T.M. McQueen
Disordered layers and dimerization in the crystal structure of TaOCl₂
J. Sol. St. Chem. 337, 124771 (2024) [Full PDF]

187. R. Bhandia, D. Barbalas, R. Xiao, J.R. Chamorro, T. Berry, T.M. McQueen, N. Samarth, N.P. Armitage
Anomalous electronic energy relaxaton and soft phonons in the Dirac semimetal Cd₃As₂
arXiv:2405.03002 (2024) [arXiv:2405.03002]

Shorts About Our Work

• Quantum Materials at the ACS Spring 2022 Opening Keynote (McQueen Starts at 52:00)
• Making Stuff Up: The PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility
• 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)