McQueen Lab: Postdoctoral Alumni

McQueen Laboratory Postdoctoral Alumni:

Jamie Neilson (May 2011 - June 2013)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Associate Professor at Colorado State University

McQueen Group Publications

151. J.R. Neilson, A.M. Fry-Petit, N. Drichko, M.B. Stone, A. Llobet, M. Balasubramanian, M.R. Suchomel, T.M. McQueen
Dynamical Bond Formation in KNi₂Se₂
ZAAC, e202200042 (2022) [Invited Article] [Full PDF, arXiv:1310.6828]

120. B.R. Ortiz, L.C. Gomes, J.R. Morey, M.J. Winiarski, M. Bordelon, J.S. Mangum, I.W.H. Oswald, J.A. Rodriguez-Rivera, J.R. Neilson, S.D. Wilson, E. Ertekin, T.M. McQueen, E.S. Toberer
New kagome prototype materials: discovery of KV₃Sb₅, RbV₃Sb₅, and CsV₃Sb₅
Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 094407 (2019) [Full PDF]

88. J.R. Neilson, T.M. McQueen
Magnetocaloric Materials for Cryogenic Liquification
United States Patent, 9,568,223 (Feb 14, 2017) [Full PDF]

65. J.R. Neilson, T.M. McQueen
Representational Analysis of Extended Disorder in Atomistic Ensembles Derived from Total Scattering Data
J. Appl. Cryst. 48, 1560-72 (2015) [Full PDF, arXiv:1501.04889]
[Source Code]

64. M. Mourigal, S. Wu, M.B. Stone, J.R. Neilson, J.M. Caron, T.M. McQueen, C.L. Broholm
Block magnetic excitations in the orbitally-selective Mott insulator BaFe₂Se₃
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 047401 (2015) [Full PDF, arXiv:1411.3337]

59. J.P. Sheckelton, J.R. Neilson, T.M. McQueen
Electronic tunability of the frustrated triangular-lattice cluster magnet LiZn_2-xMo₃O₈
Materials Horizons 2, 76-80 (2015) [Full PDF]
[LiZn₂Mo₃O₈_XN_300K.cif, LiZn_1.975Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.925Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.875Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.95Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.85Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.9Mo₃O₈.cif, LiZn_1.8Mo₃O₈.cif]

50. P. Cottingham, D.C. Miller, J.P. Sheckelton, J.R. Neilson, M. Feygenson, A. Huq, T.M. McQueen
Dynamic charge disproportionation in the 1D chain material PdTeI
J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 3238-46 (2014) [Invited Article, Emerging Investigators] [Full PDF]
[PdTeI-300K-avg.cif, PdTeI-300K-local.cif]

45. L. Tao, J.R. Neilson, B. Melot, T.M. McQueen, C. Masquelier, G. Rousse
Magnetic Structures of LiMBO₃ (M = Mn, Fe, Co) lithiated transition metal borates
Inorg. Chem. 52, 11966-74 (2013) [Full PDF]

44. W.A. Phelan, D.C. Wallace, K.E. Arpino, J.R. Neilson, K.J.T. Livi, C.R. Seabourne, A.J. Scott, T.M. McQueen
Stacking variants and superconductivity in the Bi-O-S System
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 5372-5374 (2013) [Full PDF]
[Bi₃O₂S₃.cif, Bi₂OS₂.cif, Bi₆O₇(SO₄)₂.cif]

43. J.R. Neilson, A. Llobet, J.-J. Wen, M.R. Suchomel, T.M. McQueen
Charge density wave fluctuations, heavy electrons, and superconductivity in KNi₂S₂
Phys. Rev. B 87, 045124 (2013) [Full PDF, arXiv:1212.4744]
[KNi₂S₂.cif, KNi₂S₂_6p4K.cif]

42. J.R. Neilson, A. Llobet, A.V. Stier, L. Wu, J.-J. Wen, J. Tao, Y. Zhu, Z.B. Tesanovic, N.P. Armitage, T.M. McQueen
Mixed-valence-driven heavy-fermion behavior and superconductivity in KNi₂Se₂
Phys. Rev. B 86, 054512 (2012) [Full PDF, arXiv:1208.3299]

41. J.P. Sheckelton, J.R. Neilson, D.G. Soltan, T.M. McQueen
Possible Valence-Bond Condensation in the Frustrated Cluster Magnet LiZn₂Mo₃O₈
Nature Materials 11, 493-496 (2012) [Full PDF, arXiv:1303.6986]
[LiZn₂Mo₃O₈_12K.cif, LiZn₂Mo₃O₈_300K.cif]

40. J.R. Neilson, T.M. McQueen
Bonding, Ion Mobility, and Rate-Limiting Steps in Deintercalation Reactions with ThCr₂Si₂-type KNi₂Se₂
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 7750-7757 (2012) [Full PDF]
[KNi₂Se₂.cif, K_0.95Ni₂Se₂.cif, K_0.9Ni₂Se₂.cif, K_0.8Ni₂Se₂.cif]

39. J.M. Caron, J.R. Neilson, D.C. Miller, K.E. Arpino, A. Llobet, T.M. McQueen
Orbital Selective Magnetism in the Spin-Ladder Iron Selenides Ba_1-xK_xFe₂Se₃
Phys. Rev. B (Rapid) 85, 180405 (2012) [Full PDF, arXiv:1202.3676]
[Ba_0.7K_0.3Fe₂Se₃.cif, Ba_0.45K_0.55Fe₂Se₃.cif, Ba_0.3K_0.7Fe₂Se₃.cif, KFe₂Se₃.cif, KFe₂Se₃_5K.cif]

37. J.M. Caron, J.R. Neilson, D.C. Miller, A. Llobet, T.M. McQueen
Iron Displacements and Magnetoelastic Coupling in the Antiferromagnetic Spin-Ladder Compound BaFe₂Se₃
Phys. Rev. B (Rapid) 84, 180409 (2011) [Full PDF, arXiv:1108.2928]
[BaFe₂Se₃-block.cif, BaFe₂Se₃-staggered.cif, BaFe₂Se₃_5K-staggered.cif]

Allyson Fry-Petit (September 2013 - July 2015)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Assistant Professor at Cal State University Fullerton in July 2015

McQueen Group Publications

147. T. Berry, A.M. Fry-Petit, M. Sinha, Q. Zhang, G. Auffermann, T.M. McQueen, S.P. Rudin, W.A. Phelan
The Role of Phonons and Oxygen Vacancies in Non-Cubic SrVO₃
Inorg. Chem. 61, 3007-17 (2022) [Full PDF]

69. A.M. Fry-Petit, A. Rebola, M. Mourigal, M.E. Valentine, N. Drichko, J.P. Sheckelton, C.J. Fennie, T.M. McQueen
Direct Assignment of Molecular Vibrations Via Normal Mode Analysis of the Neutron Dynamic Pair Distribution Function Technique
J. Chem. Phys. 143, 124201 (2015) [Full PDF]

61. A.M. Fry-Petit, O.T. Sweeney, W.A. Phelan, N. Drichko, M.A. Siegler, T.M. McQueen
Unique edge-sharing sulfate-transition metal coordination in Na₂M(SO₄)₂ (M = Ni and Co)
J. Sol. St. Chem. 222, 129-135 (2015) [Full PDF]
[Na₂Co(SO₄)₂.cif, Na₂Ni(SO₄)₂.cif]

W. Adam Phelan (May 2012 - August 2015)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Quantum Matter
Associate Director, PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility

McQueen Group Publications

172. C.A. Mizzi, S.K. Kushwaha, P.F.S. Rosa, W.A. Phelan, D.C. Arellano, L.A. Pressley, T.M. McQueen, M.K. Chan, N. Harrison
The reverse quantum limit and its implications for unconventional quantum oscillations in YbB₁₂
Nat. Comm. 15, 1607 (2024) [Full PDF, arXiv:2303.04214]

168. A. Gupta, A. Weiser, L.H. Greene, L.A. Pressley, Y. Luo, C. Lygouras, J. Trowbridge, W.A. Phelan, C.L. Broholm, T.M. McQueen, W.K. Park
Topological surface states in the Kondo insulator YbB₁₂ revealed via planar tunneling spectroscopy
Phys. Rev. B 107, 165132 (2023) [Full PDF, arXiv:2301.03642]

157. K. Ishida, C. Tassel, D. Kato, H. Ubukata, K. Murayama, T. Murakami, M. Yashima, Y. Higo, Y. Tange, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen, H. Kageyama
Highly Electron-Doped TaON Single-Crystal Growth by a High-Pressure Flux Method
Inorg. Chem. 61, 11118-11123 (2022) [Full PDF]

145. T. Berry, S. Bernier, G. Auffermann, T.M. McQueen, W.A. Phelan
Laser floating zone growth of SrVO₃ single crystals
J. Cryst. Growth 583, 1265128 (2022) [Full PDF, arXiv:2108.07093]

141. W.K. Park, J.A. Sittler, L.H. Greene, W.T. Fuhrman, J.R. Chamorro, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen
Topological nature of the Kondo insulator SmB₆ and its sensitiveness to Sm vacancy
Phys. Rev. B 103, 155125 (2021) [Full PDF, arXiv:2104.07178]

137. M. Sinha, H.K. Vivanco, C. Wan, M.A. Siegler, V.J. Stewart, L.A. Pressley, T. Berry, Z. Wang, I. Johnson, M. Chen, T.T. Tran, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen
Twisting of 2D Kagome Sheets in Layered Intermetallics
ACS Central Science 7, 1381-90 (2021) [Full PDF, arXiv:2102.03522]

134. L.A. Pressley, A. Torrejon, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen
Discovery and Single Crystal Growth of High Entropy Pyrochlores
Inorg. Chem. 59, 17251-8 (2020) [Full PDF]

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]

123. M. Sinha, T.J. Pearson, T.R. Reeder, H.K. Vivanco, D.E. Freedman, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen
Introduction of spin centers in single crystals of Ba₂CaWO_6-d
Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 125002 (2019) [Full PDF, arXiv:2001.00235]

112. W.A. Phelan, J. Zahn, Z. Kennedy, T.M. McQueen
Pushing Boundaries: High Pressure, Supercritical Optical Floating Zone Materials Discovery
J. Sol. St. Chem. 270, 705-9 (2019) [Invited Article, 50^th Anniversary Issue] [Full PDF]

106. W.T. Fuhrman, J.C. Leiner, J.W. Freeland, M. van Veenendaal, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen, C.L. Broholm
Magnetic dichroism in the Kondo insulator SmB₆
Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm) 99, 020401(R) (2019) [Full PDF, arXiv:1804.06853]

100. M.E. Valentine, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen, P.F.S. Rosa, Z. Fisk, N. Drichko
An effect of Sm vacancies on the hybridization gap in topological Kondo insulator candidate SmB₆
Physica B: Condensed Matter 536, 60-63 (2018) [Full PDF, arXiv:1712.01325]

97. M-E. Boulanger, F. Laliberté, M. Dion, S. Badoux, N. Doiron-Leyraud, W.A. Phelan, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.T. Fuhrman, J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen, X. Wang, Y. Nakajima, T. Metz, J. Paglione, L. Taillefer
Field-dependent heat transport in the Kondo insulator SmB₆: phonons scattered by magnetic impurities
Phys. Rev. B 97, 245141 (2018) [Full PDF, arXiv:1709.10456]

96. N.J. Laurita, C.M. Morris, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen, N.P. Armitage
Impurities or a neutral Fermi surface? A further examination of the low-energy ac optical conductivity of SmB₆
Physica B: Condensed Matter 536, 78-84 (2018) [Full PDF, arXiv:1709.0108]

94. S. Wu, W.A. Phelan, L. Liu, J.R. Morey, J.A. Tutmaher, J.C. Neuefeind, M. Feygenson, A. Huq, D.W. Tam, B.A. Frandsen, B.A. Trump, C. Wan, S.R. Dunsiger, T.M. McQueen, Y.J. Uemura, C.L. Broholm
Incommensurate magnetism near quantum criticality in CeNiAsO
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 197203 (2019) [Full PDF, arXiv:1707.09645]

80. N.J. Laurita, C.M. Morris, S.M. Koohpayeh, P.F.S. Rosa, W.A. Phelan, Z. Fisk, T.M. McQueen, N.P. Armitage
Anomalous 3D bulk AC conduction within the Kondo gap of SmB₆ single crystals
Phys. Rev. B 94, 165154 (2016) [Full PDF, arXiv:1608.03901]

77. M.E. Valentine, S.M. Koohpayeh, W.A. Phelan, T.M. McQueen, P.F.S. Rosa, Z. Fisk, N. Drichko
Breakdown of the Kondo insulating state in SmB₆ by introducing Sm vacancies
Phys. Rev. B 94, 075102 (2016) [Full PDF, arXiv:1601.02694]

71. W.A. Phelan, S.M. Koohpayeh, P. Cottingham, J.A. Tutmaher, J.C. Leiner, M.D. Lumsden, C.M. Lavelle, X.P. Wang, C. Hoffmann, M.A. Siegler, N. Haldolaarachchige, D. Young, T.M. McQueen
On the Chemistry and Physical Properties of Flux and Floating Zone Grown SmB₆ Single Crystals
Sci. Rep. 6, 20860 (2016) [Full PDF, arXiv:1510.07612, HIGHLIGHTED BY DOE-BES]
[¹⁵⁴Sm¹¹B₆_90K.cif, ¹⁵⁴Sm¹¹B₆_295K.cif, SmB₆_RT.cif, Sm_1-x1B₆_RT.cif, Sm_1-x2B₆_RT.cif, Sm_1-x3B₆_RT.cif]

60. W.T. Fuhrman, J.C. Leiner, P. Nikolic, G.E. Granroth, M.B. Stone, M.D. Lumsden, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, P.A. Alekseev, J.-M. Mignot, S.M. Koohpayeh, P. Cottingham, W.A. Phelan, L. Schoop, T.M. McQueen, C.L. Broholm
Interaction driven sub-gap spin-exciton in the Kondo insulator SmB₆
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 036401 (2015) [Full PDF, arXiv:1407.2647]

55. W.A. Phelan, S.M. Koohpayeh, P. Cottingham, J.W. Freeland, J.C. Leiner, C.L. Broholm, T.M. McQueen
Correlation between bulk thermodynamic measurements and the low temperature resistance plateau in SmB₆
Phys. Rev. X 4, 031012 (2014) [Full PDF, arXiv:1403.1462]

54. A. Talanov, W.A. Phelan, Z.A. Kelly, M.A. Siegler, T.M. McQueen
Control of the Iridium Oxidation State in the Hollandite Iridate Solid Solution K_1-xIr₄O₈
Inorg. Chem. 53, 4500-7 (2014) [Full PDF]
[KIr₄O₈.cif]

Hongcheng Lu (June 2016 - July 2017)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate

McQueen Group Publications

111. H.-C. Lu, J.R. Chamorro, C. Wan, T.M. McQueen
Universal Single-Ion Physics in Spin-Orbit-Coupled d⁵ and d⁴ Ions
Inorg. Chem. 57, 14443-9 (2018) [Full PDF]

Cheng Wan (Spring 2016 - Spring 2018)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate

Now at eTrust Power wancheng@etrustpower.com

McQueen Group Publications

111. H.-C. Lu, J.R. Chamorro, C. Wan, T.M. McQueen
Universal Single-Ion Physics in Spin-Orbit-Coupled d⁵ and d⁴ Ions
Inorg. Chem. 57, 14443-9 (2018) [Full PDF]

Michal Winiarski (July 2017 - December 2018)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Member of Faculty, University of Gdansk, Poland

McQueen Group Publications

181. K. Gornicka, X. Gui, J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen, R.J. Cava, T. Klimczuk, M.J. Winiarski
Superconductivity-Electron Count Relationship in Heusler Phases-the Case of LiPd₂Si
Chem. Mater. 36, 1870-1879 (2024) [Full PDF]

148. J.R. Chamorro, P. Chauhan, C. Sun, N. Varnava, M.J. Winiarski, N. Ng, H.K. Vivanco, L.A. Pressley, C.M. Pasco, D. Vanderbilt, Y. Li, N.P. Armitage, T.M. McQueen
Anomalous Residual Surface Conductivity in a Superconductor with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling
arXiv:2112.10840 (2021) [arXiv:2112.10840]

136. Z. Hasan, M.J. Winiarski, K.E. Arpino, T. Halloran, T.T. Tran, T.M. McQueen
Strong Magnetic Interactiosn and Short Range Magnetic Correlations in CuTeO₄
arXiv:2012.06696 (2020) [arXiv:2012.06696]

127. Z. Ryzynska, J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen, P. Wisniewski, D. Kaczorowski, W. Xie, R.J. Cava, T. Klimczuk, M.J. Winiarski
RuAl₆ - An Enohedral Aluminide Superconductor
Chem. Mater. 32, 3805-3812 (2020) [Full PDF]

122. J.R. Chamorro, A. Topp, K. Sklarek, Y. Fang, M.J. Winiarski, C.R. Ast, M. Krivenkov, A. Varykhalov, B.J. Ramshaw, L. Schoop, T.M. McQueen
Dirac Fermions and Possible Weak Antilocalization in LaCuSb₂
APL Materials 7, 121108 (2019) [Full PDF, arXiv:2001.00703]

119. M.J. Winiarski, T.M. McQueen
Stabilization of the pyrochlore phase of Mn₂Sb₂O₇ by double substitution
J. Sol. St. Chem. 278, 120898 (2019) [Full PDF]

116. T.T. Tran, C.A. Pocs, Y. Zhang, M.J. Winiarski, J. Sun, M. Lee, T.M. McQueen
Spinon excitations in the quasi-one-dimensional S=1/2 chain compound Cs₄CuSb₂Cl₁₂
Phys. Rev. B 101, 235107 (2020) [Full PDF, arXiv:1907.02847]

114. M.J. Winiarski, T.T. Tran, J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen
(CsX)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂ (X = Cl,Br,I) - a family of Cu²⁺ S = 1/2 compounds with capped-kagome networks composed of OCu₄ units
Inorg. Chem 58, 4328-36 (2019) [Full PDF]
[(CsBr)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂.cif, (CsCl)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂.cif, (CsI)Cu₅O₂(PO₄)₂.cif]

T. Thao Tran (May 2016 - June 2019)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Now, Assistant Professor, Clemsen University

McQueen Group Publications

130. J.R. Chamorro, T.M. McQueen, T.T. Tran
Chemistry of Quantum Spin Liquids
Chem. Rev. 121, 2898-934 (2021) [Full PDF, arXiv:2006.10882]

118. Z.A. Kelly, T.T. Tran, T.M. McQueen
Nonpolar-to-polar trimerization transitions in the S=1 kagome magnet
Inorg. Chem. 58, 11941-8 (2019) [Invited Forum Article] [Full PDF]

107. T.T. Tran, M.A. Quintero, K.E. Arpino, Z.A. Kelly, J. Panella, X.P. Wang, T.M. McQueen
Chemically controlled crystal growth of (CH₃NH₃)₂AgInBr₆
Cryst. Eng. Comm. 20, 5929-5934 (2018) [Full PDF]
[(CH₃NH₃)₂AgInBr₆.cif]

102. C.M. Pasco, B.A. Trump, T.T. Tran, Z.A. Kelly, C. Hoffmann, I. Heinmaa, R. Stern, T.M. McQueen
Single crystal growth of Cu₄(OH)₆BrF and universal behavior in quantum spin liquid candidates synthetic barlowite and herbertsmithite
Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 044406 (2018) [Full PDF, arXiv:1801.05769]

91. T.T. Tran, J. Panella, J.R. Chamorro, J.R. Morey, T.M. McQueen
Designing Indirect-Direct Bandgap Transitions in Double Perovskites
Mater. Horiz. 4, 688-93 (2017) [Full PDF]
[Cs₂AgInCl₆.cif, Cs₂AgSbCl₆.cif]

Elizabeth Pogue
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fall 2018 - Feb 2022)
Now Reearch Staff, JHU-APL

McQueen Group Publications

180. M.J. Pekala, E.A. Pogue, K. McElroy, A. New, G. Bassen, B. Wilfong, J. Domenico, T.M. McQueen, C.D. Stiles
Evaluating AI-guided Design for Scientific Discovery
NeurIPS 2023 Workshop AI4Mat (2023) [Full PDF]

167. E.A. Pogue, A. New, K. McElroy, N.Q. Le, M.J. Pekala, I. McCue, E. Gienger, J. Domenico, E. Hedrick, T.M. McQueen, B. Wilfong, C.D. Piatko, C.R. Ratto, A. Lennon, C Chung, T. Montalbano, G. Bassen, C.D. Stiles
Closed-loop superconducting materials discovery
npj Computational Materials 9, 181 (2023) [Full PDF, arXiv:2212.11855]

146. E.A. Pogue, J. Bond, C. Imperato, J. Abraham, N. Drichko, T.M. McQueen
A Gold(I) Oxide Double Perovskite: Ba₂AuIO₆
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 19033-42 (2021) [Full PDF]

132. J. Abraham, C. Gutgsell, D. Todorovski, S. Sperling, J.E. Epstein, B.S. Tien-Street, T.M. Sweeney, J.J. Wathen, E.A. Pogue, P.G. Brereton, T.M. McQueen, W. Frey, B.D. Clader, R. Osiander
nanoTesla magnetometry with the silicon vacancy in silicon carbide
Physical Review Applied 15, 064022 (2021) [Full PDF, arXiv:2011.01137]

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