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
• PARADIM is looking for a second materials discovery and crystal growth research scientist to help users and develop new techniques

News and Awards

• 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.
• Updated ICSD Submission Instructions.
• Updated publications!
• Updated publications!
• Lisa Pogue publishes article on Science Collaboration 101
• Congratulations to Dr. T. Thao Tran on her faculty position at Clemsen University starting July 1!
• Updated outreach with 2019 work by Veronica, Lucas, and Mekhola!
• Congratulations to Juan Chamorro on winning the Gompf Family Fellowship!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

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]

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]

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]

Video Shorts About Our Work

• 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
• Materials by Design for Dirac/Weyl Nanoelectronics (Technical Talk)
• Design of A New Freshman Chemistry Curriculum (Pedagogical Talk)