McQueen Lab

Discovering new phenomena through the design and synthesis of new materials

A field-free supercurrent diode

Informal Group Discussion Topic

"The world's first nuclear meltdown occurred in Chalk River near Ottawa, Canada in 1952. The clean-up was done in part by future US president Jimmy Carter. Carter and many other volunteers had multiple 90-second radiation exposures, amounting to 1 year's worth of radiation each time!" - Chris Lygouras

IGD currently organized by: Tanya Berry

Open Positions

• Always looking for interested and talented graduate/undergraduate students

News and Awards

• Congratulations to Tanya Berry on the Sarah and Adolph Roseman Achievement Award!
• Updated publications!
• Congratulations to Tanya Berry on the 150^th group publication!
• Congratulations to Jason Zhang on his Summer PURA Award!
• Congratulations to Profs. Alexandrova (UCLA), Freedman (MIT), and McQueen (JHU) on Keynoting the opening session on Quantum Information Science at ACS in San Diego.
• Updated publications!
• Updated group duties!
• Updated publications!
• Welcome to Dr. Satya Kushwaha, Associate Research Scientist!
• Many additions to lab resources: thanks Tanya, Austin, Ben, and others!
• Welcome to undergraduates Noah Edmiston and Daniel Naiman!
• Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Pogue on her new position at JHU-APL!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

152. M. Quinn, T.M. McQueen
Identifying New Classes of High Temperature Superconductors With Convolutional Neural Networks
Frontiers in Electronic Materials 2, 893797 (2022) [Full PDF, Public Data and Code]

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]

150. T. Berry, V.J. Stewart, B.W.Y. Redemann, C. Lygouras, N. Varnava, D. Vanderbilt, T.M. McQueen
Dipolar Magnetic Interactions and A-type Antiferromagnetic Order in the Zintl Phase Insulator EuZn₂P₂
arXiv:2203.12739 (2022) [arXiv:2203.12739]

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)