McQueen Lab

Discovering new phenomena through the design and synthesis of new materials

Universal geometric frustration in pyrochlores

Open Positions

• Always looking for interested and talented graduate/undergraduate students

News and Awards

• Updated Publications!
• Welcome to Jackie Chang!
• Updated publications!
• Congratulations to Dr. Winiarski on his faculty position in Poland!
• Updated outreach activities.
• Welcome to Nicholas Ng!
• Updated publications!
• Welcome to Maggie Quinn!
• Updated publications!
• Group duties updated, lanthanide chemistry reference added!
• Welcome to Elizabeth Pogue!
• Updated publications: Universal geometric frustration in pyrochlores!

Recent Publications (All Publications)

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
In Press, Inorg. Chem. (2019) [Full PDF]

113. N. Prasai, A. Akopyan, B.A. Trump, G.G. Marcus, S.X. Huang, T.M. McQueen, J.L. Cohn
Spin phases of the helimagnetic insulator Cu₂OSeO₃ probed by magnon heat conduction
Accepted Phys. Rev. B (2019) [arXiv:1901.01242]

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]

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)