Research

Research in the Chamorro group focuses on quantum materials: materials whose electronic and magnetic properties cannot be explained without directly invoking quantum mechanics. These materials offer avenues toward new paradigms in energy, computing and information, and electronics. These materials also serve as platforms to explore fundamental chemical and physical quantum science at tangible energy scales in the laboratory, and, in some cases, as in superconductors, allow us to observe quantum mechanical effects with our own eyes.

Our group utilizes concepts from materials science, chemistry, and physics to discover new synthetic pathways and phenomena in condensed matter. We are an experimental synthesis group, and focus on synthesizing bulk quantum materials in powder and single crystalline form, in order to study their bulk structures and properties. Current avenues of research include developing new methods to automate crystal growth techniques, including through the incorporation of artificial intelligence systems, as well as studying structure-property relationships in materials with strongly correlated electronic behavior, including exotic magnets, superconductors, heavy fermion/quantum critical materials, and various kinds of topological materials.