Stacking atomic layers: quest for new materials and physics - Philip Kim, Harvard University

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Stacking atomic layers: quest for new materials and physics
Professor Philip Kim
Harvard University, USA
Group Website: http://kim.physics.harvard.edu/

ABSTRACT:

Modern electronics heavily rely on the technology to confine electrons in the interface layers of semiconductors. In recent years, scientists discovered that various atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) layered materials can be isolated. In these atomically thin materials, quantum physics allows electrons to move only in an effective 2-dimensional (2D) space. By stacking these 2D quantum materials, one can also create atomic-scale heterostructures with a wide variety of electronic and optical properties. We demonstrate the enhanced electronic and optoelectronic performances in the vdW heterostructures, suggesting that these a few atom thick interfaces may provide a fundamental platform to realize novel physical phenomena. In this talk, we will discuss several research efforts to realize unusual quasiparticle pairing mesoscopic devices based on stacked vdW interfaces between 2-dimensional materials.
BIOGRAPHY:

Professor Philip Kim received his B.S in physics at Seoul National University in 1990 and received his Ph. D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 1999. He was Miller Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics from University of California, Berkeley during 1999-2001. He then joined in Department of Physics at Columbia University as a faculty member during 2002-2014. Since 2014, he moves to Harvard University, where he is Professor of Physics and Professor Applied Physics.

Professor Kim is well known for his seminal work in physics of low dimensional materials. He published more than 200 papers in professional journals which are well cited. Professor Kim also received numerous honors and awards, including Tomassoni-Chisesi Prizes (2018), Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2014), Dresden Barkhausen Award (2011), and Ho-Am Science Prize (2008).

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