In 1990, a seminar was initiated for QMC (formerly CNAM/CSR) graduate students in order to present their research to the other students, postdocs, and faculty in the Center. In addition to fostering a rich, collaborative environment in whic…
The Quantum Materials Center encompasses a wide variety of experimental condensed matter and materials research, and focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to solving some of the most complex problems of today. Our "bricks and mortar" cen…
Effective May 1, 2025, the fee structure for use of QMC Central Facilities: QMC Members: Flat rate of $1250 per quarter (Quarters are 1 Jan. - 31 Mar., 1 Apr. - 30 June, 1 July - 30 Sept., 1 Oct. - 31 Dec.). QMC member users include (but ar…
The QMC research team including Paglione, Takeuchi and Rodriguez has been awarded a highly competitive grant from the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program to launch a bol…
In 1990, a seminar was initiated for QMC (formerly CNAM/CSR) graduate students in order to present their research to the other students, postdocs, and faculty in the Center. In addition to fostering a rich, collaborative environment in whic…
Students attending the 8th annual Fundamentals of Quantum Materials Winter School held the week of January 13-17, 2025 took part in a tour of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, in Gaithersburg, MD. This year's school was focused on Novel…
The QMC Distinguished Lecture Series was created to attract the world's top researchers to Maryland. The series of seminars - which includes a Physics Department Colloquium lecture, a QMC Condensed Matter Colloquium lecture and other specia…
The "resurrection" of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride at extremely high magnetic fields, initially identified by researchers at the University of Maryland Quantum Materials Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technol…
The W. J. Carr Lecture Series on Superconductivity and Advanced Materials was established by Dr. James L. Carr ‘ 89, in honor of his father, Walter J. Carr. Walter Carr joined the magnetism group at the Westinghouse research labs in Pittsbu…
QMC (formerly CNAM) hosts an annual day-long symposium for all full and affiliate members. The event is primarily planned as an idea-sharing activity to promote cross-pollination of ideas and possible collaborations among our group, as well…
The 1986 discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the copper-oxides by IBM researchers Bednorz and Müller fuelled an explosion of research and accolades, including the awarding of the Nobel prize to Bednorz and Mueller in 1987. As…
New Assistant Professor Frank Zhao is setting up his new lab in QMC to fabricate new materials, study their properties and investigate how they might be incorporated into new technologies. In particular, he is interested in thin 2D and exfo…