Title: Strategic Crystal Growth of f-electron Intermetallics in a Quantum Landscape
Abstract: The growth, characterization, and physical properties of new systems and architectures of new classes of materials is necessary for advancing the field of highly correlated systems. While solid state synthesis remains a challenge where phase formation, temperature profile, and reaction ratios can lead to unpredictability. Nevertheless, solid state chemists have implemented chemical heuristics, such as periodic trends, the Zintl-Klemm concept, Pauling’s rules, Wade-Mingo’s rules, valence electron concentration, and geometrical constraints, to predict the results. Therefore, we focus on the growth of materials to study the interplay between itinerant electrons and localized magnetic moments in “bulk heterostructures” of intermetallics, which plays a critical role in understanding magnetism and emergent behavior. To realize Weyl-Kondo systems, our goal is to discover a new platform to realize the potential for discovery of a new class of heavy electron system in the context of topological metals with strong correlation. While the selection of new phases and the corresponding growth and synthesis is not trivial, our experience working with diverse materials coupled with selection of candidates make our efforts an ideal start to study the interplay of magnetism and correlations. Herein, we will show our strategy to discover and growth of the most promising intermetallic candidates.
See more of Dr. Chan's research on her website: https://sites.baylor.edu/julia_chan/group/
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