We explore a wide variety of quantum materials, including magnetic, superconducting, and thermoelectric compounds, to discover novel functionalities and establish the underlying physics.
In solids, the Coulomb interaction among electrons often leads to emergent phenomena such as magnetism and superconductivity—properties that cannot be predicted from a single-particle band structure. There also exist materials whose band structures differ fundamentally from those of ordinary metals and are described by relativistic equations of motion. Their electronic states are protected by a nontrivial topology, giving rise to robustness against perturbations.
Quantum materials in which such many-body effects coexist and interplay with topological effects have recently attracted significant attention as promising platforms for next-generation electronics and quantum computation. Our mission is to design these materials based on original ideas in close collaboration with theorists, to synthesize them using various chemical methods, and to reveal their unique physical properties and functionalities through precise measurements. We ultimately aim to uncover the universal physics that underlies them.
