Event
Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: Philip Kim, Harvard University
Friday, January 26, 2024
3:30 p.m.
Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Room 1110
Darcy Long
301 405 3114
dlong123@umd.edu
Speaker: Philip Kim, Professor, Harvard University
Title: Engineered quantum materials for quantum technology
Abstract: Over the past 50 years, two-dimensional (2D) electronic systems have served as a key material platform for the study of intriguing quantum phenomena in engineered material systems.
More recently, scientists have found that it is possible to fabricate atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) layered materials. In these atomically thin materials, quantum physics allows electrons to move effectively only in a 2D space. Moreover, by stacking these 2D quantum materials, it is also possible to create atomically thin vdW heterostructures with a wide range of interfacial electronic and optical properties. Novel 2D electronic systems realized in vdW atomic stacks have served as an engineered quantum materials platform for quantum technologies. In this talk, we will discuss several research initiatives aimed at realizing emergent physical phenomena that can be exploited for quantum technologies. Topics include the realization of topological superconductivity for quantum computing, twist engineering of moire vdW systems, and semiconducting exciton condensations for novel optoelectronics.
Bio: 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.
The focus of Prof. Kim’s group research is the mesoscopic investigation of transport phenomena, particularly, electric, thermal and thermoelectrical properties of low dimensional nanoscale materials. These materials include carbon nanotubes, organic and inorganic nanowires, 2-dimensional mesoscopic single crystals, and single organic molecules. Professor Kim also received numerous honors and award including Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (2023); Tomassoni-Chisesi Prizes (2018); Oliver E. Buckley Prize, American Physical Society (2014); Dresden Barkhausen Award (2012); and Ho-Am Science Prize (2008). He is Elected member of the National Science of Academy (2023) and the American Academy of Arts and Science (2020). He graduated 21 PhD students and trained 32 postdoctoral fellows and published more than 250 papers until now.
