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SUMMARY:Physics of Novel Materials - Dr Suchitra Sebastian\, Cavendish Lab
 oratory
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will highlight some discoveries my research has
  made by the creation of novel materials using chemical synthesis accompan
 ied by electronic and structural modification\, and energy scale tuning me
 thods. \nThese include the realisation of a low-dimensional spin triplet B
 ose Einstein condensate\, the creation of an iron pnictide superconductor 
 with a record high superconducting temperature induced solely by applied s
 train\, and the solution of the mysterious pseudogap electronic structure 
 in the underdoped cuprate superconductors. I will discuss future goals of 
 my research programme 'Physics of Novel Materials'\, which will build a ne
 twork both within Cambridge and internationally and thereby seek to create
  and study novel materials beyond those currently known and understood. Fo
 cus areas will include optimisation by structural tuning of high temperatu
 re cuprate superconductors\, realisation of correlated topological insulat
 ors in 5d-oxides with strong spin-orbit coupling and their electronic modi
 fication to yield novel superconductors and spin liquids\, new topological
  semiconductors\, and frustrated rare-earth magnets and metal-organic fram
 eworks. In particular\, my talk will focus on the area of strong spin-orbi
 t coupled 5d correlated oxides\, energy efficient applications of which ar
 e anticipated to include novel superconductors with relevance to power gen
 eration and transmission\, electric field induced metal-to-insulator switc
 hing\, and topological qubits for powerful computation.\n
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Ph
 ysics
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