I've been desperately trying to grasp the meaning of quantum geometry, and it turns out time has the answer. Check how geometry is the natural language of the zero-point motion of insulators, and how effective mass emerges in insulators arxiv.org/abs/2403.07052 Columbia Physics Department

“Advances rely heavily on materials, the backbone of discovering new effects or applications.” Leslie Schoop Schoop Lab presented yesterday on crystalline inorganic compounds in her talk, “Which Materials are Worth Studying?” at the Princeton Materials Institute symposium. Great job, Leslie.

It was indeed wonderful, thanks for showing me around!

I’m late but still wanted to highlight this beautiful work from Ram Seshadri and Tony Cheetham, commenting on the Google DeepMind work which had claimed to predict 2.2 mio new materials. A careful look points to a lot of problems. read more here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Announcing a very special workshop this summer: The Future of Materials Discovery - UCL, London 25-26 June AI is going to change science in a big way. We have an unbelievable line-up of speakers to discuss what the future looks like Please RT! sites.google.com/view/future-of…

The Schoop Lab had its own Princeton Chemistry lawn party this weekend. Happy crew!

Today Grace defended her thesis and became the third Ph.D from the Schoop lab! We will miss her dearly but are also so proud of her! Congratulations Dr. Villalpando! 🎉🥳👏🎊

Happy to share Jason Khoury ‘s final paper from our group. We show how SOC can make a crystal more electronically 1 D. With Raquel Queiroz ! Check it out : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Wuttig Group at the University of Chicago is looking for a postdoc to join our team! We are looking for applicants interested in electrocatalysis and a related area, organic and/or materials synthesis. RT appreciated. We look forward to meeting you!

Rings rings rings 💍 arxiv.org/abs/2406.03529 (not much to say, i’ve been talking about it for 5 years 😁 finally OUT!) Columbia Physics Department

We're delighted to announce that Dr Leslie Schoop (Schoop Lab) from Princeton Chemistry Princeton University is the latest Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator! 👏 Please join us in congratulating Leslie and check out our full interview with her here 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Thank so much for the recognition Nanoscale journal family . Very happy to have received it.

A liquid-like spreading of metal atoms on a topological material can generate a superconductor—one that might benefit quantum computing. Read go.aps.org/3Xuw6s8 Physics Magazine go.aps.org/4exwEna Yanyu Jia Tiancheng Song Schoop Lab Fang Yuan Ratnadwip Singha

Yesterday Joseph Joseph Stiles successfully defended his PhD and becomes the 4th from the lab to graduate. We are very proud of him and wish him the best for the future. Congratulations Dr. Stiles 🎉🎉🎉

Check out Grace's latest paper about chemical exfoliation of CrOCl. Unlike VOCl, CrOCL does not exfoliate using nBuLi intercalation and harsher methods are needed (Cr loves to be 3+). Still results in beautiful monolayers. Now published in Nanoscale journal family . pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Two of my favorite chemists! Congratulations and great choice The Journal of Chemical Physics 🎉🎉🎉

Excited to share Mulan's excellent perspective on chemical exfoliation. We highlight how non van der Waals materials may be better for exfoliation than you think. Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

.#ICYMI this summer, our Leslie Schoop Schoop Lab has been named director of @PCCM_mrsec, an U.S. National Science Foundation-supported center that explores the frontiers of complexity in materials science. Congratulations Leslie!

Check out Scott's Scott Lee paper, in which we investigate the Au2MP2 series of materials, with 1D M chains. We found a new polymorph for M= Bi, which we relate to electronic origins and atomic packing frustrations. Now published in Chemistry of Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Outdoor action! We love this photo of Marissa Weichman The Weichman Lab and Leslie Schoop Schoop Lab kayaking last week in Monterey Bay, where they were attending a meeting. Thanks for the photo!