What is condensed matter research?

Drexel is a leader in condensed matter physics research, with faculty conducting research in a number of projects. Learn more about cutting-edge research in condensed matter physics conducted by our faculty below.

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Research Topics

• Mesoscopic Superconductivity
• Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
• Nanoscale Catalysis
• Ultrafast Structural Dynamics
• Raman Scattering
• Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Theory of Nanoshells and Carbon Nanotubes
• Quantum Materials

Projects

Facilities

• The Energy Materials Research Laboratory includes a Variable Temperature UHV Scanning Probe Microscope installed in an STC-50 rated acoustic chamber.
• Ultrafast Structural Dynamics Laboratory includes a transient electron diffraction setup with sub-picosecond temporal resolution
• The Magnetic Material Laboratory conducts research on amorphous magnetic thin films and fiber optical sensors.
• The Surface Science Laboratory has a scanning probe microscopy to study surface structure interfaces at the atomic level.
• The Ultra-Low Temperature Laboratory has a dilution refrigerator, 3He and 4He cryostats and microwave sources to study quantum phenomena in nano- and microscale devices, superconducting qubits, nanostructures, and quantum fluids and solids.

Faculty

Faculty member	Contact	Research Interests	Research Discovery
	Shyamalendu Bose Professor Emeritus; Department of Physics Disque Hall 915 bose@drexel.edu	Nanoscience High-temperature superconductivity Theory of surfaces and interfaces Disordered systems Electron and X-ray spectroscopies of solids	Publications
	Goran Karapetrov Professor; Provost Solutions Fellow Alumni Disque Hall 609 goran@drexel.edu	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Quantum Technologies and Quantum Sensing Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy Mesoscopic Superconductivity and Magnetism Nanoscale Catalysis	Publications
	Jonathan E. Spanier Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Affiliated Faculty LeBow 440 spanier@drexel.edu	Light-matter interactions in electronic materials, including ferroelectric semiconductors, complex oxide thin film science Laser spectroscopy, including Raman scattering	Publications
	Somdev Tyagi Associate Department Head for Non-Major Studies, Professor Disque Hall 806 tyagi@drexel.edu	Nanobiophysics Raman spectroscopy Magnetic materials	Publications
	Bryan VanSaders Assistant Professor 906 Disque Hall bv336@drexel.edu	Active matter Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics Thermodynamics of information Crystal plasticity Metamaterials Self/directed assembly	Publications
	Jörn Venderbos Assistant Professor Disque Hall, 610 jwv34@drexel.edu	Theory of quantum materials: topological Insulators, topological semimetals, materials prediction and design, strongly correlated electron materials, complex electronic ordering phenomena, unconventional superconductors	Publications