Yves Idzerda
Montana State University, MT·Physics
Quantum technologies for sensing, secure communication and computing need materials that can create and control fragile quantum states. Two-dimensional (2D) materials are layered crystals only a few atoms thick, and there are thousands of them.
- Fields
Physics
Materials Science
Engineering
- Topics
quantum materials
2D materials
two-dimensional materials
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Aug 2027
What they work on
- Build robotic pipelines that automate the slowest steps of making and assembling devices from 2D materials, connected directly to quantum characterization instruments developed with industry partners.
- Explore quantum magnetism and ferroelectricity in two-dimensional materials, combining experiments, theory and machine learning within the Foundry pipelines.
- Develop quantum light sources from 2D materials, including single-photon emitters and entangled photon-pair sources, along with new qubit designs.
- Open Foundry tools, samples and technical knowledge to outside researchers, and train students from middle school to graduate level through hands-on lab programs.
More about the research
They offer a huge library of candidates for these technologies. But that huge number of options also makes progress slow. Building and testing a device from a new 2D material is laborious and time-consuming.
Why it matters
Faster routes from 2D materials to working devices could speed the development of quantum sensors, quantum communication links and quantum computers. Open access to the Foundry's automated tools may help university, government and industry researchers across the US test new quantum materials. It also helps train a quantum-literate workforce in the US heartland.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Jifa Tian
University of Wyoming, WY·Physics
Determine the roles and behavior of unconventional magnetic domains, regions where atomic magnetic moments align, in few-layer two-dimensional van der Waals magnets using magnetotransport and low-temperature magnetic force microscopy.
Davood Shahrjerdi
New York University, NY·Materials Science
Determine how polymer residues such as polyvinyl alcohol and paraffin interact with 2D materials like graphene and molybdenum disulfide, viewing the problem in terms of interface energy.
Keji Lai
University of Texas at Austin, TX·Physics
Measure the effective permittivity of excitons in monolayer semiconductors using cryogenic laser-illuminated microwave impedance microscopy, a scanning probe that senses local electrical response under light.
The school
Montana State University: 15 labs on PI Pages, $258M a year on research, 85 research doctorates a year.
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