April 7 - 11, 2025
Seattle, Washington
2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit

Symposium QT05-Emergent Quantum Orderings and Properties in 2D Materials and Heterostructures

Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a unique platform to explore and integrate novel physical properties, including spin-valley coupling, strong electron correlations, enhanced collective excitations, unconventional superconductivity, and tunable topological orders. Based on these emergent quantum properties, new device prototypes are made possible and can realize novel and high-performance device functionalities. This symposium will focus on progress in understanding and controlling quantum properties and phase transitions in 2D materials. Aiming to promote interdisciplinary discussions among researchers, this symposium will include the most recent developments in material synthesis, characterization, and theory and bring together a diverse pool of researchers in different career stages to identify emerging opportunities in 2D quantum materials.






Topics will include:

  • Scalable synthesis and assembling of 2D material and heterostructures
  • Disentangled characterization of electron, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom in 2D quantum materials, e.g., electrical transport, optical spectroscopies, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy(ARPES).
  • Manipulation of quantum phases and novel device design using chemical methods, electrical field, high-pressure, and ultrafast optical responses.
  • Theoretical predictions on novel 2D material properties and material discovery
  • New electronic, spintronic, optoelectronic, and photonic device development based on 2D quantum materials

Invited Speakers:

  • Youn Jue Bae (Cornell University, USA)
  • Ting Cao (University of Washington, USA)
  • Yulin Chen (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
  • Zhehao Ge (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
  • Tony Heinz (Stanford University, USA)
  • Pinshane Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
  • Maciej Koperski (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
  • Qiong Ma (Boston College, USA)
  • Vinod Menon (The City College of New York, USA)
  • Stevan Nadj-Perge (California Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Kayla Nguyen (University of Oregon, USA)
  • Diana Qiu (Yale University, USA)
  • Daniel Rhodes (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)
  • Sandhya Susarla (Arizona State University, USA)
  • Peter Wahl (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)
  • Ying Wang (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)
  • Matthew Yankowitz (University of Washington, USA)
  • Liuyan Zhao (University of Michigan, USA)
  • Jun Zhu (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
  • Xiaoyang Zhu (Columbia Unviersity, USA)

Symposium Organizers

Xiao-Xiao Zhang
University of Florida
Physics
USA

Unai Atxitia Macizo
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
Spain

Judy Cha
Cornell University
Materials Science and Engineering
USA

Jun Xiao
University of Wisconsin–Madison
USA

Topics

2D materials quantum materials