Quantum Materials Discovery

我们对固体的电磁特性的现代理解是新技术背后的推动力，这些技术范围从计算机中的数据存储和操作到充电电池中的能量存储。越来越明显的是，开发新设备的进展取决于对电子如何以高度相关的方式在固体中相互作用的更深层次的理解。这些“量子材料”，如高温超导体、多铁性和特殊磁体，正在向凝聚态提出挑战，涉及到新的视角和技术。在更基本的层面上，对这些材料的高质量单晶的需求越来越大，以及量子材料发现所需的化学和物理边界的持续研究。通过加拿大研究教席对材料合成专业知识进行投资，对于保持加拿大在该领域的领先地位以及做出最终将通过创新刺激我国经济的未来发现至关重要。

Our modern understanding of the electronic and magnetic properties of solids is the driving force behind new technologies that range from data storage and manipulation in computers to energy storage in rechargeable batteries. It has become increasingly apparent that progress in developing new devices relies upon a deeper understanding of how electrons interact in solids in a highly correlated fashion. These "Quantum Materials", such as high temperature superconductors, multiferroics, and unusual magnets, are providing challenges to the condensed matter community which involve new perspectives and techniques. On a more fundamental level, there is a growing need for high quality single crystals of these materials, and continued research at the boundary of chemistry and physics that is required in Quantum Materials Discovery. An investment in materials synthesis expertise through this Canada Research Chair is essential for keeping Canada at the forefront of this field and for making future discoveries that will ultimately stimulate our economy through innovation.