{"id":31,"date":"2023-08-25T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/nghimire\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:34:33","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/nghimire\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Most modern computers and microelectronics rely on silicon semiconductors, which utilize the electron\u2019s charge to store, transmit, and process information. While silicon has driven technological advancements for decades, leveraging the electron\u2019s intrinsic spin in addition to its charge offers potential for creating thinner, faster, and more energy-efficient devices. Our research group focuses on materials synthesis as a key approach to discovering and investigating new quantum materials, with the goal of understanding their fundamental physics to identify materials that could power the next generation of technology beyond silicon. The current materials of interest include:<\/p>\r\n

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Kagome materials are of great interest both in terms of magnetism as well as electronic band structure. In the late 1980s it was realized, building on earlier work, that the antiferromagnetic kagome lattice may be the most frustrated two-dimensional (2D) magnetic system that one can construct. In fact, it was thought that it may never order at any temperature, and it was later realized that this is not just a disordered paramagnet, but a new state called a spin liquid. For a long time, it was this potential for hosting a quantum spin liquid that drove interest in the kagome lattice. However, more recently it was noted that the kagome lattice may be a host to both topologically protected bands as well as non-dispersing or flat bands in its electronic band structure. Thus, kagome lattice magnets provide a fertile ground to look for new properties emerging from the interplay of the complex magnetic structure and the electronic band features within a single material.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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