Qikun Xue
An experimental physicist known for work on quantum materials. His team’s observation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect connected topological ideas with measurable transport in magnetic thin films.
Nicola A. Spaldin · background · research
Nicola A. Spaldin · Multiferroic materials
A materials theorist who investigates why electric and magnetic order can coexist. Her calculations and conceptual work helped establish multiferroics as a field of materials design.
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Contribution
Multiferroics combine more than one type of ordered property, often electric polarization and magnetic order. Coupling between them can make electric control of magnetism possible. Not every multiferroic has equally strong coupling or works under practical device conditions.
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Stephen R. Forrest
A researcher in organic optoelectronics whose work helped improve phosphorescent OLEDs. His research addresses how organic devices convert electrical energy into light efficiently.
Quantum anomalous Hall effect
The quantum anomalous Hall effect is quantized transverse electrical transport associated with magnetism and topology, without a large external magnetic field. Its experimental observation in magnetic thin films is distinct from the ordinary Hall effect and from a finished commercial device.
OLED research
An OLED produces light in organic materials when electrical charges recombine. Phosphorescence and thermally activated delayed fluorescence are routes to use excited states more efficiently. High efficiency alone does not settle lifetime, manufacturing cost or device reliability.
Multiferroic materials
Multiferroics combine more than one type of ordered property, often electric polarization and magnetic order. Coupling between them can make electric control of magnetism possible. Not every multiferroic has equally strong coupling or works under practical device conditions.