Tiancong Zhu - Purdue University
Wednesday 3 September 2025 -
08:00
Monday 1 September 2025
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Wednesday 3 September 2025
08:30
Pick up at hotel
Pick up at hotel
08:30 - 09:00
Travel to IAMM.
09:00
Research Meeting
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Wonhee Ko
(
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
)
Research Meeting
Wonhee Ko
(
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: 233
09:30
Research Meeting
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Joon Sue Lee
(
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
)
Research Meeting
Joon Sue Lee
(
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 254
10:00
Talk Prep
Talk Prep
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
Seminar: Imaging and Manipulating Quantum Anomalous Hall Edge States in Graphene Moiré Heterostructures
Seminar: Imaging and Manipulating Quantum Anomalous Hall Edge States in Graphene Moiré Heterostructures
10:20 - 11:20
Room: 147
Moiré heterostructures have attracted significant attention in recent years for their remarkable properties in realizing novel quantum states experimentally. By carefully controlling the relative alignment between adjacent lattices, a new periodicity—the moiré lattice—emerges. This moiré lattice strongly alters the balance between electron kinetic and potential energies, giving rise to exotic quantum phases that are absent in the individual layers. In addition, owing to their inherently two-dimensional (2D) nature, the electronic and magnetic properties in these heterostructures can be directly probed by surface-sensitive microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, offering crucial experimental insights into the underlying quantum states. In this talk, I will use engineered moire heterostructure between a sheet of monolayer and a sheet of bilayer graphene as an example to demonstrate how the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect—essentially a quantum Hall effect realized without an external magnetic field—can emerge, and how new information can be acquired using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). I will begin by discussing how STM can be employed to identify the Chern insulating states responsible for the QAH effect. I will then show how one can directly visualize one-dimensional chiral edge states in real space and track topological phase transitions between distinct Chern domains. Furthermore, I will present experimental evidence that these QAH edge states can be manipulated on demand—written, erased, and repositioned—through the combined action of the STM tip and an electrostatic back gate. Finally, I will share several new directions my group is pursuing to further advance the understanding of moiré systems using STM. Zoom: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/86292515289
11:30
Research Meeting
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Yishu Wang
(
University of Tennessee Knoxville
)
Research Meeting
Yishu Wang
(
University of Tennessee Knoxville
)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 312
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 14:00
14:00
Research Meeting
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Hanno Weitering
Research Meeting
Hanno Weitering
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 301
14:30
Research Meeting
Research Meeting
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Research Meeting
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Ruixing Zhang
(
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee Knoxville
)
Research Meeting
Ruixing Zhang
(
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee Knoxville
)
15:00 - 16:00
Room: 323
16:00
Lab tour
Lab tour
16:00 - 16:30
Room: G025
16:30
Lab tour
Lab tour
16:30 - 17:00
Room: G007
17:00
Dinner
Dinner
17:00 - 18:30