Hoffman
Lab

Research

Research

    Research in this group will revolve around scanning probe microscopies of novel materials, with an initial focus on scanning tunneling microscopy of unconventional superconductors.

    The group's first project will be the construction of a low temperature, high magnetic field, scanning tunneling microscope. This STM will be used initially to investigate the field-dependent properties of vortices in high-Tc superconductors, to study vortex response to applied currents, and to investigate the rich phase diagram and possible triplet superconductivity in the organic superconductor (TMTSF)2ClO4.


  • A simple explanation of scanning tunneling microscopy
       (lots of pictures, no equations)
  • A slightly more technical explanation of STM
  • Measurements we can make with an STM
  • Introduction to superconductors
  • High-Tc Superconducting Cuprates