Harvard researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. The discovery both paves the way for more stable quantum computing and creates an entirely new platform to explore exotic physics.

Though they have unusual properties that could be useful in everything from superconductors to quantum computers, topological materials are frustratingly difficult to predictably produce. To speed up the process, Harvard researchers in a series of studies develop methods for efficiently identifying new materials that display topological properties.

MIT researchers use an optical technique to probe magnetism at a hidden interface between two exotic thin films.

MIT-led team demonstrates paired topology and intrinsic magnetism in compound combining gadolinium, platinum, and bismuth.

Researchers demonstrate room-temperature ferroelectric states in ultra-thin films of tin and tellurium.

Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.

MIT postdoc Cui-Zu Chang makes a spintronic breakthrough in the Moodera group.

MIT physics graduate student Sagar Vijay co-develops error correction method for quantum computing based on special electronic states called Majorana fermions.

MIT theoretical physicist’s research bridges abstract math and exotic computing materials.