A competitive international center for fundamental research into correlated matter — from heavy fermions and unconventional superconductivity to quantum phase transitions.
CCM Seminar Series
CCM Seminar Series
CCM Seminar Series
The Center for Correlated Matter (CCM) was established in 2012 by Zhejiang University. Prof. Frank Steglich, discoverer of heavy fermion superconductivity, was appointed founding director.
Its mission is to become a competitive center both nationally and internationally for performing fundamental research into the physics of correlated matter. The CCM is dedicated to scientific research at the frontiers of correlated matter, with special attention to emergent quantum phases arising from tunable many-body electron interactions.
Current research interests include heavy fermion physics, unconventional superconductivity, quantum phase transitions, Kondo-lattice and mixed-valence behavior, spin liquids and Mott transitions. We synthesize new correlated systems and measure physical quantities under extreme conditions of low temperatures, high pressure and high magnetic fields.
Kondo-lattice systems, mixed-valence behavior and quantum critical phenomena in strongly correlated electron materials.
Exploring new forms of superconductivity and pairing mechanisms in correlated matter under extreme conditions.
Mapping multiple quantum transitions and emergent phases in heavy fermion and related compounds.
Investigating frustrated magnetism, spin liquid states and Mott transitions in novel materials.
Search for and synthesis of new correlated systems — single crystals, thin films and novel compounds.
ARPES, neutron and x-ray scattering, STM, complemented by theoretical models and numerical simulations.
We are a partner group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden. The Sino-German Cooperation Group on Emergent Correlated Matter connects CCM with the University of Augsburg and Goethe University Frankfurt. We collaborate with institutions worldwide including Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rice University, Cambridge, PSI, and the University of Tokyo.
