Welcome to Our Group’s webpage

We are experimental group. We study thin films, heterostructures, and multifunctional oxides with emergent magnetic, electric, and interfacial behavior. Our work spans synthesis, low-temperature magnetic & electrical characterization, magnetoelectric phenomena, and structure-property relationships relevant to quantum materials research. Applications of these materials in a variety of devices require fine tuning of their physical properties. Artificially engineered multilayered, nanocomposites, and heterostructured films of such materials are of great interest due to their novel properties, which cannot otherwise be achieved in homogeneous single-phase materials. We collaborate with theoreticians and researchers from DOE national labs to fully understand the properties of the materials. 

Please look at the facilities and publications from our group.

Our research group is located in the new 'SCIENCE 1' building, a home for Institute of Materials Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent news from our group

  • August 2026-New paper is published in JAP
    Lanthanide ion electroic structure controls magnetic excitations in topological quantum ferrimagnets LnMn6Sn6 (Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho), K. A. Collins, J. Pfund, M. R. Page, M. Jain, M. A. Susner, and M. J. Newburger, Journal of Applied Physics, 140 (2026) 053902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0336332
  • August 2026-One paper is accepted in Science Advance
    One manuscript has been accepted to be published in Science Advance: A Biohybrid Mesh Harvester for Distributed Energy Harvesting in Living Tissues, S. Wang, X. Wang, S. Fu, C. Senger, J. Pfund, M. Jain, R. Katsumata, and J. Yao, Science Advance, (2026) (Accepted).  
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Contact: 196A Auditorium Road, U-3046,
Department of Physics
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3046

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Institute of Materials Science
25 King Hill Road, Unit 3136
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3136

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