🎉🎉🎉Pengcheng Dai elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
“Professor Dai’s election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences recognizes the profound impact of his work in condensed matter physics,” said Amy Dittmar
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MagnetoARPES technology reveals hidden properties of advanced materials
Rice scientists unveil new tool to watch quantum behavior in action
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>>>Nat. Phys. (2026). (Published on March 11th, 2026) [link]
Material previously thought to be quantum is actually a new, non-quantum state of matter
Rice researchers discover cerium magnesium hexalluminate not quantum despite displaying characteristics of quantum spin liquid state
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>>>Sci. Adv. 12, eaed7778 (2026). (Published on March 6th, 2026) [link]
2025
Scientists find new quantum behavior in unusual superconducting material
Our results confirm a surprising theoretical prediction and establish a pathway for engineering exotic superconductivity through chemical and structural control
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>>>Nature Communications16, 7573(2025). (Published on Aug 14th, 2025) [pdf]
