Darrell G. Schlom, Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry, department of materials science and engineering at Cornell University, and Moore Foundation grantee, has been elected a new member to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the academy is one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers, honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to the field — from research and practice to education and development of new technologies.
For his work with the Moore Foundation, Dr. Schlom leads the development of a first-of-its-kind instrument that will expedite the discovery of new, artificial forms of matter with unprecedented electronic and magnetic properties. The new instrument, to be called the Moore CONQUEST (Creation and Observation of Novel Quantum Electronic Structures) facility, will integrate three separate pieces of cutting-edge technology for synthesizing and studying such materials.
“The Moore CONQUEST facility will provide crucial feedback connecting how atoms are arranged — the atomic structure — with how electrons in the material created move, or its electronic structure. It will be a paradigm shift for the design and understanding of quantum materials,” Schlom said.
The Moore CONQUEST facility has the potential to give researchers the most precise understanding to date of unique materials such as electronic oxides that do not exist in nature but display characteristics like ferromagnetism and superconductivity because they are designed atom by atom with sharp interfaces. Read more here.
The $4.1 million grant provided is part of the foundation’s Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems initiative, which is focusing on the field of condensed matter physics to explore exotic and unexpected properties of quantum materials.
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