{"id":176,"date":"2019-02-27T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T20:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:53:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/neupane-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_115\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_115-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3 data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"205\">Neupane Laboratory \u2013 Quantum Materials Research Group\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"205\">\u00a0Laboratory for Quantum Materials Growth and Spectroscopy<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"695\">Our research focuses on the electronic and spin properties of novel quantum materials, including correlated topological insulators, three-dimensional Dirac, Weyl, and nodal-line semimetals, topological Kondo insulators, topological crystalline insulators, 5<em>f<\/em>-electron systems for thermal transport, magnetic materials, altermagnets and two-dimensional quantum materials. These systems are studied using advanced spectroscopic techniques such as angle-resolved, spin-resolved, and time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"923\">In particular, we employ these photoemission techniques to uncover the fundamental electronic and spin structures, momentum-resolved dynamical properties of the bulk, and symmetry-protected surface states of quantum materials. Furthermore, We grow thin films of quantum materials using the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) method and characterize them using a variety of advanced techniques.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_115-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1111\">Our research aims to both discover and understand new quantum materials and to explore their interactions with light. This work is generously supported by the following funding agencies:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1243\">\n<li data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1168\">\n<p data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1168\"><strong data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1166\">Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1210\">\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1210\"><strong data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1208\">National Science Foundation (NSF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1243\">\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1243\"><strong data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1243\">Department of Energy (DOE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1315\">We are sincerely grateful for their continued support of our research.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neupane Laboratory \u2013 Quantum Materials Research Group\u00a0 \u00a0Laboratory for Quantum Materials Growth and Spectroscopy Our research focuses on the electronic and spin properties of novel quantum materials, including correlated topological insulators, three-dimensional Dirac, Weyl, and nodal-line semimetals, topological Kondo insulators, topological crystalline insulators, 5f-electron systems for thermal transport, magnetic materials, altermagnets and two-dimensional quantum materials. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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