KGB Group Research Projects

Macroscopic Quantum Processes

• Quantum Phase Transitions with Dissipation
• Transport in Magnetic and Superconducting Nanowires
• Cantilever Magnetometry and Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling

Highly Correlated Electron Systems

• Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Correlated Electronic Systems
• Bad Metal Behavior in SrRuO₃

Gravity

• Measuring Gravity at Small Distances

Vortices and Vortex Motion in Superconductors

• Local Transport Measurement Using Scanning Tunneling Potentiometry
• Scanning Hall Probe Studies of Vortices in Superconductors

New Materials

• Thin Film Deposition of Novel Materials as Model Systems
• Thin Film Synthesis of Superconductors with Unusually High Vapor Pressures
• Development of Model Systems for Studying Negative-U Pairing in Superconductors

Device Physics and Applied Superconductivity

• Superconductor/Ferromagnet Proximity Effect and Applications  
• Advanced Thin Film Fabrication Techniques for High T_c Superconducting Coated Conductors