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ORNL's BES MSE projects strive to foster equity and inclusion in our research.  Our research is conducted in an open working environment where all researchers can share concerns regarding daily research activities, decisions around DEI, and professional development activities.  The Group and Section structure at ORNL, where the project resides, provides additional avenues for researchers, particularly postdocs, to express concerns and determine the best career path.

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Transforming Critical Materials Separation using Precision Control

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Develop a fundamental understanding of the synergy between strong interactions at the ligand-metal binding site and weak interactions in the surrounding coordination sphere for the selective separations and stimuli-responsive release of lanthanides
Oxide quantum heterostructures

Correlated Topological Quantum Heterostructures

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The overarching goal of this project is to understand how to co-design correlated and topological states of matter by exploiting the interplay between symmetry, correlation, and topology in oxide- and chalcogenide-based quantum heterostructures.
ERKCS82-McGuire

Correlated Quantum Materials

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The overarching goal of this project is to advance our understanding of correlated quantum materials through discovery, development, and investigation of model materials that exhibit magnetic order, topological order, and collective phenomena.
ERKCS93-Dagotto

Theoretical Studies of Collective Phenomena

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Our overarching goal is the quantitative understanding of the many-body states generated in electronic models for quantum materials, involving both strong correlation and SOC,
with simultaneously active spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom.
ERKCK34-Christianson

Understanding Quantum Matter Beyond the Unit Cell

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The overarching goal of this project is to achieve a fundamental understanding of how anisotropy, frustration, and topology acting in concert produce collective quantum phenomena.
ERKCK45-Hermann

Neutron Scattering Studies of Hybrid Excitations

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The overarching goal of this project is to understand hybridization mechanisms of atomic vibrational and spin excitations in energy materials in order to control energy transport and functionalities.