Bachelor of Engineering [B.Eng] [Automotive Engineering] From University of Brighton

From the theory of quantum critical points and the physics of nanodevices to the phase transitions of vortices in a BoseÐEinstein condensate, the research has common threads of correlation, disorder and topology.

The effects of quantum mechanics and disorder on the phases of matter form the mainstay of our research. For instance, classical physics fails completely to account for the 'phases' of electrons in a solid. In many materials quantum effects ensure that the electrons remained gaseous down to zero temperature. However, quantum mechanics also saves solid-state physics from being merely the study of the electron gas Ð it provides non-classical phases such as magnetism, superconductivity, etc, where the electron liquid can be highly nontrivial.

Disorder plays a distinctive role in condensed matter physics. Strongly disordered systems can form glasses (from window glasses to Coulomb ones to spin ones), whose mechanical, electronic or spin properties differ drastically from those of solids or liquids.Ê

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