Novel Superconducting Materials I

Presentations

• Synthesis and Characterization of K_x:p-Terphenyl Materials for Superconductivity

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Chomas

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Andrew Chomas

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Spencer Hall

  • Hope Whitelock

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Justin Griffith

  • Nicholas Weadock

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Sean Shaheen

  • Daniel Dessau

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• Searching for ideal topological crystalline insulators and topological superconductors in Pb-Sn-In-Te system

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Genda Gu

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  Authors

  • Genda Gu

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Qiang Li

    • Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • John Tranquada

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

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• Effects of Selenium doping on the charge density wave and superconductivity of 4H_b-TaS₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Siddharth Nandanwar

    • Boston College

  Authors

  • Siddharth Nandanwar

    • Boston College

  • Cassidy Wichman

  • Xinyi Zhao

    • Boston College

  • Kyle Fruhling

    • Boston College

  • Sudhaman Balguri

    • Boston College

  • Fazel Tafti

    • Boston College

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• Coincidence of the metal-insulator transition and epsilon near zero condition: implications for superconductive T_c enhancement 

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Osofsky

    • Towson University

  Authors

  • Michael Osofsky

    • Towson University

  • Vera Smolyaninova

    • Towson University

  • Lukas Hamann

    • Towson University

  • Tyler Hannesson

    • Towson University

  • Shiva Pokhrel

    • Towson University

  • John Fields

    • Towson University

  • Jacques Noual

    • Towson University

  • Dariush Aligholizadeh

    • Towson University

  • Mary Devadas

    • Towson University

  • Shelby Fields

  • Steven Bennett

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

  • Joseph Prestigiacomo

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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• Coexistence of Nodal and Nodeless Pairing Symmetry in Superconducting 6R-SnNbSe₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Publication: Coexistence of Nodal and Nodeless Pairing Symmetry in Superconducting 6R-SnNbSe2, K Yadav, M Lamba, S Patnaik arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.02793.

  Presenters

  • Satyabrata Patnaik

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

  Authors

  • Satyabrata Patnaik

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • Kunal Yadav

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • Manoj Lamba

  • Mainpal Singh

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

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• Characterization of Superconducting LiNbO₂ Crystals and Thin Films synthesized through CaH₂ Reduction

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Ryan Paxson

    • University of Maryland

  Authors

  • Ryan Paxson

    • University of Maryland

  • Stephanie Hong

  • Bicky Singh Moirangthem

    • Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University

  • Tianyu Li

  • Heshan Yu

  • Parham Kabirifar

  • Kamal Joshi

    • Iowa State University

  • Makariy Tanatar

    • Ames National Laboratory

  • Ruslan Prozorov

    • Ames National Laboratory

  • Alexander Grutter

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Efrain Rodriguez

    • University of Maryland College Park

  • Ichiro Takeuchi

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Superconducting PdTe thin film via a Topotactic transformation process: Towards topological superconductors

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Hee Taek Yi

    • Rutgers University

  Authors

  • Hee Taek Yi

    • Rutgers University

  • Min Ge

  • Renjie Xie

  • Colby Stoddard

  • Xiaoyu Yuan

    • Rutgers University

  • Xiong Yao

  • Seongshik Oh

    • Rutgers University

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• Synthesis and Superconductivity of Hexagonal Zr₆MBi₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: K. Yuchi et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 94, 013701 (2025).
  K. Yuchi et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 94, 085001 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Kosuke Yuchi

    • The Institute for Solid State Physics

  Authors

  • Kosuke Yuchi

    • The Institute for Solid State Physics

  • Yoshihiko Okamoto

  • Zenji Hiroi

  • Ryutaro Okuma

  • Keita Kojima

  • Kodai Moriyama

  • Daisuke Nishio-Hamane

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  March 19, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM

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• Investigating the Superconducting Order Parameter of LaNiGa₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Spiegel

    • University of California, Davis

  Authors

  • Michael Spiegel

    • University of California, Davis

  • Rena Zieve

    • University of California, Davis

  • Valentin Taufour

    • UC Davis

  • Yunshu Shi

    • University of California, Davis

  • Davis Zackaria

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  March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM

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• Magnetic flux imaging in a 3D superconductor integrated circuit

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Tong Ren

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Tong Ren

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Andreas Glatz

  • Boldizsar Janko

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Justin Mallek

    • MIT Lincoln Lab

  • Sergey Tolpygo

  • Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov

    • Argonne National Laboratory

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• Charge-Ordering Transition in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductor Probed by RF Penetration Depth Measurements in Pulsed Magnetic Fields

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: 1. Ihara, Y.; Imajo, S. Superconductivity and Charge Ordering in BEDT-TTF Based Organic Conductors with β″-Type Molecular Arrangement. Crystals 2022, 12, 711. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050711

  Presenters

  • Ahad Ali Khan

    • Clark University

  Authors

  • Ahad Ali Khan

    • Clark University

  • Nathanael Fortune

    • Smith College

  • Lily Phillips

    • Smith College

  • Lee Martin

  • Andreas Rydh

    • SynkTek AB

  • Sydney Lyons

    • Clark University

  • Mahathi Kuchibhotla

  • Charles Agosta

    • Clark University

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• TiN/AlN and NbN/AlN superlattices: Integrating ferroelectricity and superconductivity

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: A paper is planned that would have the same title. I hope it will be submitted for publication by the time I talk in March about it.

  Presenters

  • Huma Nawaz

    • University of Houston

  Authors

  • Huma Nawaz

    • University of Houston

  • Dawei Wang

  • Chin-Sen Ting

    • University of Houston

  • Laurent Bellaiche

    • University of Arkansas

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• Gaugeless Formulation and Finite-Difference Modeling of Superconducting Thin Films (Part II)

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Yen Lee Loh

    • University of North Dakota

  Authors

  • Aliakbar Sepehri

    • University of North Dakota

  • Yen Lee Loh

    • University of North Dakota

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