Solving the puzzle of new quantum materials

The Rost Lab, led by Dr Andreas W. Rost (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, UK), measures the thermodynamic and transport properties of quantum materials — correlated-electron metals, unconventional superconductors and unusual magnets. We build our own instruments to measure specific heat, entropy, magnetisation, strain and resistivity on microgram-scale single crystals and thin films, at temperatures below 1 K, in magnetic fields above 10 T, and under uniaxial stress. Current work covers the overdoped cuprate Tl₂Ba₂CuO₆, the superconductors Sr₂RuO₄ and CeRh₂As₂, and new oxides such as La₇Os₃O₁₈.