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Physicist, Senior Lecturer at UQ, SPM enthusiast, mediocre gamer, recent Australian spmqt.org
New preprint: A little titanium can help clean up tantalum for better superconducting resonators
arxiv.org/abs/2601.16369
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Reducing TLS loss in tantalum CPW resonators using titanium sacrificial layers
We demonstrate a substantial reduction in two-level system loss in tantalum coplanar waveguide resonators fabricated on high-resistivity silicon substrates through the use of an ultrathin titanium sac...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16369
3 days ago
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The Conversation AUNZ
about 1 month ago
In the 1930s, this quantum mechanical pioneer faced obstacles that still confront women in physics today. 👉 Read the full story:
theconversation.com/who-was...
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Nice write up on our work in Physics World!
physicsworld.com/a/scientists...
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Scientists realize superconductivity in traditional semiconducting material – Physics World
Superconducting germanium could find application in a new generation of quantum devices
https://physicsworld.com/a/scientists-realize-superconductivity-in-traditional-semiconducting-material/
2 months ago
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Alex Knapp
3 months ago
A new edition of my emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, is here. What's inside: 💻 Nvidia has announced a bunch of new emerging tech partnerships 🏦 Why AI models can't handle investment banking ⚡ Scientists built a superconducting semiconductor And more!
www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...
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Nvidia Expands Into Quantum Computing And Fusion Power
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at why AI models struggle with finance, a revolutionary superconducting discovery, Pac-Man and more.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-prototype/2025/10/31/nvidia-expands-into-quantum-computing-and-fusion-power/
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New Scientist
3 months ago
A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips to be built into one device, creating better and more reliable quantum computers.
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Germanium superconductor could help build reliable quantum computers
A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips to be built into one device, creating better and more reliable quantum computers.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501762-germanium-superconductor-could-help-build-reliable-quantum-computers/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761826599
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Excited this is finally out! Great collab with Javad Shabani’s group at NYU, DFT magic from
@carlaverdi.bsky.social
, synchrotron sorcery
@ansto.bsky.social
by Julian Steele
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Superconductivity in substitutional Ga-hyperdoped Ge epitaxial thin films - Nature Nanotechnology
The epitaxial growth of hyperdoped Ga:Ge films and trilayer heterostructures by molecular-beam epitaxy yield superconductivity with a critical temperature of 3.5 K and may enable quantum functionaliti...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-025-02042-8
3 months ago
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Peter Jacobson
Grill Lab
3 months ago
Thanks to Peter Jacobson (
@spmqt.bsky.social
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#SPMQT_Lab
#seminar
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Join our group in Brisbane! Two year postdoc focused on STM of quantum materials
#scijobs
#physics
#postdoc
uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
UQ Careers
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Scanning Probe Methods
School of Mathematics and Physics Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 2 years Base salary will be in the range of $82,057.75 - $109,246.18 + 17% Superannuation (Academic Level A) Based at our St ...
https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareers/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow---Scanning-Probe-Methods_R-53488
6 months ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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1/ Our new preprint is up on arXiv: “Superconductivity in Epitaxial SiGe for Cryogenic Electronics”
arxiv.org/abs/2412.15421
This work is in collaboration with Javad Shabani’s group at NYU. Julian Steele led the synchrotron experiments, Patrick Strohbeen the MBE growth,
@carlaverdi.bsky.social
DFT
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Superconductivity in Epitaxial SiGe for Cryogenic Electronics
Introducing superconductivity into group IV elements by doping has long promised a pathway to introduce quantum functionalities into well-established semiconductor technologies. The non-equilibrium hy...
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15421
about 1 year ago
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Jacopo Bertolotti
over 1 year ago
#PhysicsFactlet
: The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project" I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics. 1/
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Peter Jacobson
Jennifer MacLeod
about 1 year ago
đź“…Abstracts are due soon for the 2025 Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting. Join us in beautiful Brisbane to discuss recent advances in condensed matter research in a relaxed and collegial atmosphere. More details:
www.aip.org.au/CMM-Conference
#Physics
#Conference
#Australia
#UQ
#QUT
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