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Quantum Matter group

The Quantum Matter Group studies matter under extreme conditions, i.e., at very low temperatures, high magnetic fields and high pressure using advanced experimental techniques. The goal of this research is to understand new forms of magnetism and superconductivity and to find electrically conducting materials with new physical properties not described within the standard models of solid state physics.




Latest news

John Clarke wins Nobel Prize 2025

7 October 2025

A happy announcement just came through: Cavendish alumnus John Clarke has won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for work in superconductivity, jointly with Michel Devoret and John Martinis. John did his PhD work at the Cavendish, supervised by Brian Pippard, in the Low Temperature Physics group, the precursor to QM. His...

QM wins award for Physics at Work exhibit

25 September 2025

Pupils from around the country came to see Physics at Work in the new building 16-18 September, and hundreds of them enjoyed the QM superconductivity exhibit. They enjoyed it so much, they voted it the most popular exhibit of the event (not for the first time). A big thank-you to all the speakers, Mengmeng Long, Hanyi Chen...

UCL Conference

19 June 2025

This week has seen several QM members attending the annual Condensed Matter Physics in the City conference at UCL, London. Profs Grosche & Dutton delivered talks on heavy fermion materials and Jahn-Teller distortions, respectively. Final-year PhD student Zheyu Wu (pictured) gave an overview of his recent UTe 2 studies...

Upcoming talks

There are no upcoming talks currently scheduled in this series.