Theory and Computation for 2D Materials - IPAM

Theory and Computation for 2D Materials

January 13 - 17, 2020

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, January 13, 2020

Morning Session

08:00-08:55
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:55-09:00
Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dean Miguel García-Garibay (Dean of Physical Sciences, UCLA) and Dima Shlyakhtenko (Director, IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Francisco Guinea (IMDEA)
Electron-electron interactions in graphene systems with narrow bands: dependence on layer arrangement and coupling to the substrate
09:50-10:05
Break
10:05-10:45
Andy Lucas (University of Colorado Boulder)
Electron hydrodynamics with a polygon Fermi surface
10:55-11:10
Break
11:10-11:30
Noa Marom (Carnegie Mellon University)
First principles simulations of hybrid interfaces

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:40
Mitchell Luskin (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Configuration Space Methods for Incommensurate 2D Heterostructures
14:50-15:10
Break
15:10-15:30
Paul Cazeaux (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Relaxation of incommensurate bi- and trilayer heterostructures and networks of domain walls
15:35-15:50
Break
15:50-15:55
Lightning Welcome from the Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research (Seth Putterman)
15:55-16:30
Lightning Poster Presentations
16:30-18:00
Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Pilar Ariza (University of Sevilla)
Dislocation accommodation mechanisms in monolayer and bilayer graphene.
09:50-10:10
Break
10:10-10:50
Michael Fogler (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))
Effect of dislocations on collective modes of twisted 2D materials
11:00-11:20
Break
11:20-11:40
Xiaojie Wu (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))
Density matrix embedding theory for large-scale heterogeneous systems

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:20
Xingjie Li (University of North Carolina Charlotte)
Bending admissible continuum approximation for monolayered 2D materials
14:25-14:35
Break
14:35-14:55
Marko Petrovich (University of Delaware)
First-principles theory of proximity spin-orbit torque on a two-dimensional magnet: Current-driven antiferromagnet-to-ferromagnet reversible transition in bilayer CrI3
15:00-15:20
Break
15:20-15:40
Pratibha Dev (Howard University)
Effects of substrates on the intrinsic properties of 2D crystals
15:45-15:55
Break
15:55-16:15
Nathan Finney (Columbia University)
Tunable coexisting moiré superlattices with rotatable van der Waals heterostructures

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Allan MacDonald (University of Texas at Austin)
Electronic and optical properties of 2D moiré superlattices
09:50-10:10
Break
10:10-10:30
Shiang Fang (Rutgers University New Brunswick/Piscataway)
Wannier function based electronic structure modeling for layered materials
10:35-10:45
Break
10:45-11:05
Stephen Carr (Brown University)
A band-free approach to twistronics
11:10-11:20
Break
11:20-11:40
Daniel Massatt (University of Chicago)
Momentum space in relaxed incommensurate bilayers

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:40
Andrea Young (University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB))
Superconductivity and magnetism in clean twisted bilayer graphene
14:50-15:10
Break
15:10-15:50
Ke Wang (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Correlated Superconducting and Insulating States in Twisted Trilayer Graphene Moire of Moire Superlattices
16:00-16:20
Break
16:20-16:40
Ziyan Zhu (Harvard University)
Modeling mechanical relaxation and electronic states of incommensurate trilayer van der Waals heterostructures

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Andrea Alu (CUNY)
Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries
09:50-10:05
Break
10:05-10:45
Moshe Goldstein (Tel Aviv University)
Correlation induced band competition in oxide interfaces: (001) vs. (111) LAO/STO
10:55-11:10
Break
11:10-11:50
Michael Weinstein (Columbia University)
Dynamics of waves in continuum honeycomb structures

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:40
Dionisios Margetis (University of Maryland)
On the theory of edge plasmon-polaritons in anisotropic 2D materials
14:50-15:10
Break
15:10-15:30
Alexis Drouot (Columbia University)
Multiscale analysis of topological insulators
15:35-15:50
Break
15:50-16:10
Alexander Watson (Duke University)
Edge states beyond ribbon geometry

Friday, January 17, 2020

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:40
Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania)
Wave-Matter Interaction in Four-Dimensional (4D) Metamaterials
09:50-10:00
Break
10:00-10:40
Prineha Narang (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Hydrodynamics in Quantum Materials
10:50-11:00
Break
11:00-11:20
Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)
Two-Dimensional Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Insulators via Fredholm Theory
11:25-11:35
Break
11:35-11:55
Matthias Maier (Texas A&M University - College Station)
2D plasmonic computation of layered heterostructures

Afternoon Session

12:00-13:30
Lunch (on your own)
13:30-16:00
Discussion and Collaboration
16:00-16:00
Conclusion
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