Aidan Delgado

To achieve this non-Hermiticity, Aidan will make use of symmetry protected topological (SPT) phase engineering, and proper design and solution-based synthesis of polymer precursors to yield a GNR that exhibits this non-Hermitian behavior. The realization of such a system would not only represent a critical contribution to our theoretical understanding of complex eigenvalues in topological phases of matter, but could also be the first in a series of radically new quantum materials. This will require the close collaboration and expertise of the Louie group, who have pioneered the field of topological phases in condensed matter systems, as well as the Fischer group’s expertise in atomically precise nanomaterial fabrication and SPM characterization.