Faculty Profile of Kathrin Kuester

Two dimensional materials have gained increasing interest in recent year due to the deviation of their properties from the respective 3D counterpart. Furthermore, the precise stacking of those materials can create new quantum materials with fascinating properties ranging from superconductivity to magnetic properties and correlated effects. In our group we use graphene on SiC as a starting point and by intercalation of 2D materials or on surface deposition the electronic properties of graphene and its adjacent 2D materials can be steered. Recently we have shown the heavy doping of graphene by proximity coupling can lead to superconductivity in the graphene. Coupling to lead instead leads to a spin signature in graphene which is otherwise absent.