Sarah Burke
@lairspm.bsky.social
Low temperature SPM lab at the University of British Columbia. On that other site as LAIRUBC.
And it turns out PtSn4 is kind of a Goldilocks material! Neighbouring compounds and even isoelectronic and nearly identically sized Pd have lower RRR!
Read about it here in Communications Materials (and admire JG Mair’s stunning painting as this issue’s cover art): www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read about it here in Communications Materials (and admire JG Mair’s stunning painting as this issue’s cover art): www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Intrinsic defect intolerance in the ultra-pure metal PtSn4 - Communications Materials
Ultra-pure materials are essential for exploring intrinsic physics, yet achieving such purity often demands extensive crystal growth optimization. Here, the authors reveal that PtSn4 naturally exhibit...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And it turns out PtSn4 is kind of a Goldilocks material! Neighbouring compounds and even isoelectronic and nearly identically sized Pd have lower RRR!
Read about it here in Communications Materials (and admire JG Mair’s stunning painting as this issue’s cover art): www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read about it here in Communications Materials (and admire JG Mair’s stunning painting as this issue’s cover art): www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The answer? Well, there really are just very, very few defects! Even when trying to grow “bad” crystals. So few defects we had to think about how to characterize uncertainties when counting from different size images and areas.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The answer? Well, there really are just very, very few defects! Even when trying to grow “bad” crystals. So few defects we had to think about how to characterize uncertainties when counting from different size images and areas.
Wild and utterly short-sighted! 🤯
Curiously, we are seeing rapid growth in our program. Unclear why, but at least some students are coming from Comp Sci. Physics provides a broad based, rigorous cognitive framework for quantitative thought. I think students are recognizing this amid uncertainty.
Curiously, we are seeing rapid growth in our program. Unclear why, but at least some students are coming from Comp Sci. Physics provides a broad based, rigorous cognitive framework for quantitative thought. I think students are recognizing this amid uncertainty.
September 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wild and utterly short-sighted! 🤯
Curiously, we are seeing rapid growth in our program. Unclear why, but at least some students are coming from Comp Sci. Physics provides a broad based, rigorous cognitive framework for quantitative thought. I think students are recognizing this amid uncertainty.
Curiously, we are seeing rapid growth in our program. Unclear why, but at least some students are coming from Comp Sci. Physics provides a broad based, rigorous cognitive framework for quantitative thought. I think students are recognizing this amid uncertainty.
I just got an email from DOE having reviewed for them before. Hard to read and believe the depth of it.
January 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I just got an email from DOE having reviewed for them before. Hard to read and believe the depth of it.
Oh, Sarah Burke is a VERY common name so it’s actually not that easy to track me down! No worries! Thanks very much for adding me!
November 21, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Oh, Sarah Burke is a VERY common name so it’s actually not that easy to track me down! No worries! Thanks very much for adding me!
Yes! Here’s my institute profile page: qmi.ubc.ca/team-member/...
And google scholar: scholar.google.ca/citations?us...
Thanks! 😊
And google scholar: scholar.google.ca/citations?us...
Thanks! 😊
Sarah Burke - Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
My research interests broadly encompass the study of electronic processes where nanoscale structure influences or reveals the underlying physics. Using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques, our ...
qmi.ubc.ca
November 21, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Yes! Here’s my institute profile page: qmi.ubc.ca/team-member/...
And google scholar: scholar.google.ca/citations?us...
Thanks! 😊
And google scholar: scholar.google.ca/citations?us...
Thanks! 😊
Hi! We do Scanning Probe Microscopy on molecules to Quantum Materials! Part of the UBC Quantum Matter Institute.
November 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Hi! We do Scanning Probe Microscopy on molecules to Quantum Materials! Part of the UBC Quantum Matter Institute.
Thanks for helping us find each other over here!
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Thanks for helping us find each other over here!
Oh, I did this 3 weeks ago (tripped up concrete stairs) and had bloody knuckles going back into a workshop and for a government official’s tour. 🤦🏻♀️ Just healed now. Annoying but could have been worse as you say!
November 15, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Oh, I did this 3 weeks ago (tripped up concrete stairs) and had bloody knuckles going back into a workshop and for a government official’s tour. 🤦🏻♀️ Just healed now. Annoying but could have been worse as you say!