Subatomic particles like electrons and quarks behave differently, in ways that are still not fully understood. Enter quantum mechanics, the field that tries to explain their behavior and resulting effects. Quantum materials manifest the exotic properties of quantum mechanics at a macroscopic scale. This research thrust focuses on getting a better understanding of these materials, which in turn is leading to new physics and to devices that could be made with them. Spintronics is a special topic of research in quantum materials that involves the unusual behavior of electrons moving in certain materials and the magnetic field they generate.
