»Instrumental Capabilities
Our laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for the synthesis and characterization of novel materials.The facility was developed over many years with the support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Initially established in Burtonsville, Maryland (2008), it was relocated in 2025 to a purpose-built facility at Chapman University’s main campus in Orange, California.
Take the tour of Advanced Physics Laboratory!
The primary direction of major research, and our first stop on the tour, relates to searching for high temperature superconductivity in oxy-chalcogens. In 2005, the Senior Research Scientist and Director of APL, Dr. Armen Gulian, together with colleagues at NRL, discovered indications of very high temperature superconductivity in laser-processed Sr2RuO4. Subsequent Auger analysis revealed presence of sulfur, and for this reason, exploration of laser-processed chalcogen-doped Strontium Ruthenates is also on our agenda.
- Dielectric Function Approach to Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Nanomaterials - Our Presentation to 1st International Workshop SUPERHYDRIDES Towards Room Temperature Superconductivity: Hydrides and More in Italy, May 2016
- APS Presentation, March 2016: Discovery of Unusual Re-Entrant Superconducting Diamagnetism in Chalcogen-doped Materials