José Lorenzana

Research Director

keywords: Strongly correlated systems; superconductivity; low-dimensional electronic systems; perovskites; ferroelectrics

My main interest are complex solids intended as materials in which different phases compete producing interesting collective behavior. Competition arise because interactions and the kinetic energy contribute similarly to the energy, therefore complex solids are nor in the weak nor in the strong coupling regime which makes them difficult to treat with conventional perturbative approaches. Competition between phases often leads to gigantic responses to external perturbations which makes complex solids interesting for applications.