Classification: Primary Faculty

Education: Ph.D., 2016, Iowa State University

Field of Study: Condensed Matter Physics

Research Interests: Our research focuses on the design, synthesis and characterization of materials with novel magnetic and electronic properties, for the purposes of bettering our understanding and control of emergent electronic behavior in quantum materials. Our lab has a strong emphasis on discovering new material as well as single crystal growth. We use detailed structural, thermodynamic and transport measurements to study the physical properties of these new materials. Current fields of interest include low-dimensional magnetism, topological materials, strongly correlated phenomena and superconductivity.

Group Website: 

https://www.sites.google.com/view/kong-lab

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Reviewer Award, IOP Publishing, 2017

Selected Publications:

1. T. Kong, K. Stolze, E. Timmons, J. Tao, D. Ni, S. Guo, Z. Yang, R. Prozorov, R. J. Cava, VI₃-a new layered ferromagnetic semiconductor. Adv. Mater. 31 (2019) 1808074

2. T.-R. Chang, I. Pletikosic, T. Kong, G. Bian, A. Huang, J. Denlinger, S. K. Kushwaha, B. Sinkovic, H.-T. Jeng, T. Valla, W. Xie, R. J. Cava, Realization of a type-II nodal-line semimetal in Mg₃Bi₂. Adv. Sci. 6 (2019) 1800897

P. C. Canfield, T. Kong, U. S. Kaluarachchi, N. H. Jo, Use of frit-disc crucibles for routine and exploratory solution growth of single crystalline samples. Philos. Mag. 96 (2016) 84

3. T. Kong, S. L. Bud’ko, P. C. Canfield, Anisotropic H_c2, thermodynamic and transport measurements, and pressure dependence of T_c in K₂Cr₃As₃ single crystals. Phys. Rev. B 91 (2015) 020507

4. A. I. Goldman, T. Kong, A. Kreyssig, A. Jesche, M. Ramazanoglu, K. W. Dennis, S. L. Bud’ko and P. C. Canfield, A family of binary magnetic icosahedral quasicrystals based on rare earths and cadmium. Nature Mater. 12 (2013) 714