Abhay Nayak

Abhay Nayak is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara. His research focuses on condensed matter experimental physics, particularly using on-chip THz time-domain spectroscopy to investigate two-dimensional materials and strongly correlated electron systems. He has developed techniques to study superconductivity, topological materials, and quantum phase transitions at the nanoscale.

Recent research trends in his publications include the exploration of nematic superconductivity in transition metal dichalcogenides, topological boundary modes in nodal-point superconductors, and quantum phase transitions at the crossover between metallic and Mott insulating states. His work also involves subdiffraction limit spectroscopy of superconducting films and the analysis of quasiparticle interference patterns in quantum materials.