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Sara Haravifard

William M. Fairbank Associate Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305
099 Physics Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Experimental Condensed Matter / Quantum Materials

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


William M. Fairbank Associate Professor of Physics · 2024 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Physics · 2024 - Present Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2022 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2025 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2018 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Recent News Items


Published September 8, 2023
What Cooking Shows and Physics Labs Have in Common
Published June 12, 2017
Cooking Up “Frustrated” Magnets in Search of Superconductivity
Published February 17, 2017
Fields Magazine, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
From Frustration to Discovery

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Recent Scholarly Works


Close Proximity to a Quantum Phase Transition in TmZn_{2}GaO_{5}.

Journal article Physical review letters · June 2026 TmZn_{2}GaO_{5} is a newly synthesized triangular lattice magnet that exhibits a unique quantum phase characterized by strong Ising anisotropy, a pseudodoublet crystal electric field ground state, and a low-energy gapped excitation at the K point. Unlike i ... Full text Cite

Ba4SbRu3O12: A hexagonal perovskite with isolated magnetic clusters on a geometrically frustrated network

Journal article Physical Review Materials · May 1, 2026 Ba4SbRu3O12 crystallizes with a structure that consists of clusters of three face-sharing Ru-centered octahedra (Ru3O12) connected via Sb-centered octahedra. Rietveld refinements of both x-ray and neut ... Full text Cite
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Education


McMaster University (Canada) · 2010 Ph.D.
McMaster University (Canada) · 2005 M.S.
McMaster University (Canada) · 2003 B.S.