The Maxx X Lab (Experimental Low-Dimensional Condensed Matter Chemistry Laboratory) is an interdisciplinary chemistry laboratory at the interfaces of solid-state chemistry, materials chemistry and physics, and nanoscience. The group is interested in the growth and chemistry of low-dimensional quantum materials. Research in the Maxx X Lab focuses on the chemistry and physics of novel solids from the bulk and down to the nanoscale. In the Maxx X Lab, the realization and understanding of emergent electronic, magnetic, and quantum phenomena are addressed by creating new solid-state materials possessing reduced dimensionalities.

Publications: 

“Nanoparticle-directed bimodal crystallization of the quasi-1D van der Waals phase, Bi₄I₄.” Steven J. Allison, Dmitri Leo Mesoza Cordova, Maham Hasib, Toshihiro Aoki, and Maxx Q. Arguilla Chemical Science 2024, 15, 4811–4823. DOI: 10.1039/D3SC06456E.

“Bonding-imposed crystallization of 1D nanostructures based on a luminescent and anisotropic 2D van der Waals crystal.” Steven J. Allison, Soyeong Kwon, Mashnoon A. Sakib, Yinong Zhou, Marshall Campbell, Griffin M. Milligan, Sebastian Yepez Rodriguez, Jinyu Liu, Dmitri Leo Mesoza Cordova, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, SungWoo Nam, Ruqian Wu, Maxim R. Shcherbakov, Luis A. Jauregui, and Maxx Q. Arguilla ChemRxiv 2025, preprint. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-h1qbm.