research

Research in the Flick Group on polaritonic chemistry, quantum defects, and ab initio methods for strong light-matter coupling.

Ongoing research projects in the Flick Group.

Polaritonic chemistry and materials

Polaritonic chemistry and materials

Molecules and materials in optical cavities, described from first principles with quantum-electrodynamical density-functional theory.
Electronic structure of quantum defects

Electronic structure of quantum defects

First-principles electronic structure of point defects in wide-bandgap materials, from NV centers in diamond to single-photon emitters.
Method and software development

Method and software development

QEDFT functionals, the cavity Born-Oppenheimer approximation, and open-source implementations for coupled electron-photon systems.