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Laimei Nie

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2013

Publications

24

Citations

531

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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Laimei Nie works in theoretical condensed matter and quantum many-body physics, studying how quantum systems scramble information, thermalize, and develop exotic electronic orders. Earlier work examined charge-density-wave and nematic order in high-temperature superconductors like cuprates and UTe2, while more recent work focuses on quantum information concepts such as entanglement, operator growth, and chaos in quantum field theories and simplified toy models (e.g., SYK models). This research bridges condensed matter physics, quantum information theory, and high-energy/gravity-related theoretical physics.

Quantum information scrambling and chaosThermalization and operator dynamics in quantum systemsUnconventional superconductivity and charge-density-wave orderQuantum many-body and disordered systemsConnections between quantum field theory, tensor networks, and gravity

Publication output has been steady over the last decade, averaging about 2 papers per year with a slight uptick in the most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications3222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications32526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×7
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B×3
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×3
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×1
  • Nature×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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