Welcome to Balandin Group at UCLA! We conduct basic science research aimed at understanding the properties of novel materials and developing new electronic and energy conversion devices based on such materials. We use state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities to investigate low-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials and utilize advanced instrumentation to study the properties of such materials, including cryogenic electron transport measurement systems, Brillouin – Mandelstam and Raman spectrometers, thermal characterization equipment, electronic noise spectroscopy systems, and various types of microscopes. The Balandin Group is recognized for the discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene and few-layer graphene, the investigation of room-temperature charge-density-wave materials, the pioneering contributions to the phonon engineering field, and more.