William Meier, Ph.D.

William Meier headshot
Assistant Professor
Phone Numbers
Office
IRCB 2040E
Educational History
Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 2018
B.S., Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2013
Research Interests
Synthesis and characterization of quantum materials
Chemical modifications
Advanced physical characterization
X-ray and neutron scattering techniques
Awards, Honors, and Memberships
Professional memberships

American Physical Society

American Ceramics Society

Publications

W. R. Meier, D. E. Graf, B. R. Ortiz, S. Mozaffari, D. Mandrus, Pressure suppresses the density wave in kagome metal LuNb6Sn6. Phys. Rev. Materials 9, L082001. https://doi.org/10.1103/hsdc-9j7p

B. R. Ortiz, W. R. Meier, G. Pokharel, J. Chamorro, F. Yang, S. Mozaffari, A. Thaler, S. J. Gomez Alvarado, H. Zhang, D. S. Parker, G. D. Samolyuk, J. A. M. Paddison, J. Yan, F. Ye, S. Sarker, S. D. Wilson, H. Miao, D. Mandrus, M. A. McGuire, Stability frontiers in the AM6X6 kagome metals; The LnNb6Sn6 (Ln:Ce-Lu,Y) family and density-wave transition in LuNb6Sn6. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 6, 5279 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c16347

M. Neveau, W. R. Meier, H. Park, M. J. Thompson, N. Bibhanshu, C. Böcher, T. Fishman, D. Weiss, M. F. Chisholm, O. Rios, G. Duscher, Secondary phase increases the elastic modulus of a cast aluminum-cerium alloy. Commun. Mater. 5, 185. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00611-3

W. R. Meier, R. P. Madhogaria, S. Mozaffari, M. Marshall, D. E. Graf, M. A. McGuire, H. W. S. Arachchige, C. L. Allen, J. Driver, H. Cao, D. Mandrus, Tiny Sc allows the chains to rattle: Impact of Lu and Y doping on the charge density wave in ScV6Sn6. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 38, 20943, (2023) https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06394

H. W. S. Arachchige, W. R. Meier, M. Marshall, T. Matsuoka, R. Xue, M. A. McGuire, R. P. Hermann, H. Cao, D. Mandrus, Charge Density Wave in Kagome Lattice Intermetallic ScV6Sn6. Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 216402 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.216402

W. R. Meier, J. R. Torres, R. P. Hermann, J. Zhao, B. Lavina, B. C. Sales, A. F. May, Thermodynamic insights into the intricate magnetic phase diagram of EuAl4. Phys. Rev. B 106, 094421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.094421

W. R. Meier, B. C. Chakoumakos, S. Okamoto, M. A. McGuire, R. P. Hermann, G. D. Samolyuk, S. Gao, Q. Zhang, M. B. Stone, A. D. Christianson, and B. C. Sales, A catastrophic charge density wave in BaFe2Al9. Chem. Mater. 33, 8, 2855 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00005

W. R. Meier, M.-H. Du, S. Okamoto, N. Mohanta, A. F. May, M. A. McGuire, C. A. Bridges, G. D. Samolyuk, and B. C. Sales, Flat bands in the CoSn-type compounds, Phys. Rev. B 102, 075148 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.075148

W. R. Meier, J. Yan, M. A. McGuire, X. Wang, A. D. Christianson, and B. C. Sales, Reorientation of antiferromagnetism in cobalt doped FeSn, Phys. Rev. B 100, 184421 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.184421