Kamran Behnia

Kamran Behnia is a senior CNRS researcher at ESPCI Paris. His research focuses on collective quantum phenomena, transport experiments, and thermoelectricity. Previously, he served as a researcher at Paris-Sud University, studying organic and cuprate superconductors, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Geneva. He is the author of Fundamentals of Thermoelectricity (Oxford University Press, 2015).

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Electrons Travel Between Loosely Bound Layers

July 22, 2015

Tungsten-ditelluride cleaves easily into atomically thin layers, but its electrons conduct almost isotropically, suggesting a rare case of good charge conduction across weak mechanical bonds. Read More »

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Two-Dimensional Electrons Raise Eyebrows by Pairing Incoherently

January 28, 2019

A reexamination of existing data suggests that electrons in 2D can form an unusual metal akin to a failed superconductor. Read More »

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The Unexpected Ubiquity of the Phonon Thermal Hall Effect

September 30, 2026

The discovery of a thermal version of the Hall effect in common semiconductors challenges our understanding of how magnetic fields and heat fluxes interact within solids. Read More »