Post Tagged with: "Condensed Matter and Surface Sciences"

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Peter Jung of Ohio University on “Slow Axonal Transport, Axon Morphology and Neuronal Function,” on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The human brain with about 1011 neurons and about 1015 connections in addition to a neuroglia […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Vanessa Sih of Ohio University on “Ultrafast optical measurements of spin polarization in semiconductors,” on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: While both spin dynamics and electron orbital motion have been separately studied for many decades, we […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Lucas Vazquez Besteiro of Ohio University on “Hot Carrier Generation in Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” on Thursday, September 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Certain materials, such as noble metals, support collective charge carrier oscillations when excited with electromagnetic fields. The quanta […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Zheng Gai of Oak Ridge National Laboratory on “Growth and Properties of Magnetic Nanostructures and Thin Films,” on Thursday, April 7, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  The main topic of this presentation is about the investigation of the consequences […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Gang Chen of Ohio University on “Physics of Amorphous Memristor Materials,” on Thursday, April 21, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: A memristor is a type of resistive random access memory (RRAM) that shows threshold switching in electrical resistance under […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Silvia Viola Kusminskiy of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg on “Adiabatic Reaction Forces in Mesoscopic Systems,” on Thursday, March 31, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Nanoelectromechanical systems are characterized by an intimate connection between electronic and mechanical degrees of freedom. Due […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents David Lederman of West Virginia University on “Probing the Surface States of Topological Insulators,” on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  There has been much recent interest in a new class of materials called three-dimensional topological insulators, […]