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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 Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Feryal Ozel of University of Arizona on “Using Neutron Stars and Black Holes to Probe Fundamental Physics” on Friday, April 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: There has been tremendous progress in the past few years on the measurements of the […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Michael N. Kozicki of  the Arizona State University on “Resistive Memory and the Internet of Things” on Friday, March 11, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Moore’s Law has fueled the expectation that semiconductor components will continue to shrink and thereby enable […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Arkady Pikovsky of  the Potsdam University, Germany on “Chaotic destruction of Anderson localization in nonlinear lattices” on Friday, March 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  Anderson localization is a universal phenomenon preventing transport in disordered linear media. I discuss how nonlinearity […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Edward Flagg of  the West Virginia University on “Quantum Dots and Quantum Optics” on Friday, March 25, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:   Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are often called artificial atoms because charge carriers trapped within them have discrete energy levels […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Flavio Fenton of Georgia Institute of Technology on “From Chaos to Cures: Controlling the Complex Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cardiac Arrhythmias using a Theoretical, Numerical and Experimental Integrative Approach” on Friday, Feb. 5, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The heart is an […]