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‘Tug-of-War’ Biophysics Teamwork with OSU Colleagues

‘Tug-of-War’ Biophysics Teamwork with OSU Colleagues

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy “This experience opened my eyes on the seeing the importance of collaboration between different disciplines.” – Chris Johnson Christopher Johnson, a doctoral student in the Department of Physics & Astronomy and member of the Quantitative Biology Institute at Ohio University, joined doctoral student Daniel […]

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December 17, 2014 at 1:50 pmNews Research

Hla Works on ‘Instrument Set to Revolutionize Materials Characterization’

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla, Professor of Physics at Ohio University, is part of a team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, Ill., and Ohio University that has devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height […]

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The Relationship Between Annealing Temperature and Size of Nuclei in Phase Change Memory Materials

The Relationship Between Annealing Temperature and Size of Nuclei in Phase Change Memory Materials

By Peter Andrews B.S. Honors Tutorial College French and College of Arts and Sciences Linguistics, Class of 2018 I worked in Dr. Gang Chen’s lab, where I studied phase change memory materials (PCMM) that have been used in optical and electric memory devices such as DVDs and cell phone chips. […]

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November 20, 2014 at 7:19 pmResearch

Postdoc Xilin Zhang Advances Nuclear Theory

Postdoc Xilin Zhang Advances Nuclear Theory

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Xilin Zhang, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physics & Astronomy recently completed an Intensity Frontier Fellowship. Zhang’s fellowship was co-sponsored by Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy particle physics and accelerator laboratory in Illinois, and the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics […]

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November 18, 2014 at 3:00 pmResearch

Brune Gets Director’s Award from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dr. Carl Brune

Dr. Carl Brune, Professor of Physics, has received a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director’s Science and Technology Award for excellence in a basic science publication. Brune was selected for his contributions as a member of the team that published “Measurement of the T + T Neutron Spectrum Using the National […]

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November 14, 2014 at 1:11 pmResearch

NanoForum: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Artificial Dipolar Molecular Rotors and Dipolar Molecule Self-Assembly Mechanisms, Nov. 4

NanoForum: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of  Artificial Dipolar Molecular Rotors and Dipolar Molecule Self-Assembly Mechanisms, Nov. 4

NQPI NanoForum presents Yuan Zhang on “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Artificial Dipolar Molecular Rotors and Dipolar Molecule Self-Assembly Mechanisms” on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m. at Clippinger 259. Abstract: One of the goals of nanotechnology is to assemble billions of nanomachines packed in a tiny area that can be […]

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November 4, 2014 at 11:15 pmEvents

NanoForum: Solar Hydrogen Production Using Nanoporous Glasses, Oct. 28

Mayur Sundararajan

NQPI NanoForum presents Mayur Sundararajan on “Solar Hydrogen Production Using Nanoporous Glasses” on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. at Clippinger 259. His adviser is Dr. Gang Chen, Professor of Physics and Astronomy. NanoForums are presented several times per semester and are sponsored by Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute. Abstract: Hydrogen […]

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October 28, 2014 at 4:15 pmEvents