2004 Seminars

Date & Time Title Speaker Location
Mon, 12/20/2004 2:00pm Isotopic Tracing Experiments: Oxide Growth on Silicon Carbide Jean-Jacques Ganem, University of Paris NPL/LSM 201 (Conference room)
Tue, 12/14/2004 1:00pm Phase Diagram of a Surface Superconductor in Parallel Magnetic Field Olga Dimitrova, Landau Institute, Russia Room 385E Serin Physics
Thu, 12/09/2004 12:00pm First-principles investigation of epitaxial perovskites Oswaldo Dieguez, Department of Physics, Rutgers University Chemistry 260
Wed, 12/08/2004 2:30pm Micro/Nanoscale Radiative Transfer and Applications Dr. Zhuomin Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology 3:00pm Engineering Building, Room B120, Busch Campus
Tue, 12/07/2004 1:00pm Chiral spin resonance and spin-hall conductivity in the presence of the electron-electron interactions Maxim Khodas, Weizmann Institute Room 385E Serin Third Floor East
Tue, 12/07/2004 11:30am Materials Science of Art and Cultural Objects Dr. Johanna Bernstein, Visiting Scientist, Rutgers University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Mon, 12/06/2004 10:30am Nanostructural Engineering via Sol-Gel Processing and ALD: From Thin Films to Bio-Inorganic Composites Dr. John Bartlett of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Government Laboratory Fiber Optics Auditorium, Busch Campus
Thu, 12/02/2004 12:00pm Heteroepitaxy of crystalline oxides on semiconductors: surface and interfaces Yong Liang, Freescale/Motorola Chemistry 260
Wed, 12/01/2004 4:30pm Charge transport in Organic Field-Effect Transistors Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 11/30/2004 11:30pm Modeling Particles in a Matrix: Dielectric Properties and Electric Field Distributions Dr. Jeff Calame of Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC Fiber Optics Auditorium
Mon, 11/29/2004 10:30am Nano, Info, Bio-Technology at the Crossroads Professor Aric Menon, Director of the MIC Micro and Nanotechnology Center of the Technical University of Denmark Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 11/23/2004 11:30am Transport in molecular structures: an overview of present understanding Professor Max Di Ventra Wright Lab Auditorium
Tue, 11/23/2004 9:00am Magnetic Field Induced Commensurability and Correlation Effect in Organic Conductors Weida Wu, University of Texas -
Thu, 11/11/2004 12:00pm New directions in wide bandgap II-VI compounds grown by MBE Maria C. Tamargo, Department of Chemistry, City College of New York Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 11/09/2004 11:30am Fracture in Dental Materials Dr. Brian Lawn of National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 11/09/2004 9:00am Berry Curvature and Analogs of the QHE in Photonics Srinivas Raghu, Princeton University -
Mon, 11/08/2004 3:00pm Assembling Advanced Materials and Devices from Nano-scale Building Blocks Richard W. Siegel, Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, and Materials Science and Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 11/04/2004 9:00am Using Self-Assembly To Create Electronic Materials Colin Nuckolls, Department of Chemistry and The Nanoscience Center, Columbia University Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 11/03/2004 3:00pm On the Cohesive Zone Modeling of Cracks Dr. Francesco Costanzo,Penn State University Engineering Building, Room B120, Busch Campus
Tue, 11/02/2004 1:00pm Physics of Advanced Photonic Materials Refik Kortan, Bell Labs Serin Physics, Room 385
Tue, 11/02/2004 11:30am Bulk Metallic Glass Processing and Characterization Prof. Todd Hufnagel of Johns Hopkins University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 10/28/2004 12:00pm Reactions at Semiconductor Surfaces: From Organic Monolayers to Selective Atomic Layer Deposition Stacey Bent, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 10/27/2004 3:00pm Mechanics and Kinetics of Cell Adhesion Molecules Dr. Cheng Zhu, Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Building, Room B120, Busch Campus
Wed, 10/27/2004 11:30am Laser Materials Processing at Universidad Vigo: Rutgers Research Collaboration Opportunities Dr. Felix Quintero of Fisica Aplicada, Universidad Vigo, Spain Center for Ceramic Research, Room 201
Tue, 10/26/2004 11:30am Rare Earth Ions and Optical Modeling Dr. Ajithkumar Gangadharan of Rutgers University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 10/21/2004 12:00pm The Surface Chemistry of Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds on Pt(111) Mike Trenary, Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 10/20/2004 3:00pm Self-Assembly and Shape Evolution of Strained Epitaxial Nanostructures Dr. Vivek Shenoy, Brown University Engineering Building, Room B120, Busch Campus
Tue, 10/19/2004 2:30pm Sub-10-nm Electronics: Prospects and Problems KONSTANTIN K. LIKHAREV, Stony Brook University Fiber Optic Auditorium
Tue, 10/19/2004 11:30am Nanoparticles in Bioengineering Applications Dr. Borje Bjelke of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 10/14/2004 12:00pm Insights on Metallocene Olefin Polymerization Catalysts from Magnetic Resonance and Optical Spectroscopic Studies Hans Thomann, Exxon Mobil Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 10/13/2004 4:30pm The Eye of a Vortex: Dynamic phases of moving vortex lattices in a superconductor Eva Andrei, Rutgers University Physics Lecture Hall
Wed, 10/13/2004 3:00pm Adhesion and Fracture of Micro and Nano-Patterned Thin Films Dr. Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Engineering Building, Room B120, Busch Campus
Tue, 10/12/2004 11:30am Self-assembly of Metal Nanoparticles Prof. Chris Kiely of Lehigh University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 10/07/2004 12:00pm Tuning the Electronic and Chemical Properties of Bimetallic Surfaces Jingguang Chen, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST) Department of Chem. Eng., University of Delaware Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 10/05/2004 11:30am Grain Oriented Ceramics Dr. Mehdi Allahverdi of Rutgers University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wed, 09/29/2004 4:30pm Quasicrystals: Intellectual Beauty Meets Practical Applications Pat Thiel, Materials Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 09/28/2004 11:30am Ferroelectricity on the Nanoscale Dr. E. Koray Akdogan of Rutgers University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 09/28/2004 11:30am From Diamonds to Reproductive Tissues: Applications of Micro Raman, XRF, and FTIR in Analytical Chemistry Professor Gene Hall, Chemistry Department, Rutgers Wright-Rieman Chemistry Auditorium
Thu, 09/23/2004 12:00pm Site-directed Chemistry at Nanostructured Pt-Sn Alloys and Sn-Oxide Films on Pt. Prof. Bruce Koel of University of Southern California Room 260, Wright Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 09/22/2004 3:00pm Nonlinear Dynamics in the Motion of Moored Systems Dr. Katrin Ellermann of U.C. Berkeley Engineering B120
Wed, 09/15/2004 12:00pm Atomically Smooth High-Tc Multilayers: a Quest For Extraordinary Charge Ivan Bozovic of Brookhaven National Labs Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 09/14/2004 11:30am Synthesis and Directed Assembly of Mesoscale Heterostructures Prof. G. Ramanath, RPI, Troy, NY Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 09/09/2004 12:00pm Rational Chemical Strategies for Carbon Nanotube Functionalization Stan Wong of SUNY Stonybrook and Brookhaven National Labs Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Thu, 08/19/2004 10:00am Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Prof. Len Feldman of Vanderbilt University Fiber Optics Auditorium