2006 Seminars

Date & Time Title Speaker Location
Fri, 12/15/2006 1:30pm Gate Stack Stability Research at the University of Texas at Dallas Robert M. Wallace, University of Texas at Dallas Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Thu, 12/14/2006 11:00am Electron Microscopy and Nanomanipulation to Probe the Structure and Properties of Soft and Hard Materials Nan Yao, PRISM, Princeton Room 260 Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Wed, 12/13/2006 3:15pm Miniaturized Biomechanosensors for Cardiomechanics Study Dr. Xin Zhang, Boston University Engineering Building, Room B120
Tue, 12/12/2006 1:30pm Competing Ferromagnetism in High Temperature Copper Oxide Superconductors Sudip Chakravarty, UCLA Serin Physics 385E
Mon, 12/11/2006 1:40pm Novel Molecular Engineered System for Efficient Genotyping of CYP450 SNPs Sobin Kim, Rutgers Fiber Optics Aud.
Thu, 12/07/2006 11:00am Resistance of a molecule: chemistry of contacts of physics of electron transport? Daniel Kosov, University of Maryland Wright-Rieman Chemistry Lab
Wed, 12/06/2006 4:30pm The Physics of Hearing Elizabeth Olson, Columbia Physics Lecture Hall
Wed, 12/06/2006 3:15pm Engineering Research and Education and the National Agenda Richard Buckius, National Science Foundation Engineering Room B120, Busch
Tue, 12/05/2006 1:30pm Tensor Category Theory and Topological Orders - a Theory of Quantum Phases and Quantum Phase Transitions Xiao-Gang Wen, MIT Serin Room 385E
Tue, 12/05/2006 11:00am Selective Synthesis of Layered Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles and Nanotubes via Hydrothermal Procedures and Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition W. Tremel, Mainz, Germany WR Chemistry Auditorium
Tue, 12/05/2006 10:30am Formation of a Dense Array of Sn and Pb Nano-islands at SiO2/Si Interfaces by Ion Implantation Felipe Kremer, Porto Alegre, Brasil Room 260, WR Chemistry
Mon, 12/04/2006 1:40pm Early Detection of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma from High Resolution in vivo MRI Anant Madabhushi, BME, Rutgers Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 11/30/2006 11:00am Stretching infrared spectroscopy pinpoints fluctuations of proteins and peptides Robin Hochstrasser, Penn Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Wed, 11/29/2006 3:15pm Microfluidic Focusing Methods for Concentration and Separation of Molecules David Ross, NIST Engineering B120, Busch
Tue, 11/28/2006 3:00pm Powder Processing David J. Pine, Physics, NYU Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 11/28/2006 1:30pm Dynamics in Magnetoelectric Media Richard D. Averitt, Rice Serin Physics 385E
Tue, 11/28/2006 11:00am Engineering a common cold virus to elicit a protective immune responses against HIV: Using chemistry in the fight against AIDS Gail Furstandig Arnold, Rutgers Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Tue, 11/21/2006 1:30pm Quantum Dance of Electrons on a Triangular Lattice (NaxCoO2) Zahid Hasan, Princeton Serin 385E
Mon, 11/20/2006 1:45pm Triblock Copolymer Nanospheres for Chemotherapy Joachim Kohn, Rutgers Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wed, 11/15/2006 3:15pm In-Situ Resource Utilization: Making Space Exploration Affordable and Sustainable Kurt Sacksteder, NASA Glenn Research Center Engineering Room B120, Busch
Tue, 11/14/2006 3:00pm Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscope Thomas LaGrange, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Labs Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 11/14/2006 1:30pm New Regimes for interacting electrons in quantum dots Ganpathy Murthy, University of Kentucky 385E
Thu, 11/09/2006 11:00am The Search for Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors with High Curie Temperatures Glen Kowach, City College of New York Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Tue, 11/07/2006 3:00pm Applications of Nanotubes Pulickel Ajayan, RPI Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 11/07/2006 9:00am From Fermi Arcs to the Nodal Metal: Scaling of the Pseudogap with Doping and Temperature Juan Carlos Campuzano, University of Illinois at Chicago ?
Mon, 11/06/2006 1:30pm Restoring Cohesivity to Endothelial Cells Gary Nackman, UMDNJ Fiber Optics Aud.
Thu, 11/02/2006 11:00am Vibrational Dynamics of H-Silicon Leonard C. Feldman, Vanderbilt University Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Wed, 11/01/2006 3:30pm Life of an Oil Well and Disciplines Involved Dr. Alberto Palazzi, Schlumberger Limited Engineering Building, Room B120
Tue, 10/31/2006 1:30pm Spin diffusion in spini-orbit coupled systems Victor Galitski, University of Maryland Room 385E
Tue, 10/31/2006 11:00am Directed Assembly of Cluster-based Materials Abdessadek Lachgar, Wake Forest Univ. Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Fri, 10/27/2006 12:00pm Structural insight into viral replication and immune evasion Joseph Marcotrigiano, Rockefeller (and now Rutgers) University Room 260 Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Fri, 10/27/2006 11:00am Fullerenes Harold Kroto, Chemistry Dept., Florida State University, Talahasee Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 10/24/2006 1:30pm The dissipative vortex liquid at low temp in lightly-doped cuprates N. Phuan Ong, Physics, Princeton Serin 385E
Fri, 10/20/2006 9:45am How are electrons transported across s-bonded molecules? Are we asking the relevant questions? David Cahen, Weizmann Instit., Israel Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Thu, 10/19/2006 11:00am Nanograss, Nanobricks, Nanonails, and Other Things Useful in your Nano-Landscaping Tom Krupenkin, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chem.
Wed, 10/18/2006 4:30pm Mesoscopic Physics: Quantum Dots and the Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer Amnon Aharony, Ben Gurion University Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 10/17/2006 1:30pm ARPES studies on metallic NaxCoO2 Hong Ding, Boston College Serin 385E
Tue, 10/17/2006 11:00am Synthesis And Properties of Layered Heterometallic Oxides/Organics Paul Maggard, NCSU Wright-Rieman Aud.
Thu, 10/12/2006 11:00am First Principles Modeling of Chemical Dynamics on Metal Surfaces for Reversible Hydrogen Storage Santanu Chaudhuri, Brookhaven National Lab Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Wed, 10/11/2006 4:30pm A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check Robert Socolow, Princeton Physics Lecture Hall
Wed, 10/11/2006 3:15pm Predicting Failures of Structures with Evolving Properties: A Mechanics Approach Annette Karlsson, Delaware Engineering Building, B120, Busch
Tue, 10/10/2006 3:00pm Single walled carbon nanotube thin films George Gruner, Physics, UCLA Fiber Optics Aud.
Tue, 10/10/2006 1:30pm Multiferroics: Using Magnetic Order to Indcue Ferroelectricity Tsuyoshi Kimura, Bell Labs Serin Room 385E
Fri, 10/06/2006 12:00pm A single-molecule view of DNA replication Antoine van Oijen, Harvard Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Thu, 10/05/2006 11:00am Atomic Layer Deposition for the Surface Modification of Nanoporous Materials Jeffrey W. Elam, Argonne Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Tue, 10/03/2006 1:30pm Molecular Nanomagnets Myriam Sarachik, City University of New York Serin 385E
Thu, 09/28/2006 11:00am Electronic Conducting States in Nano- and Mesoscale Molecular Junctions Nikolai Zhitenev, Lucent Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Tue, 09/26/2006 3:00pm Laser Interactions with Materials Daniel M. Bubb, Physics, Rutgers University-Camden Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 09/26/2006 1:30pm "Strong-coupling" continuous-time impurity solver Philipp Werner, Columbia Serin 385E
Mon, 09/25/2006 1:30pm Robustness of Adiabatic Quantum Computation Seth Lloyd, MIT, Mech. Eng. Room 385E Serin
Wed, 09/20/2006 3:30pm Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Dr. Jackie Li, City College of New York Engineering B120, Busch
Tue, 09/19/2006 3:00pm Growth of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Prof. Zhifeng Ren, Boston College Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 09/19/2006 1:30pm Tunneling into Fractional Quantum Hall Edge States Smitha Vishveshwara, University of Illinois Serin 385E
Tue, 09/19/2006 11:00am Interfacing Microgels with Biology Andrew Lyon, Georgia Inst. Tech. WR Chemistry Auditorium
Fri, 09/15/2006 8:30am Materials Science and Engineering Department Research Symposium several throughout the day Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 09/12/2006 3:00pm Gas Phase Synthesis Dr. Stephen Tse, MAE, Rutgers University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 09/12/2006 1:30pm Surprises in Conductance Distributions in Strongly Disordered Mesoscopic Systems Khandker Muttalib, University of Florida Serin Physics, 385
Tue, 09/05/2006 9:00am The Amazing Properties of Two-Dimensional Carbon Antonio Castro-Neto, Boston University ?
Mon, 07/17/2006 2:00pm Spin ladder cuprates grown by MBE Catherine Deville, University of Paris, France Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Mon, 07/17/2006 10:30am Reflectance-Anisotropy Spectroscopy (RAS) and Second-Harmonic Generation (SHG) from silicon step-edges Jinhee Kwon, University of Texas at Austin NPL Conference Room 201
Fri, 07/07/2006 2:00pm A New Platform for Silicon-Based Biosensing Sharon M. Weiss, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Fri, 06/23/2006 1:30pm Single Ag and Ge Atoms on Si(111): Where They Are and How They Move Michael Loy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Fri, 06/02/2006 9:00am Summer Seminars? - -
Thu, 05/25/2006 8:30am New Energy MiniSymposium workshop Fiber Optics Auditorium, Busch Campus
Fri, 05/19/2006 10:30am Silicon surface chemistry, hybrid molecular electronics, and more! Gianfranco Cerofolini, ST Microelectronics, Italy Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Thu, 05/18/2006 10:30am Organic reactions on gold and semiconductor surfaces Chris Chidsey, Stanford Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Wed, 05/10/2006 4:30pm Revealing Nano-Scale Electronic and Magnetic Structure with Fast Electrons Yimei Zhu, Brookhaven Physics Lecture Hall
Thu, 05/04/2006 12:00pm Metal Nanostructures Assembled at Semiconductor Surfaces Studied with High Resolution Scanning Probes Marek Szymonski, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Chemistry 260, 12 Noon
Tue, 05/02/2006 9:00am Theory of Many-body Localization Denis Basko, Columbia University ?
Wed, 04/26/2006 4:30pm Gloal Warming: Policy without Politics? Sunil Somalwar, Rutgers University Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 04/25/2006 9:00am Department of Energy Initiatives Special Presentations by DOE Officials Fiber Optics Auditorium
Fri, 04/21/2006 12:00pm Role of Interface on Structure and Properties of Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films X. Q. Pan , University of Michigan Serin E385, Physics and Astronomy
Thu, 04/20/2006 12:00pm Inverse Design of Metallic and Magnetic Nanostructures via Multiscale Modeling Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Lab & Univ. of Tennessee Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Thu, 04/13/2006 12:00pm Novel Optical and Dynamic Properties and Emerging Applications of Semiconductor and Metal Nanomaterials Jin Zhang, UC Santa Cruz Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Tue, 04/11/2006 3:30pm Excitations and Reaction at Metal and Oxide Surfaces: cluster models can help to interpret experimental data Klaus Hermann, Fritz-Haber, Berlin Chemistry 260
Tue, 04/11/2006 1:30pm Probing Hybridization: Understanding the Many Faces of Magnetism Through Optical Spectroscopy K. Burch, Los Alamos Serin 385E
Mon, 04/10/2006 1:30pm Hydrothermal Synthesis of Transition Metal Molybdates: Chemistry Issues A. Ramanan, Chemistry, IIT-Delhi 339 Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Sat, 04/08/2006 10:30am Bose Einstein Condensate: Quantum Weirdness at the Lowest Temperature in the Universe Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate, University of Colorado Physics Lecture Hall
Fri, 04/07/2006 3:00pm Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science Carl Weiman, Univ. of Colorado Hill Center 114
Thu, 04/06/2006 12:00pm Chemistry at Surfaces: From Self-Assembled Monolayers to Ceramic Thin Films Chaim N. Sukenik, Bar Ilan University, Israel Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 04/04/2006 1:30pm Topological Phases A. Sondhi, Princeton Serin Physics 385E
Thu, 03/30/2006 4:30pm Mapping steady-state non-equilibrium to equilibrium Jong Han, Physics, SUNY Buffalo Serin 385E
Thu, 03/30/2006 1:30pm Nanoscale Morphology Control using Ion Beams with Applications in Materials and Life Sciences Michael J. Aziz, Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Science, Harvard 260 Chemistry
Thu, 03/30/2006 12:00pm Nucleation, composition and morphology of metal oxide films using ALD and Supercritical CO2 assisted deposition Theodosia Gougousi, Physics, U. Maryland@Baltimore Room 260 Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Tue, 03/28/2006 4:00pm Scientific Challenges in Sustainable Energy Technology Nathan S. Lewis, Caltech Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 03/28/2006 1:30pm Finite Temperature Correlation Functions in Integrable Models A. Tsvelik, Brookhaven Serin 385E
Tue, 03/28/2006 11:00am Progress and Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion Using Semiconductor/Liquid Junctions Nathan S. Lewis, Caltech Wright-Rieman Chemistry Auditorium
Tue, 03/28/2006 9:30am Understanding quasiperiodic surfaces using diffraction techniques Nicola Ferralis, Penn State NPL Conf. Room 201
Mon, 03/27/2006 1:30pm Non-abelian Geometric phases and adiabatic quantum pumps V. Brosco, NEST-CNR-INFM, Pisa, Italy Serin 385E
Thu, 03/23/2006 12:00pm Towards a quantitative theory of quantum transport in large molecules: the case of DNA Stefano Sanvito, Physics Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Mon, 03/20/2006 2:00pm The Advanced Photoelectric-effect Experiments (APE) Beamline at the ELETTRA Synchrotron: A multipurpose facility to study electronic and magnetic properties Michael Hochstrasser, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Physics Room 401W
Thu, 03/09/2006 12:00pm DFT-Studies on the Oxygen-Induced Surface Faceting of Ir(210) Timo Jacob, Fritz-Haber Institut, Berlin, Germany Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Thu, 03/09/2006 9:00am Exploring Carbon Nanostructures at the Single Molecule Level Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Dr. Yayu Wang, University of California, Berkeley ?
Mon, 03/06/2006 1:30pm Manipulating Spin Coherence in Solid State Systems Sayantani Ghosh, Center for Spintronics and Quantum Information, UC Santa Barbara Room 385E
Fri, 03/03/2006 1:30pm Giant Planar Hall Effect and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial Colossal Magnetoresistive (CMR) Thin Films Jeng-Bang Yau, Applied Physics, Yale Serin 385E
Fri, 03/03/2006 9:00am Special Symposium in Honor of Jeffrey Brinker and John Ballato 1st speaker: John Ballato, Early Career Awardee, Clemson University Fiber Optics Auditorium
Thu, 03/02/2006 8:30am Twentieth Annual LSM Symposium Highlight Presentations by John C. Tully (Yale), and Richard Averitt (Cent. for Integrated Nanotech., LANL) Fiber Optics Auditorium
Wed, 03/01/2006 4:30pm How Does Topoisomerase IV Distinguish Left from Right? Keir C. Neuman, Ecole Normale Superieure Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 02/28/2006 2:00pm Magnetic Glasses in Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites Weida Wu, Physics, U.T. Austin Serin 385E
Mon, 02/27/2006 1:30pm Breaking an RNA 'Ladder'-Molecular Mechanisms of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Helicase Wei Cheng, U.C. Berkeley Hill Center Room 260
Mon, 02/27/2006 11:00am ab-initio Modeling of Defects in High-k Materials Jacob Gavartin, University College London NPL Conference Room 201
Thu, 02/23/2006 12:00pm Nanotechnology in Photovoltaic Coatings Dunbar P. Birnie, III, Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry
Wed, 02/22/2006 4:30pm HOW RAIN STARTS Gregory Falcovich, Physics, Weizmann Physics Lect. Hall
Wed, 02/22/2006 12:00pm Ion Beam Based Studies of Biomimetic Films, Lithography and Diffusion Harry J. Whitlow, Univ. of Jyväskylä, Finland NPL Conf. Room 201
Tue, 02/21/2006 3:15pm Si Nanowire Growth: An In Situ TEM Study Suneel Kodambaka, IBM Yorktown Heights Fiber Optics Auditorium
Tue, 02/21/2006 1:30pm Ferroic thin films, multilayers and nanostructures F. Zavaliche, Berkeley Serin Physics, Room 385E
Tue, 02/21/2006 11:00am Kinetic Approach to Electron Transport in Nanoscale Devices Prof. Roberto Car, Princeton Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Thu, 02/16/2006 12:00pm Science at the Nanoscale: Building Functional Materials Atom by Atom Talat Rahman, Physics, Kansas State University Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 02/14/2006 1:30pm Clustered Quantum Hall States and Non-Abelian Statistics N. Read, Yale University Room 385E Serin Physics
Tue, 02/14/2006 11:00am Polymers at a Solid-Water Interface: Stimuli-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Materials to SERS-Based Sensing Svetlana Sukhishvili, Stevens Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Thu, 02/09/2006 12:00pm Antiferromagnetism of Simple Oxide Films Boris Sinkovic, University of Connecticut Room 260, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 02/07/2006 3:15pm Synthesis and Applications of Highly Dispersed Uniform Metallic Particles Prof. Dan Goia, Clarkson University Fiber Optics Aud.
Tue, 02/07/2006 1:30pm Deconfinement in d=1: A closer look R. Shankar, Yale University 285E Physics
Tue, 02/07/2006 11:00am The role of counterions on the rich polymorphism of cationic gemini surfactants Professor Reiko Oda, L'Universite de Bordeaux, France Wright Lab Auditorium
Thu, 02/02/2006 4:30pm Quantum Electrodynamics at Your Pencil Tips: Dirac Fermion in Graphite P. Kim, Columbia University Room 385E Physics
Thu, 02/02/2006 12:00pm Fundamental Limits in the Growth of Si Nanowires Jim Hannon, IBM T.J. Watson Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory
Tue, 01/31/2006 3:15pm Mixing It Up to Better Understand Granular Flow and Segregation Prof. Ben Glasser, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers Fiber Optics Aud.
Fri, 01/27/2006 11:00am Experimental Strategies for Combinatorial and High Throughput Materials Development James N. Cawse, GE Global Research Center Life Sciences Auditorium
Thu, 01/26/2006 12:00pm Spin Injection Efficiency Across a Ferromagnetic Metal/Semiconductor Interface Aubrey Hanbicki, Naval Research Laboratory Chem 260
Wed, 01/25/2006 4:45pm Physics in Search of Oil and Gas Martin G. Luling, Schlumberger Physics Lecture Hall
Tue, 01/24/2006 11:00am Why rough surfaces make good catalysts: Reaction mechanisms of hydrogen on the Pt(211) stepped surface E. J. Baerends, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Wright Chemistry Auditorium
Tue, 01/24/2006 9:00am Measuring Correlation Functions in Interacting Systems of Cold Atoms E. Demler, Harvard University ?
Mon, 01/23/2006 10:00am Atomic Images of Si(001) Surfaces Prepared in Aqueous Environments Dr. Kenta Arima, Osaka University LSM 201