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| Thursday January 15, 2009 |
1:00
pm 2201 NS2 |
William A. Goddard III Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Applied Physics Director, Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC) California Institute of Technology (Joint ISIS/CaSTL Seminar) Title: TBA Host: Wilson Ho |
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| Monday October 20, 2008 |
TBA |
Michael Shlesinger US Naval Academy Kinnear Chair in Physics Title: TBA Host: Shaul Mukamel |
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| Monday August 18, 2008 |
3:00
pm 2201 NS2 |
Dr.
Virginio Bortolani Dept. of Physics University of Modena, ITALY and SUP&RMAN Title: Thermal effects in static friction: thermolubricity. A molecular dynamics study. Host: Doug Mills |
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| Tuesday
July 22, 2008 |
3:00
pm 2201 NS2 |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Blugel Institut fur Festkorperforschung Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany Title: Electrons at surfaces taking an unexpected turn Host: Doug Mills |
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| Thursday July 3, 2008 |
11:00 am 1201 NS2 |
Dr.
Woei Wu Larry Pai Center for Condensed Matter Sciences National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Title: Sodium trimer ordering on NaxCoO2 Surfaces: an STM study Host: Wilson Ho |
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| Monday May 5, 2008 |
4:00 pm 104 RH |
ISIS Distinguished Lecture Dr. Roberto Car Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professor in Chemistry Princeton University Title: Quantum Water Host: Reg Penner [abstract] |
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| Thursday May 8, 2008 |
3:30 pm 101 RH |
Physics Colloquium Dr. Roberto Car Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professor in Chemistry Princeton University Title: Band Alignment and Tunneling Conductance through Long Molecular Wires Host: Kieron Burke [abstract] |
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| Friday May 9, 2008 |
2:00 pm 2201 NS2 |
Theoretical Chemistry Seminar Dr. Annabella Selloni Department of Chemistry Princeton University Title: Structure and sensitization of titanium dioxide surfaces Host: Kieron Burke [abstract] |
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| Monday May 12, 2008 |
4:00 pm 1201 NS2 |
ISIS Distinguished Lecture Dr. Jürgen Kirschner Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics Title: Excitation of high energy surface magnons Host: Reg Penner |
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| Wednesday May 14, 2008 |
4:00 pm 1201 NS2 |
Condensed Matter Seminar Dr. Jürgen Kirschner Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics Title: Exchange correlation hole Host: Doug Mills |
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March 5, 2008 |
4:00 pm 1201 NS2 |
Joint Seminar: Department of Physics and Astronomy / ISIS Dr. Matthias Bode Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory Title: The many faces of magnetism in Fe nanostructures imaged by spin-polarized STM Host: Doug Mills [abstract] |
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January 30, 2008 |
3:00 pm 1201 NS2 |
......................................................................................... Dr. Nicola Spaldin University of California, Santa Barbara Title: New routes to electric-field control of magnetism Host: Kieron Burke [abstract] |
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January 14, 2008 |
4:00 pm 2201 NS2 |
......................................................................................... Dr. Jim De Yoreo Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Title: Physical controls on assembly of biomolecular materials Host: Greg Weiss [abstract] |
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January 11, 2008 |
2:00 pm 1201 NS2 |
......................................................................................... Dr. Ofir Alon University of Heidelberg Title: Statics and dynamics of interacting Bose gases: Multi-orbital mean-field and beyond Host: Vladimir Mandelshtam [abstract] |
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December 10, 2007 |
11:00 am 2111 FRH |
......................................................................................... Dr. Andreas Heinrich IBM Almaden Research Center Title: Magnetism on the Atomic Scale
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November 5, 2007 |
3 pm 1201 NSII |
......................................................................................... Professor Joanna Aizenberg Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Science Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Title: Designing organic-inorganic interfaces for controlled crystallization: A bio-inspired approach
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October 25, 2007 |
12 pm NSII 2201 |
......................................................................................... Chemical Bonding Center (CBC) and ISIS present: Dr. Erik Muller Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Title: Electric force microscopy of pentacene transistors and scanning tunneling microscopy of hydrogen dissociation in sodium alanate
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October 17, 2007 |
2 pm NSII 2201 |
Special Physical
Chemistry/CBC seminar Professor Vladimir Chernyak Wayne State University Title: Classical Nonlinear Response in a Chaotic System |
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October 16, 2007 |
4:00 pm 104 Rowland Hall |
......................................................................................... Chemical Bonding Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Professor Vladimir Chernyak Wayne State University Title: Electronic Excitations in Conjugated Molecules: Exciton Scattering Approach
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October 1, 2007 |
12:00 pm 2201 Natl Sci II |
......................................................................................... Chemical Bonding Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Kristin L. Wustholz University of Washington Title: Dispersive Kinetics from Single Molecules Oriented in Single Crystals of Potassium Acid Phthalate
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September 25, 2007 |
4:00 pm 104 Rowland Hall |
Physical Chemistry
Seminar Professor Harald Kauffmann Institut f. Physikalische Chemie der Universitat Wien Title: Inter-Band Coherence and Exciton Coupling-at-a-Glance-2D Electronic Spectroscopy of a Double-Wall, Tubular (Molecular) Aggregate Host: Mukamel |
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September 10, 2007 |
12:00 pm 2201 Nat Sci II |
......................................................................................... Chemical Bonding Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Justin Rajian Texas Tech University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Title: Probing the dynamics of complex fluids by OHD-OKE and holographic FRAP
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September 4, 2007 |
3 pm 2201 Nat Sci II |
Kohei
Uosaki Professor of Physical Chemistry Division of Chemistry Graduate School of Science Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Title: Molecular Structures at Solid/Liquid Interfaces by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
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August 27, 2007 |
3 pm 1201 Nat Sci II |
Chemical Bonding
Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Mats Persson Surface Science Research Centre/Dept of Chemistry The University of Liverpool, UK Title: Electronic Friction and Excitations in Molecule-Surface Interactions
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August 9, 2007 |
3 pm NS2 1201 |
Professor
H.-J Freund ISIS Distinguished Visitor Director of the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin Title: Photochemistry and Metal nanoparticles
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August 6, 2007 |
11 am 1201 Nat Sci II |
Dr.
Israel Rubinstein Professor of Chemistry Department of Materials and Interfaces Weizmann Institute, Israel Title: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing
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August 3, 2007 |
3 pm NS2 1201 |
Professor
H.-J Freund ISIS Distinguished Visitor Director of the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin Title: Models for Heterogeneous Catalysts: Preparation and Characterization
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July 24 |
4:00 p.m. 1201 Nat Sci II |
Professor
H.-J Freund ISIS Distinguished Visitor Director of the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin Title: Model Systems in Catalysis: An Atomic View at Deposited Atoms and Supported Clusters
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June 21, 2007 |
4 p.m 1201 NSII |
Wolfgang
Knoll ISIS Distinguished Visitor Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany Email: knoll@mpip-mainz.mpg.de Title: Nanoscopic Building Blocks from Polymers, Metals, and Semiconductors for Hybrid Assemblies and Nanostructured Materials
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June 20. 2007 |
1 p.m. 1201 NS II |
Wolfgang
Knoll ISIS Distinguished Visitor Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany Email: knoll@mpip-mainz.mpg.de Title: Tethered Bimolecular Lipid Membranes - a Novel Model Membrane Platform
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May 25, 2007 |
2:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Chemical Bonding
Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Professor H. Kumar Wickramasinghe IBM Fellow Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and The Henry Samueli Endowed Chair University of California, Irvine Title: Scanning Probe Microscopy and their Applications to Technology
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May 4, 2007 |
2 p.m. 4135 FRH |
Sergei Smirnov Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Title: Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Organic Monolayers
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April 25, 2007 |
1 p.m. 2201 Nat Sci II |
..................................................................................... Chemical Bonding Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Marat Khafizov Department of Physics and Astronomy and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester Title: Photoresponse Mechanism in Superconducting Magnesium Diboride
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April 13, 2007 |
2 p.m. 1114 Nat Sci I |
Chemical Bonding
Center (CBC/ISIS) present: Hans Ågren Professor and Department Head Department of Theoretical Chemistry Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden Title: Modeling of lightmatter interaction of strong laser pulses
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March 30, 2007 |
3 p.m. 1201 NS II |
Zeev
Rosenzweig Professor of Chemistry University of New Orleans Program Director at NSF/Chemistry Title: Luminecent Quantum Dots based Probes in Bioassays
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March 23, 2007 |
3 p.m. 1114 Nat Sci I |
Dr. Sascha
Sadewasser Division of Solar Energy, Hahn-Meitner Institut Glienicker Str. 100, 14109 Berlin TItle: Kelvin probe force microscopy on semiconductors
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March 14, 2007 |
11 a.m. 306 Rowland Hall |
Dr.
Yukio Hasegawa The Institute for Solid State Physics The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan Title: Real-space observation of screened potential and the Friedel oscillation by scanning tunneling spectroscopy
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March 12, 2007 |
11 a.m. 306 Rowland Hall |
Shiwu Gao Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Department of Physics, Goteborg University, Sweden Title: Collective plasmon excitations in low-dimensional nanostructures
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February 15, 2007 |
1:00 p.m. 1201 Nat Sci II |
Henrikas
Cesiulis Louisiana State University Visiting Professor Gordon A and Mary Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Title: ELECTRODEPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM SUPERALLOYS
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February 1, 2007 |
1:00 pm 2201 Nat Sci II |
Chemical
Bonding Center (CBC) and ISIS present: Marlan O. Scully Texas A&M University and Princeton University Title: QUANTUM CONTROL OF LIGHT: From Slow Light and FAST CARS to Nuclear _-ray Spectroscopy
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January 17, 2007 |
1:00 p.m. 1201 Nat Sci II |
Nancy E. Levinger Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Title: What your IR spectrum wouldn't tell you about water
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November 29, 2006 |
3:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Joint
ISIS/Physics Condensed Matter Seminar Dr. Konstantin Arutyunov NanoCentre Department of Physics University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Title: Quantum fluctuations in ultranarrow superconducting nanowires
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November 17, 2006 |
2:00 pm 2201 Nat Sci II |
Joint
ISIS/CBC Seminar Tigran Shahbazyan Professor of Physics Jackson State University (tigran.shahbazyan@jsums.edu) Title: Surface-enhanced Raman scattering on small metal nanoparticles: Microscopic effects
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| November 3, 2006 |
3:00 pm 1201 Nat Sci II |
Joint
ISIS/CBC Seminar Professor Thomas Elsaesser Professor of Physics (elsasser@mbi-berlin.de) Title: From Terahertz to X-Rays - Ultrafast structural Dynamics in Liquids and Solids
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| October 11, 2006 |
4:00 pm 104 Rowland Hall |
Joint
ISIS Distinguished Lecturer/Physics Condensed Matter Seminar M. Grunze Angewandte Physikalische Chemie Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Title: Chemical Nanolithography – from Nanosheets to Pyramids
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October 10, 2006 |
4:00 pm 104 Rowland Hall |
Joint
ISIS Distinguished Lecturer/Physical Chemistry Seminar M. Grunze Angewandte Physikalische Chemie Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Title: “Biological” Surface Science
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| September 8, 2006 |
11:00 am 1201 Nat Sci II |
Dr.
Ingo
Köper Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Title: Biomimetic Surface Architectures
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| July 27, 2006 |
2:30 pm 1201 Nat Sci II |
Torsten Meier Professor of Physics Philipps University, Germany Title: Ultrafast **Dynamics of Photocurrents in Semiconductor Nanostructures** analyzed by Microscopic Many-Body Theory
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| June
15, 2006 |
3:00
pm 2201 Nat SciII |
Mats
Persson Surface Science Research Centre Department of Chemistry The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Title: Vibronic broadening, charge multi-stability and chemical bond formation on insulating films
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| May 8, 2006 | 1:00
pm Nat Sci II, 2201 |
M.Sc. St.Petersburg Technical University, Russia
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| April 28, 2006 | 3:00
pm Nat Sci II, 2201 |
JOINT: The Department of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science (ChEMS) and The Institute for Surface and Interface Science (ISIS) Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems Caltech University Title: Algorithmic self-assembly of DNA
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| April 19, 2006 | 1:00
pm Nat Sci II, 2201 |
Robert J. Madix Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry Stanford University Charles Lee Powell Professor in the School of Engineering Title: Observing Reactions on Metal Surfaces on the Atomic Scale.
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| April 18, 2006 | 4:00
p.m 104 Rowland Hall |
SPECIAL:
Jo
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Physical Chemistry/ISIS Seminar Cynthia Friend Harvard University Title: Surface Chemistry of Nanostructures: Materials Synthesis and Chemical Reactivity.
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| April 11 2006 | 4:00
pm 104 Rowland Hall |
SPECIAL:
Joint Physical Chemistry/ISIS Seminar The Department of Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) and The Institute for Surface and Interface Science (ISIS) Charles T. Campbell DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY University of Washington, Seattle, WA Title: Probing Chemical Reactions at Surfaces: A Few Novel Approaches
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| April 5, 2006 | 4:00 Rowland Hall 104 |
CBC/ISIS SEMINAR: Sergei Tretiak Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, 87545 Title: Photoprocesses in conjugated polymers and carbon nanotubes: similarities and differences
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| February 17, 2006 | 2:00 pm 1201 Nat Sci II |
Professor
Chaim N. Sukenik Chemistry Department Bar-Ilan University Title: Chemistry at Surfaces: From Self-Assembled Monolayers to Ceramic Thin Films
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| January 26, 2006 | 2:00 pm 1201 Nat Sci II |
Professor
Joseph Zyss Molecular Quantum Photonics Laboratory and d'Alembert Institute Ecole Normale Supérieure Cachan, France http://www.lpqm.ens-cachan.fr/ Title: Advances in Nonlinear Light-Matter Interactions in Molecular Media: from Materials to Single Molecules
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| January 25, 2006 | 3:00
pm 2201 Nat Sci II |
Professor
Paul S. Cremer Department of Chemistry Texas A & M University Title: Protein and Polymer Folding on a Chip
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| January 24, 2006 | 2:00
pm McDonnell Douglas Auditorium |
Professor
Lorenzo Pavesi Professor of Experimental Physics University of Trento, Italy Pavesi CV :: Pavesi Biosketch Title: Silicon nanostructures to enable Silicon photonics
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| October 28, 2005 | 3:00
pm Nat Sci I, 1114 |
Professor
Claudio Serpico Researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering Professor of Elettrotecnica University of Naples, Italy Title: Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics in Nanomagnets Driven by Spin-Polarized Currents
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| August 1, 2005 | 11:00 am 4135 FRH |
Dr. Aristide Dogariu College of Optics and Photonics/CREOL University of Central Florida Title: Statistical Optics at Subwavelength Scales
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| June 2, 2005 | 2:00
pm 306 Rowland Hall |
Professor
Reshef Tenne The Drake Family Chair in Nanotechnology; Head, Department of Materials and Interfaces Director, Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science - Weizmann Institute - Israel Title: Inorganic nanotubes and inorganic fullerene-like materials from layered compounds: from concept to applications
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| May 6, 2005 | 2:00
pm Nat Sci I, 1114 |
Margret
Giesen Institute of Thin Films and Interfaces Institut fuer Schichten und Grenzflaechen, ISG 4 Forschungszentrum Juelich Juelich, Germany Title: The Discovery of Slowness: A scanning tunneling microscopy expedition to the atomic motion at interfaces
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| May 10 , 2005 | 4:00
pm Rowland Hall 104 |
Professor
Daniel Buttry University of Wyoming Title: Redox Active Nanoparticles as New Battery Materials
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| May 13, 2005 | 2:00 pm Nat Sci I, 1114I |
K.L. Ngai Senior Scientist and Theoretical Consultant Electronic Science & Technology Division Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Title: The dispersion of the structural relaxation: a governing factor of the structural relaxation time and glass transition
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| March 24, 2005 | 4:00 pm 2111 Frederick Reines Hall |
Professor
Qi-Kun Xue Institute of Physics The Chinese Academy of Science, China Title: Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects
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| March 3, 2005 | 1:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Professor
Conrad Becker Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn, Ge rmany Title: Low temperature STM investigation of thin alumina films on Ni3Al(111)
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| February 18, 2005 | 3:00 pm 4112 Nat Sci I |
Dr.
Harald Ibach Research Center Jülich ISG3 Jülich, Germany Title: Some remarkable consequences of the thermodynamics of charged surfaces
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| February 4, 2005 | 3:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Dr.
Gerald Mahan Department of Physics Pennsylvania State University Title: Phonons in Nanowires and Nanotubes
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| January 21, 2005 | 3:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Dr.
Kenneth Cooper Department of Physics U C Santa Barbara Title: Quantum Coherence and Coupling in Superconducting Josephson Phase QubitsQuantum Coherence and Coupling in Superconducting Josephson Phase Qubits
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| January 7, 2005 | 3:00
pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Michael R.
Diehl California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California Title: Engineering Functional Multiprotein Assemblies (Exploring Cooperative Biomotor Dynamics with Single Molecule Sensitivity)
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| December 8, 2004 | 4:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
Mats Persson Chalmers/Göteborg Universit, Göteborg, SWEDEN Title: Control of matter on the atomic scale
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| December 3, 2004 | 2:00 pm 1114 Nat Sci I |
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