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Fall 2024 Seminars
Synthesis, Modeling, and Integration of Multifunctional Composites for Stretchable Thermoelectric Wearables
Mohammad H. Malakooti
University of Washington
November 13 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Spring 2024 Seminars
Nanostructured Materials to Negate Nanosecond Voltage Spikes
Simeon Gilbert
Sandia National Laboratories
April 24 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
THz electron paramagnetic resonance generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry, Bloch equations and superconvergence rules in the frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility
Mathias Schubert
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 14 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Fall 2023 Seminars
Characterization of the ultrafast structural response in photoexcited materials using femtosecond electron diffraction
Dr. Martin Centurion
Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
September 20 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Sustainability & scale-up: an evolution in polymeric membrane manufacturing using green solvents and slot die coating for water treatment
Dr. Isabel Escobar
Chellgren Chair and Director of the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence
Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Kentucky
September 15 at 2 pm
B201 Othmer Hall
Studying Nanoscale Magnetic Phenomena in Magnetic Thin Films Using Diamond Magnetic Microscopy
Dr. Abdelghani Laraoui
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln
September 6 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Summer 2023 Seminars
Intravalence Band Transitions in Gapless Topological Insulators
Dr. Stefan Zollner
Department of Physics, New Mexico State University
August 17 at 3 pm
W183 Nebraska Hall
Graphene Nanoribbons for Quantum Technologies
Alexander Sinitskii
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
July 12 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Solid-State Material and Device Platforms for Integrated Quantum Systems
Yanan (Laura) Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
June 21 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Spring 2023 Seminars
Coupling Formulation and Processability for the Design and Manufacture of Electrospun Ultrafine Fibers
Blair Brettmann
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
March 10 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Harnessing Local Inversion Symmetry Breaking for 3D Nano Magnetism
Robert Streubel
Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
February 22 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Fall 2022 Seminars
DFT and DFT based Material Databases in the Era of Machine Learning
Presented by: Arti Kashyap
School of Physical Sciences, IIT Mandi, India
November 30, 2022 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Metamaterials: from invisibility cloak to future extended reality displays
Junsuk Rho
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
November 9 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Wei Bao
Multi-Fidelity Machine Learning for Perovskite Discovery
Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi
Purdue University
September 28 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Spring & Summer 2022 Seminars
Novel Optical Material Platforms for Quantum Technologies
Presented by: Bai Cui
July 27, 2022 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Progress in Superconducting Quantum Computing at Google
Presented by: Rob Buckley
June 29 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Quantum Computing, Qiskit, and the IBM Quantum Experience
Presented by: Brian Eccles and Gabe Chang
IBM Quantum Ambassadors
April 20 at 3:30 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
Physical and Electronic Properties of Two-dimensional Layered Materials: In4Se3, TiS3, ZrS3, HfS3, and GeI2
Presented by: Archit Dhingra
March 30 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
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Engineering the broadband enhanced chirality revealed by glancing angle deposited metamaterial platforms
Presented by: Ufuk Kilic
Faculty Supervisor: Christos Argyropoulos
February 23 at 4 pm
110 Jorgensen Hall
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Presenter: Kun Wang
Faculty Supervisor: Xia Hong
Date: January 26, 2022
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Fall 2021 Seminar
December 3, 3:30 p.m.
Nan Jiang, University of Illinois at Chicago
Angstrom Scale Chemical Analysis via Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
112 Hamilton Hall
Sponsored by Chemistry and NCMN
December 8, 2:30 p.m.
Nicholas A. Kotov, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Emergence of Complexity in Chiral
Nanostructures
110 Jorgensen Hall
Sponsored by MME and NCMN
Host: Yuris Dzenis
Summer 2021 Seminar
June 2, 4 p.m.
Jigang Wang, Iowa State University
Terahertz Light-Driven Quantum Systems
Zoom meeting ID: 922 9428 9574
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/92294289574
Host: Wei Bao
Spring 2021 Seminars
March 3, 4 p.m.
Steven R. Spurgeon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Next-Generation Materials Discovery and Design Enabled
by Data-Infused Electron Microscopy
Zoom meeting ID: 945 0235 2618
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/94502352618
Host: Siamak Nejati
March 10, 4 p.m.
Xinwei Wang, Iowa State University
Conjugated Phonon and Hot Carrier Behavior in 2D Atomic
Layer Materials
Zoom meeting ID: 960 9422 7440
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/96094227440
Host: Yongfeng Lu
April 14, 4 p.m.
Changjiang Liu, Argonne National Laboratory
Two-dimensional superconductivity at KTaO3 (111) interfaces
and electric-field control of magnon spin currents in Cr2O3
Zoom meeting ID: 943 9847 7847
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/94398477847
Host: Xia Hong
April 28, 4 p.m.
Robert Streubel, UNL: Physics and Astronomy and NCMN
Harnessing curvature and short-range order for 3D nanomagnetism
Zoom meeting ID: 914 1581 7112
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/91415817112
Fall 2020 Seminars
November 11, 4 p.m.
Arman Roohi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Enabling Efficient and Reliable Edge Computing: From
Device to Architecture
Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 926 3266 8007
https://unl.zoom.us/j/92632668007
Host: Christian Binek
November 18, 4 p.m.
Lingfeng He, Idaho National Laboratory
Radiation Effects in Ceramic Nuclear Fuels
Online via Zoom (info coming soon)
Hosts: Bai Cui and Yongfeng Lu
Spring 2020 Seminars
January 15, 2020, 4 p.m.
Qing Gu, University of Texas at Dallas
From Nanoscale Light Sources to Photonic Integrated
Circuits
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Wei Bao, ECE
Refreshments: 3:45 p.m. in first floor vending area
Organizer: NCMN
February 6, 4 p.m.
Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li, University of Texas at Austin
Probing Fundamental Excitations in Solids with
Light
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Xia Hong
Refreshments will be served in the JH 1st floor vending area at 3:30 p.m.
Organizers: Physics with NCMN assistance
February 7, 3:30 p.m.
Banglin Chen, University of Texas at San Antonio
"Our
Journey of Exploring Multifunctional Metal-Organic Framework Materials through Global
Collaboration"
112 Hamilton Hall
Organizers: Chemistry with NCMN assistance
February 26, 4 p.m.
Xin Fan, University of Denver
Transverse Spin-Orbit Effects in Magnetic
Materials
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Kirill Belashchenko
Refreshments will be served in the JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
Fall 2019 Seminars
September 6, 3:30 p.m.
Amadeu K. Sum, Colorado School of Mines
Gas Hydrates: The Intricacies of Solid
Solutions of Water and Gas
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Barry Cheung
Organizers: Chemistry with NCMN assistance
September 12, 4 p.m.
Jeanie Lau, The Ohio State University
Spin and Charge Transport in 2D
Materials and Heterostructures
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Xia Hong
Refreshments: 3:30 in first floor vending area
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy with NCMN assistance
September 20, 9:30 a.m.
Timothy Lodge, University of Minnesota
Ionic
Liquid/Block Polymer Nanostructures: Remarkably Versatile, Functional Materials
205 Othmer Hall
Host: Shudipto Dishari
Refreshments Provided
Organizers: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering with NCMN assistance
September 25, 4 p.m.
Wei Bao, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nano-photonic in the visible: imaging,
trapping, and BEC lasing
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Christian Binek
Refreshments in 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
October 11, 2 p.m.
Joshua Caldwell, Vanderbilt University
Mid-IR to Thz Polaritons: Realizing Novel
Materials for Nanophotonics
206 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Mathias Schubert
Organizers: NCMN & ECE
October 16, 4 p.m.
Abdelghani Laraoui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Diamond Nitrogen Vacancy Centers for
Quantum Sensing
136 Jorgensen Hall
Refreshments in 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
October 18, 3:30 p.m.
Weiwei Zheng, Syracuse University
From Impurities to
Functionality—Controlled Dopant Migration Behavior in Nanocrystals
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Stephen Morin
Organizers: Chemistry with NCMN assistance
November 6, 4 p.m.
Li Yang, Washington University in St. Louis
Light-Matter Interactions at the
Nanoscale and Beyond
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Xiaoshan Xu
Refreshments: 3:45 in 1st floor vending area
Organizer: NCMN
Spring 2019 Seminars
January 31, 4 p.m.
Ajit Srivastava, Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar
Investigating Cosmic
String Theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Peter Dowben
Refreshments: 3:30 p.m. in 1st floor vending area
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy with NCMN assistance
February 13, 4 p.m.
Sean Regan, University of Rochester
"X-ray Spectroscopy and Inertial Confinement
Fusion"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Yongfeng Lu
Refreshments: 3:45 p.m. in 1st floor vending area
Organizer: NCMN
March 14, 4 p.m.
Shikha Varma, Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar
"DNA as a Sensor
of Nanoparticles: Unzipping and Changing Persistence Length of DNA"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Peter Dowben
Refreshments: 3:30 in 1st floor vending area
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy with NCMN assistance
March 15, 3:30 p.m.
James M. Tour, Rice University
"Nanotechnology from Graphene to Nanomachines and
Medicine"
Hamilton Hall
Host: Phi Lambda Upsilon-Rho Chapter
Organizers: NCMN & Chemistry Dept
March 27, 4 p.m.
Pai-Yen Chen, University of Chicago-Illinois
"Toward Batter-Free and Low-Noise Wireless
Micro/Nano-Sensors"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Christos Argyropoulos
Refreshments: 3:45 in 1st floor vending area
Organizers: NCMN
April 11, 4 p.m.
Thomas Tybell, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
"Interface reconstructions:
possibilities at (111)-oriented ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic perovskite interfaces"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Alexei Gruverman
Refreshments: 3:30 in 1st floor vending area
Organizers: Physics with NCMN assistance
April 19, 3:30 p.m.
Juan J. de Pablo, University of Chicago
"Directed Macromolecular
Assembly in Synthetic and Biological Systems"
Hamilton Hall
Host: Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: NCMN & Chemistry Dept
May 1, 4 p.m.
Xifan Wu, Temple University
"Accurate modeling of liquid water and proton
transfer in water"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Xiaoshan Xu
Refreshments: 3:45 p.m. in 1st floor vending area
Organizers: NCMN
Fall 2018 Seminars
August 31, 3:30 p.m.
Professor Song Jin, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
"Crystal Growth and Optoelectronic
Applications of Metal Halide Perovskite Nanostructures"
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Stephen Morin
Refreshments at 3:15
Organizers: Chemistry Department with NCMN assistance
September 7, 10 a.m.
Dr.
Thomas H. Epps, III, University of Delaware
Generating Functional Materials From
Nanostructured Polymers
205 Othmer Hall
Host: Shudipto Dishari
Refreshments provided
Organizers: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with NCMN assistance
September 21, 3:30 p.m.
Professor Michael S. Strano,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
"New Functional Materials
Enabled by 1D and 2D Nanomaterials"
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Barry Cheung
Refreshments at 3:15 p.m.
Organizers: Chemistry Department with support from the UNL Research Council and assistance from
NCMN
October 12, 10 a.m.
Dr. Koji Sugioka, RIKEN
Center for Advanced Photonics
"Hybrid Femtosecond Laser 3D Processing for Fabrication of Functional Micro/Nano-Devices"
205N Scott Engineering Center
Host: Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: ECE with NCMN assistance
November 14, 4 p.m.
Dr. Francesco
Monticone, Cornell University
"Advanced Material Platforms for Electromagnetic Wave
Manipulation"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Christos Argyropoulos
Organizers: NCMN
Refreshments in 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
November 15, 4 p.m.
Carsten Ullrich, University of
Missouri-Columbia
"Collective spin excitations in chiral two-dimensional electron
systems"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Alexey Kovalev
Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy with NCMN assistance
November 27, 3:30 p.m.
Professor Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
"Roles of Oxygen Lattice Defects on the Oxygen
Reduction Reaction Kinetics in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes"
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering with NCMN assistance
November 29, 4 p.m.
Dr. Jing
Tao, Brookhaven National Lab
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Xia Hong
Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy with NCMN assistance
Spring 2018 Seminars
January 17, 4 p.m.
Dr. Xuemei May Cheng, Bryn Mawr
College
"Room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in multilayers
with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Sy-Hwang Liou
Refreshments in JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
February 21, 4 p.m.
Dr. Paul Crowell, University of
Minnesota
"Heusler alloys for spin
transport"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Kirill Belashchenko
Refreshments in JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
March 2, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Shu Yang, University of
Pennsylvania
"Foldable and Responsive Soft Metamaterials"
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Stephen Morin
Organizers: Chemistry with assistance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Council
and NCMN
March 12, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Christopher Arges,
Louisiana State University
"Harnessing molecular control of polymers using directed self-assembly principles for
next generation water and energy materials"
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Shudipto Dishari
Refreshments Provided
Organizers: CHME and NCMN
March 12, 4 p.m.
Dr. Ying Jiang, Peking University
"Probing interfacial water at submoleuclar level by scanning probe microscopy "
548 Hamilton Hall
Host: Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
March 16, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Kevin Leung, Sandia National Laboratories
"Battery and Time"
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Vitaly Alexandrov
Refreshments provided.
Organizer: CHME with NCMN assistance
March 23, 10 a.m.
Dr. Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University
"MXenes on the march:
beyond graphene and into the real world"
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Siamak Nejati
Organizer: CHME with NCMN assistance
March 30, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer,
Yale University
"Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion"
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizer: Chemistry with NCMN assistance
April 11, 4 p.m.
Dr.
Dvora Perahia, Clemson University
"Soft Nanoparticles: from a new concept in
polymer physics to responsive nano-building blocks"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Chris Cornelius
Refreshments in JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
Fall 2017 Seminars
October 6, 3:30 p.m.
Professor John F. Hartwig,
University of California, Berkeley
Hamilton Award Lecture: "Selective, Catalytic Functionalization by Small and Large Catalysts"
Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. James Takacs
Organizers: Chemistry, with NCMN assistance
October 12, 4 p.m.
Dr. Wenjuan Zhu,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Nanoscale Devices based on Two-dimensional
Materials"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Refreshments in 1st floor vending area at 3:30 p.m.
October 25, 4 p.m.
Dr. Jigang Wang , Iowa State
University
"Non-Equilibrium Materials Discovery: Terahertz Light-Quantum-Tuning
of Hidden Electronic Phases"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xiaoshan Xu
Refreshments in JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
November 3, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Hongjie Dai, Stanford University
"Carbon Based Nanosciences"
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry, with NCMN assistance
Reception at 3 p.m. in 548 Hamilton Hall
November 15, 4 p.m.
Dr. Joseph Ngai,
University of Texas-Arlington
"Realizing Novel Material Functionalities
in Semiconductor-Crystalline Oxide Heterostructures"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Refreshments in JH 1st floor vending area at 3:45 p.m.
Organizer: NCMN
November 21, 4 p.m.
Dr. Anish Tuteja, University of Michigan
"Designing Surfaces with Extreme
Wettabilities"
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Srivatsan Kidambi
Refreshments provided
Organizer: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with NCMN assistance
November 29, 4 p.m.
Siamek Nejati, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
"Initiated and Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition for
Polymeric Materials Synthesis and Integration"
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular
Engineering
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
December 6, 4 p.m.
Bai Cui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Laser Shock Processing of Metals and Ceramics: Preventing
Material Failures by Surface Engineering"
Department of Mechanical & Materials
Engineering
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
Spring 2017 Seminars
January 10, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Raul Rebak, GE Global Research, Schenectady,
NY
Addressing 2011 Fukushima Reactor Failure through Engineering
Material Selection
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Bai Cui
Organizers: MME, with NCMN assistance
February 7, 3:30 p.m.
Professor Gary Was, University of
Michigan
Ion Irradiation as a Surrogate for Radiation Damage in
Reactors
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Bai Cui
Organizers: MME, with NCMN assistance
February 10, 3:30 p.m.
Dean Peter Rossky, Wiess School of
Natural Sciences, Rice University
Electronic Excited State Relaxation in Complex
Systems: Two Stories of Harmony Between Theory and Experiment
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry, with NCMN assistance
February 28, 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Andrew J.
Yost, Assistant Editor, Emerging Science Journals, Flexible Electronics; NASA Space Grant
Graduate Research Fellow; Physics PhD Candidate, University of Wyoming
A Microscopic Understanding of Solar Cell Materials Using
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
249 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Peter Dowben
March 7, 4:00 p.m.
Professor Yue Qi, Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
Modeling of the Interface and Interphases in Li-ion
Batteries
145 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Jian Wang
March 13, 4:00 p.m.
Professor Qiquan Qiao, Harold
C. Hohbach Associate Professor, South Dakota State University
Efficient Solar-Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Energy
Storage
548 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry, with NCMN assistance
April 12, 4:30 p.m.
Professor Christos Argyropoulos, Assistant Professor,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Metamaterials: a new frontier in interdisciplinary material
research
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Shireen Adenwalla
Organizer: NCMN
Spring 2016 Seminars
January 20, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:45)
Dr. Amrit De, University of
California, Riverside
An Ising Glauber Spin Cluster Model for Temperature dependent
Magnetization Noise in SQUIDS
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Alexey Kovalev
Organizer: NCMN
January 27, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:45)
Professor Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Penn State
Piezoelectric Films for MEMS Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Alexei Gruverman
Organizer: NCMN
February 5, 3:30pm
Professor John Anthony, University of
Kentucky
Crystal Design for Organic Semiconductors
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Alex Sinitskii
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
February 11, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:30)
Professor Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
Etch-a-Sketch Nanoelectronics
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Evgeny Tsymbal
Organizers: Physics / NCMN
February 15, 2016, 4:00pm
Professor Jun Li, Tsinghua University and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Computational Nanocatalysis: From Single Atoms to Isolated
Bimetallic Clusters
548 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
March 1, 3:30pm
Dr. Chanmin Su, AFM Business Unit,
Bruker-Nano Inc.
Engineering Physics of PeakForce Tapping, a method to quantitatively
characterize material properties at nanometer scale
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Li Tan
Organizer: NCMN / Mechanical & Materials Engineering
March 9, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:45)
Professor Wei You, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cells: An
Updated Report
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Jinsong Huang
Organizer: NCMN
March 15, 3:30pm
Professor Hanchen Huang, Northeastern University
Metallic Glue in Ambient Environment
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Jian Wang
Organizers: NCMN / Mechanical & Materials Engineering
March 30, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:45)
Dr. Alberto Piqué,
Naval Research Laboratory
Laser Processing of Metal Oxides for Plasmonic and Metamaterial
Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN / Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fall 2016 Seminars
September 7, 4:30pm (refreshments at 4:15)
Professor Anthony Caruso,
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Counter High Power Microwave: Mechanism and Material
Considerations
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Peter Dowben
Organizer: NCMN
September 21, 4:30pm (refreshments at 4:15)
Professor
Branislav Nikolić, University of Delaware
Anatomy of Spin-Orbit Torques in
Topological-Insulator/ Ferromagnet Heterostructures
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Alexey Kovalev
Organizer: NCMN
September 28, 4:30pm (refreshments at 4:15)
Dr. Gleb Akselrod, Optical Technologies Program, Intellectual Ventures, Seattle, WA
Controlling Light with Colloidal Plasmonic
Metasurfaces
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Christos Argyropoulos
Organizer: NCMN
October 12, 4:30pm (refreshments at 4:15)
Professor Erik Henriksen,
Washington University in St. Louis
Transport in adatom-decorated graphene
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Xia Hong
Organizer: NCMN
October 14, 3:30pm (Washburn Award Lecture / refreshments at 3:00 in 227 Hamilton)
Professor Richard J. Saykally, University of
California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Selective Adsorption of Ions to Aqueous Interfaces and its
Effects on Evaporation Rates
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
November 3, 4pm (refreshments at 3:30)
Professor Ruihua Cheng, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic
Heteronanostructures – Knowing the world at the nanoscale
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Peter Dowben
November 17, 4:00pm (refreshments at 3:30)
Dr. Samindranath Mitra, Physical Review
Letters senior editor
Physics After the Lab and the Desk: Your Work in PRL
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Xia Hong
Organizers: Physics / NCMN
December 2, 3:30pm
Dr. Bryant C. Nelson, National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Fundamental Interactions of Engineered Nanomaterials with
DNA
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Patrick Dussault
Organizers: Chemistry / Sigma Xi
December 7, 4:30pm
Professor Shudipto Konika
Dishari, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nanomaterials for Energy Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
Spring 2015 Seminars
January 28, 4:00pm
Professor Gustau Catalan, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Barcelona,
Spain
Flexoelectricity vs Piesoelectricity at the Nanoscale
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy / NCMN
February 9, 2:30-4:00pm
Dr. Tom Haxton, Molecular Foundry,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Assembly Pathway Design for Heirarchically Structured
Materials
205 Othmer Hall
Organizer: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with NCMN support
February 12, 3:30pm
Dr. Gulliaume Haiat, National
Center for Scientific Research, Université Paris
Multiscale Characterization of Bone Tissue: from Modelling
Approaches to the Patient’s Bed
357 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: Mechanical and Materials Engineering, with NCMN support
February 12, 4:00pm
Professor David Pappas, NIST – Boulder, Colorado
Role of Materials in Quantum Information Systems
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy / NCMN
February 16, 2:30-4:00pm
Dr. David C. Cantu,
Fundamental and Computational Sciences, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Multi-scale Modeling of Chemical Reactivity in Materials
Synthesis
205 Othmer Hall
Organizer: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with NCMN support
February 17, 3:30pm
Professor Lonnie Shea, University of
Michigan
Engineered Bridges to Promote Regeneration Following Spinal Cord
Injury
116 Chase Hall, East Campus
Host: Dr. Angela Pannier
Organizers: Biological Systems Engineering / NCMN
February 18, 3:30pm-4:45pm
Dr. Ki Chul Kim, School of Material Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology
Computational and Simulation Approach on Well-Designed Materials for
Energy/Environment/Catalysis Applications
205 Othmer Hall
Organizer: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with NCMN support
February 20, 11:00am
Professor Kai Loon Chen Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University
Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Oxide with Model
Biological Membranes: Implications for Nanotoxicity
111 Scott Engineering Center and available via TV to PKI 160
Host: Professor Yusong Li
Organizers: Civil Engineering/NCMN
February 20, 4:00pm
Professor Yiguang Ju, Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Development of Nanophosphors for Biological, Security, and Energy
Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: Electrical Engineering/NCMN
February 23, 3:30pm
Dr. Dong Lin, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
Improving fatigue performance of additive manufactured metal
structures by ultra-stable microstructures
318 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: Mechanical and Materials Engineering, with NCMN support
February 24, 2:30-4:00pm
Dr. Vitali
Alexandrov, Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Understanding Defect Behavior in Advanced Materials Through Ab
Initio Based Multiscale Modeling
205 Othmer Hall
Organizer: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with NCMN support
February 25, 4:00pm
Professor Hong-Bo Sun, Director, State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, JLU Region;
Dean, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China
Prototyping functional materials into 3D with femtosecond
lasers
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang
Organizers: Mechanical and Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 19, 4:00pm
Professor Ludwig Bartels, University of
California, Riverside
2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (MoS2, MoSe2, etc.) Films:
Transport, Optical Characterization, and Growth on Dielectric/Ferroelectric Substrates
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: Physics & Astronomy/NCMN
March 20, 3:30-4:30pm
Professor Gabor A. Somorjai, University
of California, Berkeley
Molecular Catalysis Science, Nanoparticle Synthesis, and
Instrument Development for Characterization Under Reaction Conditions: Conquering Catalytic
Complexity
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Hui Li
Organizers: Chemistry & NCMN
April 15, 4:00pm
Dr. Predrag Lazic, University at
Buffalo–SUNY
Graphene on Ir(111): Adsorption and
intercalation of Cs and Eu atoms
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Kirill Belashchenko
Organizer: NCMN
April 23, 4:00pm
Professor Michael Flatté, University of Iowa
Room-temperature electronic spin correlations: towards
spin-coherent technologies
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy / NCMN
May 1, 12:30pm
Professor Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern
University
The Nature of the DNA Bond
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: PLU
Organizers: Chemistry & NCMN
Fall 2015 Seminars
August 28, 3:30pm
Professor Roland Lindh,
Uppsala University, Sweden
Chemiluminescence and Chemiexcitation: the Gateway to Thermal
Non-Adiabatic Chemistry
112 Hamilton Hall
Hosts: Joseph Francisco & Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
September 4, 3:30pm
Professor Wenbin Lin, University
of Chicago
Metal-organic Frameworks for Sustainable Catalysis and Energy
Generation
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Jian Zhang
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
September 8, 3:30pm
Dr. Khalid Hattar, Sandia National Laboratories
Nanoscale Observation of Ion Beam Tailoring via In-situ
TEM
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Bai Cui
Organizers: Mechanical and Materials Engineering / NCMN
September 16, 4:00pm
Professor William G.
Fahrenholtz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics for Hypersonic Aerospace
Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Bai Cui
Organizers: Mechanical and Materials Engineering / NCMN
September 24, 4:00pm
Professor Hanan Dery,
University of Rochester
Spin transport in 2D crystals and in elemental
semiconductors with multivalley band structure
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Kirill Belashchenko
Organizers: Physics / NCMN
September 29, 3:30pm
Professor Victor Barocas, University
of Minnesota
Multiscale mechanical modeling of fibrous tissues
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Linxia Gu
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering / NCMN
September 30, 4:00pm
Professor Jiangeng Xue, University of Florida
Collodial Semiconductor Quantum-Dot based Light-Emitting
Devices
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Jinsong Huang
Organizer: NCMN
October 7, 4:00pm
Professor Sara J. Callori,
California State University, San Bernardino
The Search for Novel Magnetic Phases in SrCoO3-δ
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Stephen Ducharme
October 13, 3:30pm
Dr. Shailesh Ganpule, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, John Hopkins University
Keep your Head in the Game: The Mechanics of Traumatic Brain
Injury in Sports
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Linxia Gu
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering / NCMN
October 15, 2:30pm
Professor Minlon Zhong,
Director of the Laser Materials Processing Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Ultrafast laser enabling versatile novel micro-nano scale materials
processing
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: Electrical & Computer Engineering, with NCMN support
October 21, 4:00pm
Professor Igor Zutic,
SUNY-University at Buffalo
Teaching Nanomagnets New Tricks
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Kirill Belashchenko
Organizer: NCMN
October 26, 4:00pm
Professor Ludwig
Schultz (scroll to page 3 on link), Institute of Metallic Materials, Leibniz Institute of
Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden; Institute of Materials Science, TU Dresden;
evico GmbH Dresden
Interaction of Ferromagnetic and Superconducting Permanent
Magnets: Superconducting Levitation
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Christian Binek
Organizer: NCMN
October 28, 4:00pm
Professor Joe Lyding, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Scanned Probe Based Nanofabrication and Nanostructure
Analysis
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Alexander Sinitskii
Organizer: NCMN
November 4, 4:00pm
Professor Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns
Hopkins University
Propulsion of a domain wall in an antiferromagnet by
magnons
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Kirill Belashchenko
Organizer: NCMN
November 11, 4:00pm
Professor
Hongxing Jiang, Texas Tech
Nanophotonics Center, Texas Tech University
Hexagonal boron nitride materials – growth, properties,
and applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: Electrical Engineering / NCMN
November 18, 4:00pm
Professor Ian Robertson, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hydrogen Embrittlement Understood
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Bai Cui
Organizer: NCMN
December 2, 4:00pm
Professor David Tomanek, Michigan State
University
Games that scientists play with carbon and phosphotus
nanostructures
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Professor Peter Dowben
Organizer: NCMN
December 4, 3:30pm (Jack Merski Memorial Lecture)
Professor F. Fleming Crim, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Using Vibrations to Probe and Control Chemical Reactions in Gases
and Liquids
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Professor Craig Eckhardt
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
Spring 2014 Seminars
January 24, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Nikolai Zhitenev, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nanoscale Functional and
Structural Characterization of Thin-Film Inorganic Solar Cells
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Alexander Sinitskii
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
February 20, 3:30-4:30pm
Professor Matthias Batzill, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa
Interfaces of Functional Materials
357 Scott Engineering
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
February 21, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Michael L. Norton, Marshall University
DNA Origami-Putting the Pieces Together
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Barry Cheung
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
March 6, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Eli Sutter, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
Understanding
Nanomaterials: In-Situ Imaging, Measurements, and Manipulation in the Electron Microscope
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Mehrdad Negahban
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 7, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Gerrit Bauer, Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, and Kavli Institute
of NanoScience, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Onsager Reciprocity in Spin
Caloritronics
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexey Kovalev
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
March 10, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Oleg Tretiakov, Tohoku University, Japan
Thermoelectric power
generators based on topological insulators and spin Seebeck devices
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Kirill Belashchenko
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy and NCMN
March 17, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Tao Sun, Argonne National Lab, Advanced Photon Source Imaging Group, X-Ray Science
Division
Materials Structural
Characterization Using Synchrotron X-Ray and Electron Microscopy Techniques
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 18, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Jian Shi, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Correlated
Nickelates: Phase Transitions and Neuromorphic Electronics
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 18, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Vitaly Konov, Director, Natural Sciences Center, General Physics Institute, Moscow,
Russia
Laser and SPM Nanostructuring of Advanced
Carbon Materials
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: NCMN and Electrical Engineering
March 20, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Meng Gu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Richland, WA
Advanced Synthesis and
Characterization of Energy Storage Materials
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 27, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Bai Cui, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Microstructure-Property
Relationship of Advanced Materials for Extreme Environments
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 31, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Hu Tao, Tufts Univ. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing for
Life Sciences and Sustainable Engineering
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
April 2, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Jason Hoffman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Tuning the Electronic and
Magnetic Properties of Complex Oxides with Charge, Strain, and Light
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy and NCMN
April 3, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Shangchao Lin, Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Efficient Energy
Transport and Storage in Functional Materials and Structures: Predictive Multi-Scale
Materials
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
April 4, 11:00am-12:00pm
Dr. Tohren C. G. Kibbey, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of
Oklahoma
Transport and retention of
engineered nanoparticles in unsaturated porous media
Scott Engineering Center 111/PKI 160
Host: Dr. Yusong Li
Organizers: Civil Engineering and NCMN
April 7, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Qin Zhou, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, University of
California–Berkeley
Exploring Carbon
Nanomaterials Using MEMS
357 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
April 9, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Xiaoshan Xu, Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Multiferroic Organic Spintronics
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
April 16, 3:45-4:45pm
Dr. Susan Margulies, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Large Animal Model of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
136
Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Linxia Gu
Organizer: NCMN
April 30, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Stephen Morin, Chemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Title TBA
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
May 7, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. David Geohagen, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nanomaterials from the
Bottom-Up: Understanding Assembly from Nanoscale Building Blocks
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN
Fall 2014 Seminars
September 3, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Robert Camley, Center for Magnetism & Magnetic Structures, University of Colorado
Nonlinear effects in magnetic systems
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Christian Binek
Organizer: NCMN
September 12, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Michael L. Norton, Marshall University
DNA Origami-Putting the Pieces
Together
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Alexander Sinitskii
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
September 19, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Mark Ratner, Northwestern University
Molecular Mesoscopics: Transport in
Molecular Junctions
112 Hamilton Hall
Hosts: Dr. David Berkowitz and Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
September 24, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Alexey Kovalev, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Magnetization Switching and Energy
Manipulation in Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Magnets
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
October 3, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Paul Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Three Dimensionally Structured Materials for
Energy Storage and Light Harvesting
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Morin
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
October 8, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Andreas Roelofs, Argonne National Laboratory
A New Vision for Nanoscience
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizer: NCMN
October 20, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Di-Jia Liu, Argonne National Laboratory
Recent Developments in New
Materials & Characterization Techniques for Energy Storage and Conversion
548 Hamilton Hall
Hosts: Dr. Joe Francisco & Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
October 24, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University
Designer Gold Nanostars for Imaging and
Therapeutics
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Morin
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
November 5, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. John H. Campbell, Materials Science Solution, Livermore, CA
Materials research challenges in
construction and operation of the world's largest laser
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN
November 12, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Kai Zhu, National Renewable Energy Lab, Colorado
Material Synthesis, Device Operation, and
Charge-Carrier Dynamics of Perovskite Solar Cells
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang
Organizer: NCMN
November 14, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Russell J. Hemley, Carnegie Institution of Washington
New Views of Structure & Bonding in
Extreme Environments
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry / NCMN
November 19, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Barry Zink, University of Denver
Spincaloritronics with suspended thermal
platforms
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexey Kovalev
Organizers: NCMN
December 3, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Michael Nastasi, Director, Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research
Extreme Irradiation Tolerant Materials via
Atomic Scale Design of Nanostructure Interfaces
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Bai Cui
Organizers: NCMN
Spring 2013 Seminars
January 25, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. James Scott, Cambridge University, U.K.
The Renaissance of Ferroelectric
Memories
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy and NCMN
February 1, 2:30-3:30pm
Dr. Alexander Tagantsev, Ceramics Laboratory, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015
Lausanne, Switzerland
Flexoelectricity in
Solids
145 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Steve Ducharme
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy and NCMN
February 4, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Chang-Beom Eom, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Oxide
Nanoelectronics
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
Organizer: NCMN
February 22, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Jason Hafner, Rice University
Illuminating Chemical Interfaces
with Plasmonics
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry/NCMN
March 25, 2:30-3:30pm
Dr. Zhicheng Zhong, Vienna University of Technology
Theoretical studies of oxide
heterostructures
Jorgensen Hall
Hosts: Evgeny Tsymbal & Prof. J.D. Burton
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
April 3, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Jeff Gardner, Florida State University
Superconductor-Insulator
Transitions and Enhancement of Superconductivity by a Parallel Magnetic Field in 2-D
Superconductors
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Organizer: NCMN
April 19, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Seungbum Hong, Argonne National Lab
Visualization and Manipulation of
Polarization and Screen Charges
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizers: Physics and NCMN
April 25, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Jiandi Zhang, Louisiana State University
Why are Ultrathin
Films of Metallic Oxides Nonmetallic?
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Organizers: Physics and NCMN
Fall 2013 Seminars
August 30, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Jason Hafner, Rice University
Illuminating chemical Interfaces with Plasmonics
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
September 25, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Matthew Poulsen, Suiter Swantz pc llo
Science Careers in Patent Law - Slideshow
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Steven Ducharme
Organizer: NCMN
September 27, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. Z.G. Wang, Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho
Electron Holography and Its Applications in Characterizing Micro-area Electromagnetic Field
207 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xingzhong Li
Organizer: NCMN
October 4, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Joseph S. Francisco, Purdue University
Challenging What We Think We Know: The Influence of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions on Atmospheric
Chemical Processes
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
October 7, 2:00pm
Dr. Bohd Raj Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology - New Delhi, India
Synthesis and properties
of size selected Pd, Pd alloy and Pd-graphene nanoparticles
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
October 10, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Lane Martin, University of Urbana/Champaign
The Science and Engineering of Functional Complex Oxide Thin Films
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizers: Physics and NCMN
October 14, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Jeffry Kelber, University of North Texas
Direct Graphene Growth on Oxides and Nitrides: Towards Practical
Charge and Spin Devices
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Organizers: CNFM and NCMN
November 1, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Pablo Debeneditti, Princeton University
Phase Behavior of Supercooled Water:
a Computational Perspective
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: Chemistry and NCMN
November 6, 3:45-4:45pm
Dr. Vikram Dalal, Iowa State University
Stability and
performance of organic solar cells
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang
Organizers: MME and NCMN
November 11, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Masashi Sahashi , Tohoko University, Japan
Study on Magnetoelectric Effect
in Thin Film Cr2O3 Sesquioxide and Electrical Switching of
HEX and Residual Magnetization
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Christian Binek
Organizer: NCMN
November 13, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Agkam Posadas, University of Texas-Austin
Functionalization of epitaxial
SrTiO3 on silicon via compensated B-site doping
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Organizer: NCMN
November 20, 3:45-4:45pm
Dr. Zhimao Yang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Controllable Synthesis of Cu2O Crystals and
Applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Li Tan
Organizers: MME and NCMN
Spring 2012 Seminars
February 21, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Maxime Darnon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
Plasma Etching in Microelectronics
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jung Yul Lim
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
March 2, 3:30-4:30pm
Professor Oleg Prezhdo, University of Rochester, Minnesota
Quantum Dots- Artificial Atoms, Molecules, or Small Pieces of
Bulk: Insights from Time-Domain Ab Initio Calculations
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
March 7, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Branden Kappes, Colorado School of Mines
Graphene at the Interface
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jeff Shield
Organizer: NCMN
March 16, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Francisco Zaera, University of California, Riverside
Self-Assembly Synthessis of Hererogeneous Catalysts with Novel
Nanoarchitectures and Improved Selectivities
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Barry Cheung
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
April 4, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Henry I. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanofabrication Challenges for the Next Decade
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: Electrical Engineering and NCMN
April 11, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Sujoy Roy Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, California
Probing spatiotemporal correlations of interfaces with
magnetic speckles
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
April 18, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. J. Ping Liu, Dept. of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
Towards high strength nanocaomposite magnets – Approached from
the bottom
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David J. Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
April 20, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Yongli Gao, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Metal-Oxides Hole Injection Layer in Organic Semiconductor
Devices
110 Jorgensen Hal
Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
April 25, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Vitaly Konov, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow
Laser in synthesis, micro and nanoprocessing of diamond materials
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN
May 16, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Kenji Kitamura, National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Applications of Domain Engineered Templates Using Pyroelectric
and Photogalvanic Effects
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
May 23, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Vladimir Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow
Domains and Switching in Ferroelectrics
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
Summer 2012 Seminars
June 4, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Serge Nakhmanson, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL
Ab initio design of ferroic materials with advanced functionalities:
2D ferroelectricity and Goldstone-like modes in perovskite-oxide layers
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Organizers: NCMN / Physics & Astronomy
June 13, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Ulrich Simon, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Gold Nanoparticles: Assembly, Photothermal Actuation, and
Cellular Response
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexander Sinitskii
Organizer: NCMN
June 27, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Vladimir Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Parity Nonconservation and Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in the
Crystal Without Symmetry Center
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Organizers: NCMN /NCESR /EPSCoR
Fall 2012 Seminars
August 17, 3:00-5:00pm
Dr. William Jo, Ewha Womans University- Seoul, Korea
A new multiferroic material of (Ga, Fe)
203 doped with several divalent ions
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Organizers: Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials
September 6, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Ron Synowicki, Measurements Laboratory- J. A. Woollam Co., Inc., Lincoln, NE
History of Early Polarimetry and Ellipsometry in
Nebraska
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Organizers: Physics & Astronomy, Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials, and NCMN
October 31, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Swadeshmukul Santra, Nanoscience Technology Center- University of Central Florida-Orlando
Nanobioimaging and sensing with
multimodal/multifunctional nanoparticle probes
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Linxia Gu
Organizer: NCMN
November 5, 3:00-5:00pm
Dr. Ralf Richter, CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain; The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent
Systems, Stuttgart, Germany; and Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France
Combining QCM-D, ellipsometry and imaging techniques for
the detailed interrogation of soft and hydrated surface-confined films
N237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Organizers: CNFM and NCMN
November 14, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Zhiqun Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Semiconductor nanostructured
materials: from synthesis, self-assembly to energy applications
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: Electrical Engineering and NCMN
December 19, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Iver E. Anderson, Ames Laboratory (USDOE)-Iowa State University
Innovative Permanent Magnet Development for Electric Drive Automobiles
136 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang
Organizers: Mechanical & Materials Engineering and NCMN
Spring 2011 Seminars
January 28, 1:30pm
Dr. Igor V. Roshchin, Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Materials
Science and Engineering Program
Uncompensated Moments in Antiferromagnets and Intrinsic
Exchange Bias
151 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
February 4, 1:30pm
Dr. Vanya Darakchieva, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, Lisbon, Portugal
Novel InN-based materials for sustainable energy
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: NCMN
February 8, 1:30pm
Dr. Li-Han Chen, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California,
San Diego, CA
Massively Parallel Probe Lithography Toward Ultra-High-Density
Nanofabrication
151 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
March 4, 1:30pm
Dr. Clark Cooper, Director, Materials and Surface Engineering Program, National Science
Foundation
Materials Research at NSF: An Overview of the Materials and
Surface Engineering Program
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN
March 7, 3:15-4:15pm
Dr. Qingfeng Ge, Southern Illinois University
Effect of Doped Transition Metals on Hydrogen Interaction in Complex
Hydrides
548 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
March 7, 4:20-5:20pm
Dr. Lichang Wang, Southern Illinois University
Top-Down Approach to Fabricate Organic Dyes for Solar
Cells
548 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
March 25, 1:30pm
Dr. Hou-Tong Chen, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Metamaterials – New Opportunity in Manipulating Terahertz
Radiation
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: NCMN and Office of Research and Innovation
March 28, 1:00-4:00pm
Dr. Kurt Gaskill, Advanced SiC Epitaxial, U.S. Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
Controlling Epitaxial Graphene Growth
City Campus Union Auditorium
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Organizers: NCMN and Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials
April 1, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. Anbo Wang, Virginia Tech
Optical Sensors for Energy Systems
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizer: NCMN
April 8, 1:30pm
Dr. You Qiang, Department of Physics and Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho
Novel magnetic separation nanotechnology for nuclear fuel
recycling
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
April 22, 3:30pm
Dr. Ho-Kwang Mao, Carnegie Institution of Washington
High Pressure – A New Dimension in Physical Sciences
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
April 29, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. Charles Sykes, Tufts University
Turning a Single Molecule into an Electric
Motor
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Organizer: NCMN
May 6, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. Andrii Golovin, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio
Electro-Optic Effects in Colloidal Dispersion of Metal
Nano-Rods
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
NCMN and Electrical Engineering
May 13, 1:30pm
Dr. Ram S. Katiyar, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Investigations on nanostructured magnetoelectric
multiferroics
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
Organizers: MRSEC and NCMN
May 20, 1:30pm
Dr. Ivan Naumov, Hewlett-Packard Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory, Palo Alto,
California
Vortices in Ferroelectric Nanostructures
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
Organizers: MRSEC and NCMN
Fall 2011 Seminars
August 5, 1:30-2:30pm
Dr. Dan Liu, Materials Research and Education Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Investigation Into The Effect Of Substrate On Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3
Films for MEMS Application
149 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
August 10, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Sergey Barabash, Assistant Research Engineer, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Atomic structure vs. record-breaking perfor-mance: from magnetic to
thermoelectric alloys
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Kirill Belashchenko
Organizer: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
August 31, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Hirofumi Oka, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany
New insights into nanomagnetism by spin-polarized scanning
tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
151 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: Dr. Axel Enders
Host: NCMN
September 7, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Tim Usher, California State University, San Bernardino
A New Organic Ferroelectric
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
September 29, 4:00-5:00pm
Dr. Paul S. Bagus, Center for Advanced Scientific Computing & Modeling (CASCaM) Department of
Chemistry, University of North Texas
New Developments for the Analysis of
XPS
110 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
October 5, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Valery Bliznyuk, Western Michigan University
Nanostructured polymer materials for molecular electronics,
sensors, and organic photovoltaics
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Christian Binek
Organizer: NCMN
October 14, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Bruce Kay, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Beakers without Walls: Using Nanoscale Amorphous Solid
Films to Create and Study Deeply Supercooled Liquids
112 Hamilton Hall
Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
October 27, 3:30pm
Dr. Herbert Wormeester, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The
Netherlands
Ellipsometric study of carbon contamination and cleaning of EUV
mirrors
N129 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Organizers: NCMN and Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials
November 4, 3:00-4:00pm
Dr. Costas Grigoropolous, University of California, Berkeley
Laser Based Nanomanufacturing of Electronics and Energy
Systems
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Organizers: NCMN and Engineering
November 9, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Xia Hong, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Large Magnetoresistance and Anomalous Phase Breaking in Dilute
Fluorinated Graphene
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: NCMN
November 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
Dr. Dmitri Petrovykh, International Iberian
Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal
Controlling the Structure and
Hybridization of DNA on Surfaces
237 Scott Engineering Center
Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Organizers: NCMN and Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials
November 16, 3:30pm
Dr. Alexander Sinitskii, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Synthesis and Properties of Graphene Nanostructures
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Organizer: Physics & Astronomy
November 30, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Eva Zurek, University at Buffalo-SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Novel Hydrogen Rich Phases under Pressure
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Organizer: NCMN
December 2, 2:30-3:30pm
Vijay Raj Singh, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of oxide-based magnetic
materials
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
December 7, 3:30-4:30pm
Dr. Roger Proksch, Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, CA
Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy
151 Jorgensen Hall
Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Organizer: NCMN
Spring 2010 Seminars
January 13, 12:30pm
Dr. R. Alan May, University of Texas-Austin
Development of Hybrid Analytical Techniques for the
Characterization of Nanoporous Electrodes
W129 Nebraska Hall
Organizer: NCMN
January 15, 11:00am
Dr. Alberto Pique, Materials Science and Technology Division, Naval Research Lab, Washington,
D.C.
Non-Lithographic Processing of Conformal
Electronics
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: NCMN
March 3, 10:30am
Dr. Craig Arnold, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Optical Trap Assisted Nanopatterning: Laser
Direct Writing at the Sub-Micron Scale
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: NCMN
March 10, 1:30pm
Dr. Franky So, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainsville
Interface Effect and Bulk Carrier Transport in
Organic Photovoltaic Cells
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: NCMN
March 26, 2:30pm
Dr. Takeo Furukawa, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science
Dynamic Aspects of Phase Transition and
Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric Polymers Associated with their Hierarchial
Structures
201 Brace Lab
Organizer: NCMN
April 9, 1:30pm
Dr. Jeffry Kelber, University of North Texas
Substrate-Mediated Assembly of Graphene on
b-BN(0001): A New Approach Toward Graphene/Dielectric Heterojunctions
201 Brace Lab
Organizer: NCMN
April 20, 3:30pm
Dr. Richard B. Lehoucq, Sandia National Laboratories
Statistical mechanics and peridynamic
boundary value problems
105 Othmer Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Mechanical Engineering
April 22, 2:00pm
Dr. Derek. A. Stewart, Cornell Nanoscale Facility, Cornell University
Predicting Thermal Transport in Nanostructure
and Materials from First Principles
202 Brace Lab
Organizer: NCMN
Summer 2010 Seminars
June 23, 4:00pm
Dr. Yi-Kuo Yu, Investigator, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH
Molecular Interactions in Physics and Biology: from Poisson's
Equation to the Universal Density Functional
151 Jorgensen Hall
Organizers: NCMN and UNO Physics Department
July 16, 2:30pm
Dr. Shampa Aich, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, India
Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Rapidly Solidified
Heusler Type Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
August 6, 1:30pm
Dr. Dongming Guo, Executive Vice President & Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research and International Exchange & Cooperation Program at
Dalian University of Technology (DUT)
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN & Electrical Engineering
Fall 2010 Seminars
August 31, 2:00pm
Dr. Benxin Wu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
The Study of Laser-induced Plasma, Laser-Water Interaction, Laser
Micromachining and Shock Peening Processes
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN & Electrical Engineering
September 1, 3:30pm
Dr. Frederick E. Pinkerton,Chemical Sciences & Materials Systems Lab, General Motors Research
& Development Center
New Compounds, New Chemistries, and Nanoconfinement: Advances in
Complex Hydrides for Storing Hydrogen
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
September 10, 3:30pm
Dr. Stephen L. Creager (Biography), Department of Chemistry
Chair, Clemson University
New Electrolytes for Advanced Batteries and Fuel
Cells
Hamilton Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
September 21, 1:00pm
Dr. Andrew Baruth, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of
Minnesota-Minneapolis
Application of Block Copolymer Patterning to Magnetic Materials
251 Jorgensen Hall
Organizer: NCMN
September 28, 3:30pm
Dr. David (Qiang) Wang, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State
University
Studying Polymers with Fields
W183 Nebraska Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Mechanical Engineering
October 6, 3:30pm
Dr. Andrew M. Minor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California,
Berkley
Quantitative Nanomechanical Testing in a
TEM
105 Othmer
Organizers: NCMN & Mechanical Engineering
October 15, 2:00pm
Dr. Anming Hu, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Waterloo, Canada
Applications of Femtosecond Laser-induced Nanowelding and Thermal
Nano-Sintering for SERS, Sensing, and Flexible Electronics Packaging
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN & Electrical Engineering
October 21, 4:00pm
Dr. Wei Ku, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Deptartment, Brookhaven National
Lab, NY
Ferro-Orbital Order and Rich Magnetic Structures of Iron-Based
Superconductors
136 Jorgensen Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
October 29, 2:30pm
Dr. Wei Chen, Nano-Bio Physics, Department of Physics, University of Texas-Arlington
Nanoparticle Based Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer
Treatment
129 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN & Mechanical Engineering
November 12, 1:30pm
Dr. Tommaso Baldacchini, Senior Scientist, Technology & Applications Center, Newport
Corporation, Irvine, CA
Characterization of Two-Photon Polymerization Using CARS
Microscopy
136 Jorgenson Hall
Organizers: NCMN & Electrical Engineering
November 19, 1:30pm
Dr. Andrew Pratt, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan, and York
Institute for Materials Research (YIMR), University of York, U.K.
Probing surface magnetism with a spin-polarized metastable helium
beam
136 Jorgenson Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
November 22, 1:30pm
Dr. Yikun Fang, Senior Engineer, China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group, Beijing,
China
Recent Developments on High Performance Permanent Magnets
136 Jorgenson Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
Spring 2009 Seminars
January 7, 2:00pm
Dr. Lucie Routaboul, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
From Catalysis to Functionalization of Metal Surfaces by Zwitterionic Molecules
548 Hamilton Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
January 22, 3:30pm
Dr. Michael Lorenz, University of Leipzig, Germany
Pulsed Laser Deposition of ZnO-Based Thin Films and Nano-structures: From Single Layers to
Optical Nanocavities
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
January 23, 1:30pm
Dr. Markus Geuss, The Max Planck Institute of Microst. Physics
Where are the Domains in P(VDF-TRFE)? New Insights into the Internal Structure of
Polymer Lamellae on the Nanoscale
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
February 2, 1:00pm
Dr. Jing Ma, Nanjing University
Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
548 Hamilton Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
February 13, 3:15pm
Dr. Karl Johnson, Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Atomistic Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Complex Metal Hydrides
112 Hamilton Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
February 16, 1:30pm
Dr. Ratnakar Palai, University of Puerto Rico
Dynamics of Phase Transition and Phonon-Magnon Coupling in Multiferroic BiFeO3
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
March 6, 1:30pm
Dr. Shadi Othman, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Imaging Mechanics
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
May 1, 1:30pm
Dr. Zoya Leonenko, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscale Biophysics Research
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
May 4, 3:30pm
Dr. Lucia Fernandez-Ballester
From Molecules to Materials: Flow-induced Crystallization of Polypropylene
205 Othmer Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemical & Biomolecular Engeering
Summer 2009 Seminars
May 22, 1:30pm
Dr. Eugene Furman, Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University
Models of Dielectric Breakdown in Capacitors
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
June 19, 1:30pm
Professor Isabel Delgadillo-Holtfort, Universidad de Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico
Photothermal and dielectric studies of acupoints
201 Brace Lab
Organizer: NCMN
June 24, 1:30pm
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin, National Taiwan University
"Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
driven by ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic exchange coupling"
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
July 9, 10:00am
Dr. Vijay D'Costa, Arizona State University
"Group-IV Semiconductors
Incorporating Sn"
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC
Fall 2009 Seminars
October 6, 3:30pm
Dr. Michael Parks, Sandia National Labs
Towards Multiscale Materials Modeling with Peridynamics
Nebraska Hall W183
Organizers: NCMN and Mechanical Engineering
October 23, 1:30pm
Dr. Steven L. Tait, Indiana University
Self-organized Molecular Architectures at Surfaces: Structure,
Interactions, and Function
201 Brace Lab
Organizer: NCMN
November 17, 3:30-5:10pm
Dr. Hans Arwin, Linkoping University, Sweden
Mini-Symposium: In-situ Quartz Crystal Microbalance and
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization of Biological Materials
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizers: NCMN, Electrical Engineering, and MRSEC
November 19, 4:00pm
Dr. Kim Gray, Northwestern University
Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials for Solar Energy
Production
211 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and Physics & Astronomy
November 20, 3:30pm
Dr. Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis
112 Hamilton Hall
Organizers: NCMN and Chemistry
December 4, 1:30pm
Dr. Ya-Hong Xie, University of California, Los Angeles
Graphene: Promises and Challenges
237 Scott Engineering Center
Organizer: NCMN
December 10, 4:00pm
Dr. Damien Le Roy, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Exchange Anisotropy in NixCu1-x and Co
Nanoclusters Deposited on CoO (111) Layers
201 Brace Lab
Organizers: NCMN and MRSEC