Events
The Physics and Astronomy Department hold regular seminars and events on a variety of topics. Please see below for further details.
| Event Name | Date, Time and Host | Summary |
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| Controlling Adsorption: From Free Energy Landscapes to Materials Design |
Abstract: Phase transitions, metastability, and hysteresis in porous materials remain some of the most elusive phenomena in adsorption science — difficult to predict, and even harder to control. Yet controlling them is essential: hysteresis limits the efficiency of… Show more Speaker: Dr. Filip Formalik, Northwestern University |
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| Strong Correlations in 2D Anisotropic Moiré Superlattices |
Abstract: Electrons in many solid materials, despite of their Coulomb interactions, can be qualitatively treated as non-interacting quasiparticles, a concept central to Fermi-liquid theory, established by Lev Landau in the 1950s. However, an increasing number of… Show more Speaker: Prof. Pengjie Wang, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium |
Abstract: TBA
Speaker: Prof. Cheng Gong, University of Maryland |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium |
Abstract: TBA
Speaker: Prof. Abhishek Singharoy, Arizona State University |
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| Phonon Thermal Hall Effect in Quantum Materials |
Abstract: As a thermal analog of the electrical Hall effect, the thermal Hall effect has emerged as a powerful probe in detecting charge-neutral excitations in insulating materials. Phonons, unlike magnons, were long believed to be incapable of generating a thermal… Show more Speaker: Prof. Lu Chen, Department of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium: How superconducting qubits work |
Abstract: This talk will cover the physical principles behind the winning qubit design -- the transmon -- and its derivatives. I will review the factors that limit the qubit coherence, and the ongoing efforts to mitigate them. We will also explore… Show more Speaker: Prof. Leonid Glazman, Yale University |
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| CM/BIO Seminar |
TBD
Speaker: Prof. Zohar Nussinov, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| Special: O.M. Stewart Colloquium |
Abstract: TBA
Speaker: Prof. Tom Heitmann, MU Research Reactor |
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| Unraveling the impact of complex disorder on functional properties of crystalline materials |
Abstract: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium |
Abstract: TBA
Speaker: Prof. Roseanna Zia, University of Missouri |
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| O.M. Stewart Colloquium |
Abstract: TBA
Speaker: Prof. Britton Plourde, University of Wisconsin-Madison |