School of
Physics

M.Y. Chou, Professor

Electronic structure of condensed matter.

E.H. Conrad

Experimental study of solid surfaces using high-resolution low-energy electron diffraction (HRLEED) and synchrotron-based x-ray diffraction.

D. Davidovic

Mesoscopic physics, low temperature physics.

W.A. De Heer

Nanoscopic Physics, Nanoclusters in Beams, Carbon Nanostructures (Nanotubes, Onions), Metallic Nanowires.

A. Erbil

Creation and understanding of advanced material systems that might lead to the discovery of novel physical phenomena or to applications in electronics, optics, or sensors.

P. First

Solid-state systems at atomic length scales.

J. Gole

Physical phenomena that fall at the interface of chemical and condensed matter physics and material science.

U. Landman

Surface and Materials Science, Solid State Physics, Nanoscience, microscopic hydrodynamics, Statistical Physics, Chemical Physics, Computational Physics and Chemistry.

A. Marchenkov

Physics of reduced-dimensional heat flow and thermal equilibration in nanostructures.

M. Pustilnik

Theory of mesoscopic systems.

E. Riedo

UHV surface science characterization (STM, LEED, TDS) of metal and metal oxides surfaces, thin film surfaces, and nanostructures; Experimental nanomechanics and nanotribology with Atomic Force Microscopes (friction, adhesion, elasticity, wear); Amorphous Carbon thin films

C. Sa De Melo

Superconductors in High Magnetic Fields, Crossover from BCS to Bose-Einstein Superconductivity, Magnetic Coupling in Ferromagnetic/Superconductor Multilayers, Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena in Ferroelectrics and Ferromagnets, Bose-Einstein Condensation of Excitonic Systems, Quantum Computing with p -SQUIDs, Colossal Magneto Resistance Materials, Quantum Mutations in DNA.

A. Zangwill

Theory of nanoscale magnetic systems.