NCMN MEMBERS CELEBRATE RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS IN MATERIALS & NANOSCIENCE !

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SPRING 2013 Speaker / Affiliation PRESENTATION TITLE Location & Time ORGANIZER
May. 14, 2013

Dr. Michael McHenry, Materials Science & Engineering Dept.  Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA

Nanocomposite Magnets for Power Electronic Applications Reception at 3:00 pm, W342 Nebraska Hall

 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Tues.
110 T. Jorgensen Hall

MME/NCMN
 Host: Dr. Jeff Shield
Apr. 25, 2013

Dr. Jiandi Zhang,                   Louisiana State University

Why are Ultrathin Films of Metallic Oxides Nonmetallic?

 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thur.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall

 Physics/NCMN
 Host:Dr. Peter Dowben
Apr. 19, 2013


Dr. Seungbum Hong, Argonne National Lab

 Visualization and Manipulation of Polarization and Screen Charges 
Refreshments at 3:00 pm		 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall 		  Physics/NCMN
 Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Apr. 3, 2013

Dr. Jeff Gardner, Florida State University

 Superconductor-Insulator Transitions and Enhancement of Superconductivity by a Parallel Magnetic Field in 2-D Superconductors  4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
 136 T. Jorgensen Hall

  NCMN
  Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Mar. 29, 2013


Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology

Putting Chemistry to Work for Nano and Biomedical Research
Refreshments at 3:00 pm in 548 Hamilton Hall

 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.  112 Hamilton Hall Chemistry/NCMN-Host: Dr. Jian Zhang
Mar. 25, 2013

Dr. Zhicheng Zhong, Vienna University of Technology

 Theoretical studies of oxide heterostructures 2:30 – 3:30 pm, Mon. Jorgensen Hall   NCMN / Physics & Astronomy-Host:Evgeny Tsymbal & Prof. J.D. Burton
Feb. 22, 2013


Dr. Jason Hafner, Rice University

 Illuminating Chemical Interfaces with Plasmonics 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.  112 Hamilton Hall Chemistry/NCMN-Host: Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Feb. 4, 2013


Dr. Chang-Beom Eom , University of Wisconsin-Madison

 Oxide Nanoelectronics
Refreshments at 3:15 pm		 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Mon.  136 T. Jorgensen NCMN-Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
Feb. 1, 2013

Dr. Alexander Tagantsev, Ceramics Laboratory, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Flexoelectricity in Solids

 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Fri.  145 T. Jorgensen Hall Physics & Astronomy/ NCMN-Host: Dr. Steve Ducharme
Jan. 25, 2013

Dr. James Scott, Cambridge University, U.K.

The Renaissance of Ferroelectric Memories
Refreshments served in Jorgensen Atrium
prior to seminar

 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall Physics & Astronomy/ NCMN-Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
FALL 2012

Speaker / Affiliation

 PRESENTATION TITLE Location & Time ORGANIZER

Dec. 19, 2012

Dr. Iver E. Anderson, Ames Laboratory (USDOE)-Iowa State University

 Innovative Permanent Magnet Development
for Electric Drive Automobiles

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

MME / NCMN-Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang

Nov. 14, 2012

Dr. Zhiqun Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Semiconductor nanostructured materials: from synthesis, self-assembly to energy applications

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

EE / NCMN-Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu

Nov. 5, 2012

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

3:00 - 5:00 pm, Mon.
N237 Scott Engr. Ctr.

CNFM / NCMN-Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert

Oct. 31, 2012

Dr. Swadeshmukul Santra, Nanoscience Technology Center- University of Central Florida-Orlando

Nanobioimaging and sensing with multimodal/multifunctional nanoparticle probes

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN-Host: Dr. Linxia Gu

Sept 6,
2012

Dr. Ron Synowicki, Measurements Laboratory- J. A. Woollam Co., Inc., Lincoln, NE

History of Early Polarimetry and Ellipsometry in Nebraska refreshments served at 3:30 pm in the 1st floor vending area

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thurs.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

Physics/CNFM/NCMN-Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme

Aug 17,
2012

Dr. William Jo, Ewha Womans University- Seoul, Korea

A new multiferroic material of (Ga, Fe) 203 doped with several divalent ions

3:00 - 5:00 pm, Fri
237 Scott Engr. Ctr.

Cntr. for Nanohybrid Funct. Mat. Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharm

SUMMER 

PRESENTATION TITLE

June 27,
2012

Dr. Vladimir Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography- Russian Academy of Sciences, Mosc

Parity Nonconservation and Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in the Crystal Without Symmetry Center

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN /NCESR /EPSCoR-Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert

June13,
2012

Dr. Ulrich Simon, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Gold Nanoparticles:  Assembly, Photothermal Actuation, and Cellular Response

4:00 - 5:00 pm, Mon.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN-Host: Dr. Alex Sinitsk

June 4,
2012

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

 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Mon.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall NCMN / Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme

SPRING

PRESENTATION TITLE

May 23,
2012

 Dr. Vladimir Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow Domains and Switching in Ferroelectrics 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.  136 T. Jorgensen Hall NCMN / Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme

May 16,
2012

 Dr. Kenji Kitamura, National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan Applications of Domain Engineered Templates Using Pyroelectric and Photogalvanic Effects 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN / Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman

Apr. 25,
2012

 Dr. Vitaly Konov, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow Laser in synthesis, micro and nanoprocessing of diamond materials
Refreshments at 3:45 pm		 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu

Apr. 20,
2012

 Dr. Yongli Gao, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
Rochester, New York		 Metal-Oxides Hole Injection Layer in Organic
Semiconductor Devices		 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
110 T. Jorgensen Hal		 MME / NCMN-Host: Dr. Jinsong Huang

Apr. 18,
2012

 Dr. J. Ping Liu, Dept. of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington Towards high strength nanocaomposite magnets – Approached from the bottom 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Wed.
110 T. Jorgensen Hal		 NCMN-Host: Dr. David J. Sellmyer

Apr. 11,
2012

 Dr. Sujoy Roy Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, California Probing spatiotemporal correlations of interfaces with magnetic speckles 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/Physics & Astronomy -Host: Dr. Axel Enders

Apr. 4,
2012

 Dr. Henry I. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nanofabrication Challenges for the Next Decade 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall		 EE / NCMN -Host: Dr. Prof. Yongfeng Lu

Mar. 16,
2012

 Dr. Francisco Zaera, Univ. of California - Riverside Self-Assembly Synthessis of Hererogeneous Catalysts with Novel Nanoarchitectures and Improved Selectivities 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.
112 Hamilton Hall		 NCMN/Chemistry-Host: Dr. Barry Cheung

Mar. 7,
2012

 Dr. Branden Kappes, Colorado School of Mines Graphene at the Interface
Refreshments at 3:45 pm		 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed.
136 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Jeff Shield

Mar. 2,
2012

 Professor Oleg Prezhdo, Univ. of Rochester, Minnesota

Quantum Dots- Artificial Atoms, Molecules, or Small Pieces of Bulk: Insights from Time-Domain Ab Initio Calculations
Refreshments at 3:15 pm

3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.
112 Hamilton Hall

 NCMN/Chemistry-Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng

Feb. 21
2012

 Dr. Maxime Darnon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France Plasma Etching in Microelectronics 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Tues.
110 T. Jorgensen Hall		 MME / NCMN-Host: Dr. Jung Yul Lim
FALL 2011
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Dec. 7,
2011
 Dr. Roger Proksch, Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, CA Multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy Refreshments Served at 3:15 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN-Host: Dr. Alexei Gruverman
Dec. 2,
2011
 Vijay Raj Singh, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Tokyo X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of oxide-based magnetic materials 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Fri.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/Physics-Host: Dr. Xia Hong
Nov. 30,
2011
 Dr. Eva Zurek - SUNY-Buffalo, NY Novel Hydrogen Rich Phases under Pressure 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Nov. 16,
2011
 Dr. Alexander Sinitskii, Dept. of Chemistry - Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln Synthesis and Properties of Graphene
Nanostructures Refreshments Served		 3:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 Physics & Astronomy- Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Nov. 10,
2011
 Dr. Dmitri Petrovykh - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal Controlling the Structure and Hybridization of DNA on Surfaces 10:00 am - 12 Noon
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN & Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials-Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Nov. 9,
2011
 Dr. Xia Hong - Dept of Physics and Astronomy - UNL Large Magnetoresistance and Anomalous Phase Breaking in Dilute Fluorinated Graphene 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. David Sellmyer
Nov. 4,
2011
 Dr. Costas Grigoropolous - Univ. of California - Berkeley Laser Based Nanomanufacturing of Electronics
and Energy Systems		 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Fri.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/Engineering-Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Oct. 27,
2011
 Dr. Herbert Wormeester - MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology Univ. of Twente. The Netherlands Ellipsometric study of carbon contamination
and cleaning of EUV mirrors		 3:30 pm, Thur.
N129 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN/ Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials-Host: Dr. M. Schubert
Oct. 14,
2011
 Dr. Bruce Kay - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory “Beakers Without Walls: Using Nanoscale Amorphous Solid Films to Create and
Study Deeply Supercooled Liquids”		 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri.
112 Hamilton Hall		 NCMN/Chemistry-Host: Dr. Xiao Zeng
Oct. 5,
2011
 Dr. Valery Bliznyuk - Western Michigan Univ. Nanostructured polymer materials for molecular
electronics, sensors, and organic photovoltaics		 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Christian Binek
Sept. 29,
2011
 Dr. Paul S. Bagus - Center for Advanced Scientific Computing & Modeling (CASCaM) Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of N. Texas-Denton New Developments for the Analysis of XPS Refreshments: 3:30 pm, 1st Floor Vending Area 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thur.
110 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/Physics-Host: Dr. Peter Dowben
Sept. 7,
2011
 Dr. Tim Usher - California State Univ., San Bernardino A New Organic Ferroelectric 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/MRSEC-Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme
Aug 31,
2011
 Dr. Hirofumi Oka -Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle, Germany New insights into nanomagnetism by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Aug 10,
2011
 Dr. Sergey Barabash - Asst. Research Engineer, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, U. of CA-L.A. Atomic structure vs. record-breaking perfor-mance: from magnetic to thermoelectric alloys 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/ Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Kirill Belashchenko
Aug 5,
2011
 Dr. Dan Liu - Materials Research and Education Center, Dept. of Mech. Engr. Auburn University, Auburn, AL Investigation Into The Effect Of Substrate On Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films for MEMS Application 1:30-2:30 pm, Fri.
149 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN/ Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Xia Hong
SPRING 2011
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
May 20,
2011
 Dr. Ivan Naumov - Hewlett-Packard Information and Quantum Systems Laboratory - Palo Alto, California Vortices in Ferroelectric Nanostructures 1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 MRSEC/NCMN-Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
May 13,
2011
 Dr. Ram S. Katiyar-University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus

Investigations on nanostructured magnetoelectric multiferroics

 1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 MRSEC/NCMN-Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal
May 6,
2011
 Dr. Andrii Golovin-Liquid Crystal Institute- Kent State University, Ohio Electro-Optic Effects in Colloidal Dispersion of Metal Nano-Rods 1:30-2:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN & Electrical Engineering-Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Apr 29
2011
 Dr. Charles Sykes, Tufts University

Turning a Single Molecule into an Electric MotorRefreshments served

 1:30-2:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN-Host: Dr. Axel Enders
Apr 22
2011
 Dr. Ho-Kwang Mao, Carnegie Institution of Washington High Pressure – A New Dimension in Physical Sciences Reception -548 Hamilton Hall 3:00 Fri. 3:30 pm
112 Hamilton Hall		 NCMN /Chemistry Host:
Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Apr 8
2011
 Dr. You Qiang, Department of Physics and Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho Novel magnetic separation nanotechnology for nuclear fuel recycling 1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN/Physics-Host:
Dr. David Sellmyer
Apr 1
2011
 Dr. Anbo Wang, Virginia Tech Optical Sensors for Energy Systems Refreshments served 1:30-2:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr		 NCMN-Host: Dr.Yongfeng Lu
Mar 28
2011
 Dr. Kurt Gaskill ,  Advanced SiC Epitaxial - U.S. Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC Controlling Epitaxial Graphene Growth (Graphene Colloquium) Refreshments served

1:00-4:00 pm, Mon.
City Campus Union - Auditorium

 NCMN/Center for Nanohybrid Functional Materials-Host: Dr. Mathias Schubert
Mar 25
2011
 Dr. Hou-Tong Chen, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Metamaterials – New Opportunity in Manipulating Terahertz Radiation Refreshments provided

 1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr Cntr		 NCMN/Office of Research and Economic Development - Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Mar 7
2011
 Dr. Qingfeng Ge, Southern Illinois University Effect of Doped Transition Metals on Hydrogen Interaction in Complex Hydrides

3:15-4:15pm, Mon.
548 Hamilton Hall

NCMN/Chemistry-Host:
Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Mar 7
2011
 Dr. Lichang Wang, Southern Illinois University Top-Down Approach to Fabricate Organic Dyes for Solar Cells

4:20-5:20 pm, Mon.
548 Hamilton Hall

 NCMN/Chemistry-Host:
Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng
Mar 4
2011
 Dr. Clark Cooper, Director - Materials and Surface Engineering Program, National Science Foundation Materials Research at NSF: Materials Research at NSF: An Overview of the Materials and Surface Engineering Program 1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr Cntr		 NCMN-Host:
Dr. Yongfeng Lu
Feb 8
2011
 Dr. Li-Han Chen, Dept. of Mech. and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA Massively Parallel Probe Lithography Toward Ultra-High-Density Nanofabrication 1:30 pm, Wed.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN
Feb 4
2011
 Dr. Vanya Darakchieva, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, Lisbon, Portugal

Novel InN-based materials for sustainable energy Refreshments provided

1:30 pm, Fri.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr

 NCMN
Jan 28
2011
 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" Refreshments provided

 1:30 pm, Fri.
151 T. Jorgensen Hall		 NCMN
FALL 2010
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Nov 22
2010
 Dr. Yikun Fang, Senior Engineer, China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group, Beijing China Recent Developments on High Performance Permanent Magnets

1:30 pm
136 T. Jorgenson Hall

 NCMN
Physics & Astronomy
Nov 19
2010
 Dr. Andrew Pratt, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan York Institute for Materials Research (YIMR), University of York, U.K. Probing surface magnetism with a spin-polarized metastable helium beam 1:30 pm
136 T. Jorgenson Hall		 NCMN
Physics & Astronomy
Nov 12
2010

Dr. Tommaso Baldacchini, Sr. Scientist Technology & Applications Center Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA

Characterization of Two-Photon Polymerization Using CARS Microscopy
Refreshments @ 2:30-149 T.Jorgensen Hall

1:30 pm
136 T. Jorgenson Hall

NCMN & Electrical Engineering
Oct 29
2010
 Dr. Wei Chen, Nano-Bio Physics, Department of Physics
University of Texas-Arlington		 Nanoparticle Based Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Treatment

2:30 pm
129 Scott Engr Cntr

 NCMN & Mechanical Engineering
Oct 21
2010
 Dr. Wei Ku, Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Dept. Brookhaven National Lab, NY

Ferro-Orbital Order and Rich Magnetic Structures of Iron-Based Superconductors
Refreshments @ 3:30-145 T.Jorgensen Hall

4:00 pm
136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN
Physics & Astronomy
Oct 15
2010
 Dr. Anming Hu, Depart. of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Waterloo, Canada Applications of Femtosecond Laser-induced Nanowelding and Thermal Nano-Sintering for SERS, Sensing, and Flexible Electronics Pkg.

2:00 pm
237 Scott Engr Cntr

 NCMN & Electrical Engineering
Oct 6
2010

Dr. Andrew M. Minor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Univ. of CA-Berkley

Quantitative Nanomechanical Testing in a TEM

3:30 pm
105 Othmer

 NCMN & Engineering Mechanics
Sept 28
2010
 Dr. David (Qiang) Wang, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CO State Univ.

Studying Polymers with Fields

3:30 pm
W183 Nebraska Hall

NCMN/ Engineering Mechanics
Sept 21 2010

Dr. Andrew Baruth, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Univ. of Minn-Minneapolis

Application of Block Copolymer Patterning to Magnetic Materials
Refreshments following

1:00 pm
251 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN
Sept 10 2010

Dr. Stephen L. Creager - BiographyDepartment of Chemistry Chair, Clemson University

New Electrolytes for Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells
Refreshments @ 3:15 in lobby

3:30 pm
Hamilton Hall

NCMN & Chemistry
Sept 01 2010

Dr. Frederick E. Pinkerton,Chemical Sciences & Materials Systems Lab, General Motors Research & Dev Cnt

New Compounds, New Chemistries, and Nanoconfinement: Advances in Complex Hydrides for Storing Hydrogen
Refreshments @ 3:30-145 T.Jorgensen Hall

3:30 pm
136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN
Aug 31 2010

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

2:00 pm
237 Scott Engr Cntr

NCMN & Electrical Engineering
SUMMER 2010
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Aug 6
2010
 Dr. Dongming Guo, Executive Vice President & Professor of Mechanical Engineering RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE & COOPERATION PROGRAM AT DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (DUT

1:30 pm
237 Scott Engr. Ctr

NCMN & Electrical Engineering
July16
2010
 Dr. Shampa Aich, Dept. of Metallur- gical and Materials Engineering - IIT, Kharagpur, India Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Rapidly Solidified Heusler Type Ferromagnetic Shap Memory Alloys

136 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN
June 23
2010

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

4:00 pm
151 T. Jorgensen Hall

NCMN,
UNO Physics Dept.
SPRING 2010
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Apr 22
2010

Dr. Derek. A. Stewart -Cornell Nanoscale Facility, Cornell Univ.

 "Predicting Thermal Transport in Nanostructure and Materials from First Principles"

2:00 pm
202 Brace

 NCMN
Apr 20
2010

Dr. Richard B. Lehoucq, Sandia National Laboratories

"Statistical mechanics and peridynamic boundary value problems"

3:30 pm
105 Othmer Hall

NCMN

Engineering Mechanics
Apr 9
2010

Dr. Jeffry Kelber, University of North Texas

Substrate-Mediated Assembly of Graphene on b-BN(0001): A New Approach Toward Graphene/Dielectric Heterojunctions

1:30 p.m.
201 Brace Lab

NCMN
Mar 26
2010

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

2:30 p.m.
201 Brace Lab

 NCMN
Mar 10
2010

Dr. Franky So, Materials Science & Engineering - University of Florida-Gainsville

Interface Effect and Bulk Carrier Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Cells

1:30 p.m.
237 Scott Engr Ctr

NCMN
Mar 3
2010

Dr. Craig Arnold, Mech. & Aerospace Engr. - Princeton University

 Optical Trap Assisted Nanopatterning: Laser Direct Writing at the Sub-Micron Scale

10:30 am
237 Scott Engr. Ctr

 NCMN
Jan 15
2010

Dr. Alberto Pique, Materials Science and Technology Division - Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C.

Non-Lithographic Processing of Conformal Electronics

11:00 a.m.
237 Scott Engr Ctr

NCMN
Jan 13
2010

Dr. R. Alan May

University of Texas-Austin

 Development of Hybrid Analytical Techniques for the Characterization of Nanoporous Electrodes

12:30 p.m.
W129 Nebraska Hall

 NCMN  
FALL2009
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Dec 10
2009

Dr. Damien Le Roy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Exchange Anisotropy in NixCu1-x and Co Nanoclusters Deposited on CoO (111) Layers

4:00 p.m.
201 Brace Lab

NCMN
MRSEC
Dec 4
2009

Dr. Ya-Hong Xie, University of CA-Los Angeles

Graphene: Promises and Challenges

1:30 p.m.,
237 Scott Engr Ctr

NCMN
Nov 20
2009

Dr. Manos Mavrikakis, University of WI-Madison

 Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis

3:30 p.m.
112 Hamilton Hall

NCMN
Chemistry
Nov 19
2009

Dr. Kim Gray, Northwestern University

 Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials for Solar Energy Production

4:00 p.m.
211 Brace

NCMN
Physics & Astronomy
Nov 17
2009

Dr. Hans Arwin, Linkoping University-Sweden

 In-situ Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization of Biological Materials - Mini-Symposium

3:30-5:10 p.m.
237 N. Scott Engr. Ctr

NCMN , Electrical Engr.
MRSEC
Oct 23
2009

Dr. Steven L. Tait, Indiana University

 Self-organized Molecular Architectures at Surfaces: Structure, Interactions, and Function

1:30 p.m.
201 Brace Lab

 NCMN
Oct 6
2009

Dr. Michael Parks, Sandia National Labs

 Towards Multiscale Materials Modeling with Peridynamics

3:30 p.m.
NH W183

NCMN, Engineering Mechanics
SUMMER 2009
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
July 9
2009

Dr. Vijay D'Costa, Arizona State University

 "Group-IV Semiconductors Incorporating Sn"

10:00 a.m.
237 Scott Engr. Ctr

NCMN
MRSEC
June 24
2009

Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin, National Taiwan University

 "Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy driven by ferromagnetic / antiferromagnetic exchange coupling"

1:30 p.m.
Brace Lab 201

NCMN
MRSEC
June 19
2009

Prof. Isabel Delgadillo-Holtfort, Universidad de Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico

 Photothermal and dielectric studies of acupoints 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab

NCMN
May 22
2009
 Dr. Eugene Furman,
Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University		 Models of Dielectric Breakdown in Capacitors 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab		 NCMN,
MRSEC
May 4
2009
 Dr. Lucia Fernandez-Ballester From Molecules to Materials: Flow-induced Crystallization of Polypropylene 3:30 p.m.,
205 Othmer Hall		 NCMN
Chemical & Biomolecular Engeering
May 1
2009
 Dr. Zoya Leonenko
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada		 Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscale Biophysics Research 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab		 NCMN
MRSEC
SPRING 2009
Speaker / Affiliation
PRESENTATION TITLE
Location & Time
ORGANIZER
Mar 6
2009
 Dr. Shadi Othman,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln		 Imaging Mechanics 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab		 NCMN
MRSEC
Feb 16
2009
 Dr. Ratnakar Palai,
University of Puerto Rico		 Dynamics of Phase Transition and Phonon-Magnon Coupling in Multiferroic BiFeO3 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab		 NCMN
MRSEC
 Feb 13
2009
 Dr. Karl Johnson,
Univeristy of Pittsburgh		 Atomistic Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Complex Metal Hydrides 3:15 p.m.,
112 HaH		 NCMN
Chemistry
Feb 2
2009
 Dr. Jing Ma,
Nanjing University		 Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations 1:00 p.m.,
548 HaH		 NCMN
Chemistry
Jan 23
2009
 Dr. Markus Geuss,
Max-Planck Inst. of Microst. Phys.		 Where are the Domains in P(VDF-TRFE)? New Insights into the Internal Structure of Polymer Lamellae on the Nanoscale

1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab

 NCMN
MRSEC
Jan 22
2009
 Dr. Michael Lorenz,
University. of Leipzig, Germany		 Pulsed Laser Deposition of ZnO-Based Thin Films and Nano-structures: From Single Layers to Optical Nanocavities 3:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab		 NCMN
MRSEC
Jan 7
2009

Dr. Lucie Routaboul,
University Louis Pasteur, France

 From Catalysis to Functionalization of Metal Surfaces by Zwitterionic Molecules

2:00 p.m.,
548 HaH

 NCMN
Chemistry