NCMN MEMBERS CELEBRATE RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS IN MATERIALS & NANOSCIENCE ! |
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at the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience |
SPRING 2012 |
Speaker /
Affiliation |
PRESENTATION TITLE |
Location & Time |
ORGANIZER |
May 23, 2012 |
Prof. Vladimir Fridkin, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow | Nanoscale Polarization dynamics in Ferroelectric films | 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed. 136 T. Jorgensen Hall |
NCMN / Physics & Astronomy-Host: Dr. Stephen Ducharme |
Apr. 25, 2012 |
Dr. Vitaly Konov, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow | TBA Refreshments at 3:45 pm |
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Wed. 136 T. Jorgensen Hall |
NCMN-Host: Dr. Yongfeng Lu |
Apr. 11, 2012 |
Dr. Sujoy Roy Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory, California | Probing interfacial magnetism using incoherent and coherent x-rays: New insights into nanomagnetism |
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 | TBA |
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 | TBA | 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 | TBA Refreshments at 3:45 pm |
3:30 - 4:30 pm, Fri. |
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 |
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
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Vortices in Ferroelectric Nanostructures | 1:30 pm, Fri. 237 Scott Engr. Ctr |
MRSEC/NCMN-Host: Dr. Evgeny Tsymbal |
May 13, 2011 |
Prof. 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 |
Prof. 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. |
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. |
NCMN/Chemistry-Host: |
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. |
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 |
Prof. 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. |
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 |
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 |
1:30 pm |
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 |
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 |
4:00 pm |
NCMN |
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 |
NCMN & Electrical Engineering |
Oct 6 2010 |
Dr. Andrew M. Minor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Univ. of CA-Berkley |
3:30 pm |
NCMN & Engineering Mechanics | |
Sept 28 2010 |
Dr. David (Qiang) Wang, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CO State Univ. | 3:30 pm |
NCMN/ Engineering Mechanics |
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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 |
1:00 pm |
NCMN |
Sept 10 2010 |
Dr. Stephen L. Creager - BiographyDepartment of Chemistry Chair, Clemson University |
New Electrolytes for Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells |
3:30 pm |
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 |
3:30 pm |
NCMN |
Aug 31 2010 |
Dr. Benxin Wu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) |
2:00 pm |
NCMN & Electrical Engineering |
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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 |
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 |
4:00 pm |
NCMN, | |
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 |
NCMN |
Apr 20 2010 |
Dr. Richard B. Lehoucq, Sandia National Laboratories |
"Statistical mechanics and peridynamic boundary value problems" |
3:30 pm |
NCMN Engineering Mechanics |
Apr 9 2010 |
Dr. Jeffry Kelber, University of North Texas |
1:30 p.m. |
NCMN |
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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. |
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. |
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 |
NCMN |
Jan 15 2010 |
Dr. Alberto Pique, Materials Science and Technology Division - Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. |
11:00 a.m. |
NCMN |
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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. |
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. |
NCMN |
Dec 4 2009 |
Dr. Ya-Hong Xie, University of CA-Los Angeles |
1:30 p.m., |
NCMN |
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Nov 20 2009 |
Dr. Manos Mavrikakis, University of WI-Madison |
Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis | 3:30 p.m. |
NCMN |
Nov 19 2009 |
Dr. Kim Gray, Northwestern University |
Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials for Solar Energy Production | 4:00 p.m. |
NCMN |
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. |
NCMN , Electrical Engr. |
Oct 23 2009 |
Dr. Steven L. Tait, Indiana University |
Self-organized Molecular Architectures at Surfaces: Structure, Interactions, and Function | 1:30 p.m. |
NCMN |
Oct 6 2009 |
Dr. Michael Parks, Sandia National Labs |
Towards Multiscale Materials Modeling with Peridynamics | 3:30 p.m. |
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. |
NCMN |
June 24 2009 |
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin, National Taiwan University |
"Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy driven by ferromagnetic / antiferromagnetic exchange coupling" | 1:30 p.m. |
NCMN |
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 |
Shadi Othman,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Imaging Mechanics | 1:30 p.m.,
201 Brace Lab |
NCMN MRSEC |
Feb 16 2009 |
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 |
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 |
Jing Ma,
Nanjing University |
Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations | 1:00 p.m.,
548 HaH |
NCMN
Chemistry |
Jan 23 2009 |
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.,
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NCMN
MRSEC |
Jan 22 2009 |
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 |
Lucie Routaboul,
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From Catalysis to Functionalization of Metal Surfaces by Zwitterionic Molecules | 2:00 p.m., |
NCMN Chemistry |
