A number of Physics & Astronomy faculty and students took part last week at the UNL Materials for Energy Systems Symposium. Two professors gave 30-minute presentations on their research. Professor Steve Ducharme spoke on the topic of "Organic Ferroelectrics for Energy Applications." The topic of Associate Professor Axel Enders’ talk was "How Can Surface Science Help Accelerate Materials Research for Energy Applications."
Physics & Astronomy also had a strong presence during the two poster sessions held during the Symposium. Posters include:
- Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of Physics, "Electronic Structure and Rational Design of Novel Neutron Voltaics and Photovoltaics"
- Balamurugan Balasubramanian, Senior Research Associate, "Novel Nanostructured Rare-Earth-Free High-Energy Magnetic Materials"
- Will Echtenkamp, Graduate Research Assistant, "Ultra-Low Power Non-Volatile Memory Utilizing Voltage-Controlled Exchange Bias in a Cr2O3 Based Thin Film Heterostructure"
- Mike Street, Graduate Research Assistant, "Increased Operational Temperature of Ultra-Low Power Spintronic Devices"
- Xia Hong, Assistant Professor, "Tailoring Charge and Lattice at the Nanoscale and Low Dimensions for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics"
- Shireen Adenwalla, Associate Professor, "Electric Field Control of Magnetism"
- Junlei Wang, Graduate Research Assistant, "Voltage-Controlled Boundary Magnetization and Order Parameter Switching in Magnetoelectric Cr2O3"
- Prakash Giri, Graduate Research Assistant, "Voltage-Controlled Magnetocaloric Effect for Near Room Temperature Refrigeration"
- Tula Paudel, Postdoc Research Associate, "Hexagonal Rare-Earth Manganites as Promising Photovoltaics and Light Polarizers"
Both talks are available for viewing on the UNL YouTube Channel.
The Materials for Energy Systems Symposium featured a full day of presentations and poster sessions on research topics from UNL materials scientists. The goal of the Symposium is to "foster collaborations among UNL materials scientists that could lead to future research funding," said the Office of Research & Economic Development.
For a full agenda of the Symposium and more photos, visit the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research home page.
