Department of Physics

COLLOQUIUM

Schedule for Spring 2004

Regular time and place (unless otherwise stated): 
Thursdays at 2:15pm in Ayer 19

January 22
 Abstract
Ruslan A. Sharipov Department of Mathematics, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russia
Tensor Theory and Plastic Deformations on Nanoscale  
February 5
 Abstract
Robert W. Cohn, ElectroOptics Research Institute & Nanotechnology Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
AFM-Directed Assembly of Three-Dimensional Polymer Fiber Networks and Microdevices  
February 12
 Abstract
Horacio Castillo, Department of Physics, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Heterogeneous aging in glassy dynamics  
February 19
2:15 pm

  Abstract
Goodyear Auditorium, Polymer Science Center
Greg Davis, Materials and Structures Technology Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Journeying to Mars: It's just physics!  
April 8
 Abstract
Leonardo E. Silbert, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Characterising Jamming in Amorphous Systems  
Tuesday April 13
 Abstract
Yu Zhi, Department of Physics, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Ferroelectric Single Crystals: Structure and Properties  
April 15
 Abstract
Vladimir N. Novikov, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Fast relaxation in glassformers  
Tuesday April 20
 Abstract
Sasa Dordevic, Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
High-Tc superconductivity: an infrared view  
April 22
 Abstract
Michael Jin, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Chalcopyrite Thin-Film Solar Cells (CuInS2 Solar Cell Research at NASA GRC)  
Tuesday April 27
 Abstract
Mohammad F. Islam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carbon Nanotubes in Gels: Liquid Crystalline Phases, Optical and Magnetic Anisotropies  

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