Autumn Quarter, 2005

Time/Place

Presenter

Title

Abstract

29 September 200510:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Konrad Lehnert,
JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
The microwave atomic point contact: A fast and ultrasensitive detector of nanomechanical motion Abstract
13 October 200510:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Jay Kikkawa,
University of Pennsylvania
Magnetic and Optical Properties of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Abstract
27 October 200510:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Paul Crowell,
University of Minnesota
Electrical spin injection and accumulation in semiconductors Abstract
10 November 200510:30 am
4138 Physics Research Building
Ramamoorthy Ramesh,
University of California, Berkeley
Multifunctional Complex Oxide Heterostructures Abstract
1 December 200510:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
John F. DiTusa,
Louisiana State University
Fe1-xCoxSi: A Silicon-Based, Fully Spin-Polarized, Magnetic Semiconductor Abstract


Winter Quarter, 2006

Time/Place

Presenter

Title

Abstract

12 January 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Chang-Beom Eom,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Making Multifunctional Oxide Heterostructures Atom by Atom Abstract
26 January 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Leonard C. Feldman,
Vanderbilt University
Vibrational Dynamics and Bond Breaking of H-Silicon Abstract
9 February 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Nitin Samarth,
Pennsylvania State University
Spin Control in Semiconductors: Variations on a Theme Abstract
13 February 20064:00 pm
1080 Physics Research Building
Dan Shahar,
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Bad Superconductors Abstract
23 February 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Zhong Lin Wang,
Georgia Institute of Technology
One-dimensional Semiconducting and Piezoelectric Oxide Nanostructures - Synthesis, growth mechanisms and potential applications Abstract
9 March 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Berry T. Jonker,
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Semiconductor Spintronics: electrical spin injection from ferromagnetic metals Abstract


Spring Quarter, 2006

Time/Place

Presenter

Title

Abstract

6 April 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Christopher J. Palmstrom,
University of Minnesota
Ferromagnetic Metal/Compound Semiconductor Heterostructures: Growth, Interfacial Reactions and Spin Injection Abstract
20 April 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Jeremy Levy,
University of Pittsburgh
Quantum Computing with Electron Spins in Semiconductors Abstract
4 May 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Dan Ralph,
Cornell University
Nanomagnetics and Spin Dynamics Abstract
18 May 200611:30 am
4138 Physics Research Building
Darrell G. Schlom,
Pennsylvania State University
Enhancing Ferroelectrics using Strain Abstract
1 June 200611:30 am
1080 Physics Research Building
Mark Freeman,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Using an STM to connect silicon and magnetism: dynamics of an Ising chain studied at a semiconductor surface Abstract