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Research
Theoretical Research
Investigation of plasma instabilities in lower dimensional solid state
systems. Professors Bakshi and
Kempa; program sponsored by the
U.S. Army Research.
Nanostructures and quantum dots for ultrafast computing. Professors
Bakshi, Broido, and Kempa.
Collective phenomena at surfaces of solids. Professor
Kempa.
Theory of the high temperature superconductivity; Fermi liquid theory.
Professor Bedell; program supported
by the Department of Energy.
Strongly correlated electron systems, including pairing correlations
in high-temperature superconductors, Fermi liquid vs. non-Fermi liquid
behavior in two-dimensional systems, and the theory of local Fermi liquids
and the metal-insulator transition. Computational physics. Professor
Engelbrecht.
Theory of correlated electron materials including high temperature superconductors and other complex oxides such as cobaltates and ruthenates. Itinerant and localized magnetism and heavy fermion systems. Quantum spin systems. Unconventional superconductivity. Emergent quantum electronic states and topologically ordered phases of matter. Fractional and integer quantum Hall systems and other mesoscopic systems including graphene. Professor Wang; program supported by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
Thermoelectric transport in novel semiconductor materials. Professor
Broido.
Effects of band structure on the electronic and optical properties of
lower-dimensional semiconductor systems. Professor
Broido.
Theory of strongly coupled Coulomb systems. Professor
Kalman; program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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BC Physics Chair, Prof. Michael Naughton appointed as the Evelyn J. & Robert A. Ferris Professor of Physics
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Two New Faculty to Join Physics Department in January 2010
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Summer of Science and Condensed Matter Physics
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Physics Alumnus Prof. H.I. Smith Is to Receive BC 2009 Award for Professional Excellence
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The Guiding of Light: Metamaterials Provide a New Roadmap to Steer Electromagnetic Waves
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Physics of Stretching Salt: Physics Prof. K. Kempa Comments on New Findings from SNL
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