Our faculty collaborate with unergrauate stuents, grauate stuents, postoctoral fellows, an visiting scholars from all over the worl. As part of training new generations of researchers, we provie a strong framework for interisciplinary initiatives an partnerships with government an inustry. Our community of researchers engage in experimental an theoretical research on Conense Matter Physics, a broa fiel of physics that eals with the macroscopic an microscopic physical properties of matter. It attempts to unerstan the properties of matter from funamental physical principles an is by far the largest fiel of contemporary physics. We invite you to fin out more about the activities of our epartment by exploring the links provie on this page. Experimental Conense Matter Physics
Experimental Research
Paola Barbara — superconuctivity, superconucting evices, transport properties of nanowires an nanoscale electronic evicesDaniel Blair — soft glasses, colloial an polymer physics, crumpling, biopolymer rheology, confocal microscopy of soft materials, granular ynamics an staticsJohn Currie — materials science of thin soli films, inustrial an applie physics, surface an interface chemical physics, semiconuctor electrical an electro-optical evices an technology, renewable energy generation an storage, polymer physics, electrochemistry, environment monitoring technologiesRhona Dzakpasu — spatio-temporal pattern formation in in vitro neural systems, extracellular multi-electroe array recorings, computational moeling of coherent activity in neural networks, evelopment of non-linear methos of ata analysisKai Liu — synthesis an experimental investigation of nanostructure materials, particularly in nanomagnetism an spintronics. Current research topics inclue topological spin textures such as magnetic skyrmions an chiral omain walls, high magnetic anisotropy materials, magneto-ionic control of metal/oxie interfaces, an low ensity metallic foamsMakaran Paranjape — micro-/nano-technologies for sensors, actuators, an structural systems, silicon/polymer an carbon nanotube evice fabrication, biomeical engineeringJeff Urbach — cellular biophysics, physics of soft matter, biomaterials, biomeical optics, granular ynamics, flui ynamics, nonlinear ynamicsEwar Van Keuren — optics, nanoparticle synthesis an characterization, application of nanoparticles for organic photovoltaic evices an biomeical imaging an therapyTheoretical Conense Matter PhysicsBiophysics Calculation of Structural an Electronic Properties of MaterialsComputational PhysicsPolymer PhysicsSoft MatterStatistical Physics of Complex MaterialsStatistical Physics of the Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Classical an Quantum SystemsStrongly Correlate SystemsSuperconuctivityTransport in Multilayere NanostructuresUltracol Gases in Optical LatticesTheoretical ResearchEmanuela Del Gao — statistical mechanics an computational physics; structure, cooperative ynamics an nonlinear mechanics of amorphous solis, gels an glasses; nanoscale structure an mechanics of cement gels; self-assembly of nanoparticles an fibrils at liqui interfaces; biomimetic coatings an mechanics of tissues.Davi Egolf — statistical physics of nonequilibrium ynamical systems, incluing fluis, granular meia, cariac an neural tissue, an biopolymer networks; effective theories of QCD.Jim Freericks — strongly correlate electrons (charge an thermal transport an nonequilibrium effects), transport in multilayere nanostructures, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, ultracol atoms in optical lattices (especially mixtures, ipolar molecules, an the Hubbar moel)Amy Liu — structural, electronic, an vibrational properties of materials, incluing novel superconuctors, thermoelectrics, charge-ensity-wave solis, clusters, low-imensional materials, an materials uner pressure.Peter Olmste – soft matter physics an biophysics: non-equilibrium physics, phase transitions, an (nano)mechanics; theory an computer simulations; shear baning an microfluiics, polymers, elastomers, surfactants, collois, liqui crystals; protein, motor, an lipi bilayer membrane ynamics an mechanics.
