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9/13/2006
Prof. Serdar Ogut
University of Illinois at Chicago
ogut@uic.edu
Physics Department
Optical Properties of Silicon Clusters and Quantum Dots: Is "Nano" Really that Different from the Bulk?
9/20/2006
Dr. Klaus Schwarz
IBM Research
kws@us.ibm.com
Dislocation Modeling for the Silicon World
Host:
Prof. Inder P Batra
9/27/2006
Prof. Young-Kee Kim
University of Chicago
Physics Department
E=mc
2
Opening Windows on the World
Host:
Prof. Nikos Varelas
10/4/2006
Dr. Lixin Fan
Argonne National Lab
lfan@aps.anl.gov
Advanced Photon Source
Fluctuation X-ray microscopy: a novel approach for examining medium-range order in non-crystalline systems
Host:
Prof. Inder P Batra
10/25/2006
Dr. Barbara Jones
IBM Almaden Reserach Center
bajones@almaden.ibm.com
Surprises in the behavior of atomic-sized magnets on surfaces
Host:
Prof. Inder P. Batra
11/1/2006
Professor Stephen Hsu
University of Oregon
hsu@duende.uoregon.edu
Department of Physics
Dark Energy and the Future of the Universe
Host:
Prof. Tom Imbo
11/8/2006
Professor Igal Szleifer
Purdue University
igal@purdue.edu
Department of Chemistry
Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein adsorption/desorption from surfaces with grafted polymers
Host:
Prof. Mark Schlossman
11/15/2006
Dr. James R. Chelikowsky
University of Texas at Austin
jrc@ices.utexas.edu
Departments of Physics and Chemical Engineering
Magnetism and Optical Properties at Small Length Scales: The Role of Quantum Confinement in the Nanoworld
Host:
Prof. Tom Imbo
12/6/2006
Dr. Valerii Vinokur
Argonne National Laboratory
vinokur@anl.gov
Hopping transport in granular metals and superconductors
Host:
Prof. Dirk Morr