CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS SEMINARS

Aug. 31	Manuel Morillo ,   University of Sevilla, SPAIN     Strong Field Spectroscopy of Electron Transfer Processes
Sep. 7	No Seminar: Labor Day Holiday
Sep. 14	Terry Tritt ,   Clemson University     Investigation of New Materials for Thermoelectric Application
Sep. 21	Simon Billinge,   Michigan State University     Polarons in Oxides: Now You See Them, Now You Don't
Sep. 28	Melissa Hines ,   Cornell University     In Search of Perfection: Understanding the Evolution of Silicon Surface Morphology
Oct. 5	OPEN
Oct. 12	Harsh Mathur ,   Case Western Reserve University     Mosfets and Antiparticles
Oct. 19	Bernard Douden ,   University of Nebraska     Electrical Properties of Ultra-Small Ni/NiO/Co Junctions
Oct. 26	Leonid Pryadko ,   Princeton University     Dissipation and Quantum Phase Transition in Quantum Hall Systems
Oct. 29 (Thursday)	Constantin Tsallis ,   Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, BRAZIL     Non-extensive Thermal Statistics: Recent Experimental, Computational, and Theoretical Evidences
Nov. 2	Franz Himpsel   University of Wisconsin - Madison     Self-Assembly of Nanowires
Nov. 9	Nathan Israeloff ,   Northeastern University     Disco Honey? Probing Nanoscale Dynamics in Glass
Nov. 16	Greg McKenna   NIST     Constraint Effects on the Glass Transition
Nov. 23	Joe Lyding   University of Illinois     UHV-STM Nanofabrication: Transition to Technology
Nov. 30	OPEN
Dec. 7	L. Sander ,   University of Michigan     How Do Things Break? Branching Threshold in Brittle Fracture
Dec. 14	Sanat Kumar ,   Pennsylvania State University     Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Mixtures

Please note: Handicapper accommodations may be requested by calling the Physics & Astronomy Department at 353-8662 one week before the scheduled seminar to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests received after this date will be met when possible.