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Jan17
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Selman Hershfield, U. Florida |
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A theoretical search for the optimum giant magnetoresistance |
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Feb 7
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Eduardo Mucciolo, PUC- Rio de Janeiro |
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Adiabatic spin coherent pumping in quantum dots |
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Feb 14
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David Apsnes, NC State U. |
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Simplified bond-hyperpolarizability model of second harmonic generation:
application to Si-dielectric interfaces |
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Feb 21
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Amit Ghosal, McMaster University |
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Interplay of disorder and superconductivity in 2D |
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Feb 28
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John Zavada, US Army Research Office |
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Rare Earth doping of III-V nitride semiconductors |
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March 14
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Gonzalo Usaj, Duke U. |
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The role of the spin in the Coulomb blockade in quantum dots |
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April 4
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Alexei Kaminski, U. Maryland |
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Electron energy relaxation in the presence of magnetic impurities |
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April 11
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J. Leo van Hemmen, TU Munich |
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Tunneling of quantum spins
: WKB and chaos |
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April 18
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Stefan Boettcher, Emory University |
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Optimization with extremal dynamics |
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April 25
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Yue Wu, UNC |
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Why is easily supercooled metallic liquid special? |
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| May 2 |
Weitao Yang, Duke U. |
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Quantum mechanical studies of protein dynamics and functions |
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May 3
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Xiliang Nie, NREL (Colorado) |
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Friday, 11:00am
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First-principles predictions of new materials properties |
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| May 9 |
San-Huang Ke, Duke U. |
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First-principle simulation of image formation in
non-contact atomic-force microscopy |
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| May 16 |
James Osborn, U. Utah & Duke U. |
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Disorder induced superconductor-insulator transition in a modified hubbard
model |
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| May 17 |
Alexander Finkelstein, Weizmann Inst. |
| Friday, 11:00am |
Metal-insulator transition in dilute 2D electron
gas |
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| May 28 |
Alex Rimberg, Rice University |
| Tuesday |
Superconducting single-electron transistor coupled to a two-dimensional
electron gas:
A model system for studies of the electromagnetic environment |
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| June 12 |
Ned Wingreen, NEC |
| Wed, 11:00am |
Designability of protein structures |
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| June 13 |
Jeng-Bang Yau, Princeton University |
11:00am
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Role of spin-orbit interaction and Berry's phase in Aharonov-Bohm oscillations |
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Aug 7
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Xiaodong Zhang
, Motorola Labs |
Wed, 4:00pm
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First-principles
study of electron transport through atomistic metal-oxide-semiconductor structures
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Condensed Matter Physics