January 27th
Dr. John Mitchell
Argonne National Laboratory
What in the World is M2D2?
*** A part of the "Future States" lecture series ***
February 10th
Prof. Kieron Burke
UC Davis
How Density Functional Theory Will Revolutionize Modern Materials Science
February 17th
Prof. Noel Elman
MIT
The Next Generation of Biomedical Microdevices
February 24th
Dr. James Rondinelli
Argonne National Laboratory
Designing Improper Ferroelectrics in Ultra-short Perovskite Superlattices
March 31st
Joel Moore
UC Berkeley
New Topologically Ordered Phases of Condensed Matter
April 18th
Dr. Dieter Wolf
Materials Science Division
From Radiation Damage to Radiation-induced Self-organization: A Paradigm for the Design of Novel Materialsfor Nuclear Energy?
April 21st
Dr. Alex Martinson
Materials Science Division
New Designs for Affordable Photovoltaics: Materials, Interfaces, and Economics
April 28th
Dr. Olle Heinonen
Materials Science Division
Spin torque and magnetization dynamics in magnetic tunnel junctions
May 5th
Prof. Bruce Parkinson
University of Wyoming
A Combinatorial and Distributed Approach to Discovery of Semiconducting Oxides for Solar Water Splitting
May 12th
Dr. Michael J. Pellin
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Atomic layer Deposition for Energy Materials
June 2nd
Prof. Elliot Bernstein
Colorado State University
Neutral Cluster Studies of Heterogeneous Catalytic Mechanisms
June 9th
Dr. Seungbum Hong
Materials Science Division
Visualization of Ferroelectric Domain Behavior Using Atomic Force Microscopy
June 16th
Dr. Nenad Markovic
Materials Science Division
Design and Synthesis of Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage
June 23rd
Dr. Bum Joon Kim
Materials Science Division
Topological and correlated electron physics in 5d transition-metal oxide iridates
June 30th
Dr. Jasper van Wezel
Materials Science Division
Chirality in Orbital Ordered Charge Density Waves
July 28th
Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath
University of California at Berkeley
Topological Phases in Correlated Solids with Strong Spin Orbit Interactions
August 4th
Dr. Sam Jiang
Materials Science Division
Examining "Organic Spintronics"
August 11th
Prof. Juan Carlos Campuzano
University of Illinois at Chicago
Materials Science Division
How angle resolved photoemission can help us understand high temperature superconductivity and other complex states of matter
August 18th
Prof. Gabriel Kotliar
Department of Physics and Astronomy - Rutgers University
Strongly Correlated Materials: the Dawn of the Theoretical Spectroscopy Era?
August 25th
Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz
Materials Science Division
Resonant spin excitations in Iron Arsenide superconductors
September 8th
Dr. Dillon Fong
Materials Science Division
In Situ Studies on the Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Ferroelectric Thin Films
September 15th - CANCELLED
Dr. Lynne Soderholm
Chemical Sciences & Engineering (CSE)
September 29th
Dr. Jeffrey Lynn
NIST
Magnetic Moments in Superconductors: From Assassin to Facilitator
October 6th
Prof. Patrik Schmuki
University of Erlangen Nuremberg
TiO2 nanotubes and other Self-organized Oxide Structures: Formation and Applications
October 13th - CANCELLED
Dr. Marius Stan
Nuclear Engineering (NE)
October 27th
Prof. Daniel Khomskii
University of Koeln
Spontaneous currents, dipoles and monopoles in frustrated Mott insulators
November 3rd
Dr. Elena Shevchenko
Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)
Multicomponent nanostructures: nanoparticles and their assemblies
November 10th
Dr. Jeff Greeley
Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)
Density Functional Predictions of Materials Properties for Catalysis and Energy Storage
November 17th
Dr. Larry Curtiss
Materials Science Division
Recent Developments in Li-O2 Chemistry for Li-Air Batteries
December 1st - CANCELLED
Dr. Tom Lemberger
Ohio State University
Science and Applications of Novel Superconducting Materials
December 8th
Prof. Eric Fullerton
University of California, San Diego
Spin-transfer phenomena in high-anisotropy magnetic nanostructures
December 15th
Prof. Jean-Luc Bredas
Georgia Tech
Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Semiconductors: The Case of Organic Solar Cells