TITLE: Liquid Crystals as Cores and Claddings ABSTRACT: Liquid crystals (LCs) refer to structured mesophases that retain the ability to flow while exhibiting broken symmetries. One simple LC is the […]
TITLE: Quantum geometry: how to picture bound electrons in periodic lattices ABSTRACT: The concept of quantum geometry has been at the forefront of condensed matter physics, starting from how quantized […]
Condensed Matter & Biological Physics Seminar: Salem Al Mosleh (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) Host: Brian Camley
TITLE: Memory and Plasticity in Amorphous Solids ABSTRACT: While we are all familiar with retaining information in a computer or our minds, memory is an essential quality of many more […]
Scanning time-resolved optical studies on Kagome superconductors The kagome lattice provides a fascinating playground to study geometrical frustration, topology and strong correlations. The newly discovered kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, […]
TITLE: The search for a Kitaev spin liquid: predicting experiments and engineering its realization Host: Bob Leheny
TITLE: Optics with a Twist for Material Characterization ABSTRACT: Optical wavefront shaping (WFS) involves the ability to manipulate light fields both spatially and temporally. It has largely been enabled by […]
Condensed matter and biological physics seminar: Calina Copos (Northeastern University) Host: Brian Camley
TITLE: Spin: stem-cell for emergence in quantum materials. ABSTRACT: 2025 is the centenary of quantum mechanics making this a good time to reflect on the past as a springboard for the […]
Host: Jazzmin Victorin Title: “Emergent metallicity and superconductivity at oxide heterointerfaces” Abstract: Perovskite-structured complex oxides exhibit a diverse array of physical properties, including magnetism, superconductivity, ferroelectricity, and metal-insulator transitions. The […]
Title: Polymer models for the prediction of 3D structure and transcription in human chromatin, Talk abstract: Transcription is a fundamental cellular process, and the first step of gene expression. In […]
Haim Beidenkopf (Weizmann Institute) condensed matter and biological physics seminar. Host: Peter Armitage