CNM Colloquium Series

When: Alternate Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.

Where: Argonne National Laboratory, Colloquiums present in 2 formats, VIRTUAL via Zoom and HYBRID (in-person (Building 440, Room A105/106) and Zoom. See Agenda for information.

Colloquium Committee Members: Xiao-Min Lin (Chair), Pierre Darancet, Ralu Divan, Xuedan Ma, Elena Rozhkova, Jianguo Wen

2008 Schedule

Date	Title
Jan 23, 2008	Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Quantum Dots: From Biological Imaging to Solid-State Lighting, Sandra Rosenthal, Vanderbilt University, Host: Stefan Vajda.
Feb 06, 2008	Mach-Zehnder Interferometry and Microwave- Induced Cooling in Persistent Current Qubits, Will Oliver, MIT Lincoln Labs, Host: MP.
Feb 20, 2008	Novel Carbon Cluster Materials and their Reactivity towards Hydrogen, Manfred Kappes, Universitaet Karslruhe, Host: Stefan Vajda.
Mar 05, 2008	Tools for the Synthesis and Characterization of NanoBio Interfaces, Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago, Host: SD.
Mar 19, 2008	Nanoscale Spectroscopy with Optical Antennas, Lukas Novotny, Rochester, Host: Gary Wiederrecht.
Apr 02, 2008	Towards a single quantum dot microdisk laser, Glenn Solomon, NIST Gaithersburg, Host: MP.
Apr 16, 2008	Ag nanocrystal plasmons: Single-molecule raman scattering and photovoltage, Louis Brus, Columbia University, Host: Peter Redmond.
Apr 30, 2008	Nanoscale assembly using conditions far from equilibrium, Heinrich Jaeger, University of Chicago, Host: SD.
May 14, 2008	Probing molecular-level organizational structure and electronic properties of weakly surface bound metallic nanoparticles, chiral domains, and single biomolecules, Thomas Pearl, North Carolina State University, Host: SD.
May 28, 2008	The spin on electronics!, Stuart Parkin, IBM, Host: Matthias Bode.
Jun 11, 2008	Semiconductor spintronics (Just the facts), Nitin Samarth, Penn State, Host: Anand Bhattacharya.
Jun 25, 2008	Advancing the function of 3D Photonic Crystals through Materials Chemistry, Paul Braun, U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Host: Yugang Sun.
Jul 09, 2008	Three Short Stories About Gold Nanorods, Cathy Murphy , University of South Carolina, Host: Xiao-Min Lin.
Jul 23, 2008	Magnetic nanostructures fabricated using block copolymer lithography, Caroline Ross, MIT, Host: SD.
Aug 06, 2008	Power Dissipation in Nanoscale CMOS and Carbon Nanotubes, Eric Pop, U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Host: Jana Zaumseil.
Aug 20, 2008	Modulating of the Power Factor with the Morphology of in situ Grown Nanostructured Thermoelectric Films, Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, Host: MP.
Sep 03, 2008	Preparation and reactivity of regular arrays of metal clusters supported on alumina films, Claude Henry, Universite Marseille & CiNaM, Host: Stefan Vajda.
Sep 17, 2008	Photophysics of nanostructured molecular crystals: from nanorod bending to exciton fission, Christopher Bardeen, University of California Riverside, Host: Gary Wiederrecht.
Oct 01, 2008	Pure spin currents, Axel Hoffmann, Argonne National Laboratory, Host: SD.
Oct 09, 2008	Organizing atoms, clusters and proteins on surfaces, Richard Palmer, Birmingham University, Host: Stefan Vajda.
Oct 15, 2008	A DIM view of science, Paul Russo, Louisiana State University, Host: SD/Nathan Ramanathan.
Oct 22, 2008	Formation, melting and freezing of Bi nanoparticles embedded in a sodium borate glass, Aldo Craievich, University of Sao Paulo, Host: Brian Stephenson.
Oct 29, 2008	Mycobacterial Mimics, Microparticle Manipulation, and More, Raghuveer Parthasarathy, University of Oregon, Host: Xiao-Min Lin.
Nov 12, 2008	Diamonds are forever: Solid-state quantum optics with electron-nuclear spin, Gurudev Dutt, University of Pittsburgh, Host: Jeff Guest.
Nov 26, 2008	Plasmonic Forces for Nano-Particle Manipulation and Assembly, Norbert Scherer, University of Chicago, Host: MP.
Dec 10, 2008	Screw Dislocation Driven Nanowire Growth: Nanowire Trees, Helice, and Beyond, Song Jin, UW-Madison, Host: MB.