Research Groups

    Experiment

    Shirley Chiang Scanning Probe Microscopy studies of material surfaces

    Lawrence Coleman Far infrared spectroscopy, phase transitions in solids, and structure-property relationships

    Linton Corruccini Low temperature magnetism of dipolar and/or frustrated systems

    Charles Fadley Synchrotron based photoemission and x-ray absorption spectra of materials

    Kai Liu Magnetism and spin-transport in nanostructured materials

    Xiangdong Zhu Studies of materials, surfaces, and biomolecules using nonlinear light scattering and ellipsometry methods

    Rena Zieve Low temperature physics (quantum critical behavior, superfluid helium, vortices in superconductors), granular matter.

    Theory

    D. L. Cox Theoretical biological physics (protein aggregation, protein-membrane interactions, electronic and magnetic properties of biomolecules), strongly correlated electronic materials

    C. Y. Fong Electronic structure theory of novel materials and biomolecules

    Barry Klein Electronic structure theory of novel materials

    Warren Pickett Electronic structure of novel superconductors, magnets, and nanostructured materials

    David Pines Physics of strongly correlated electron materials, especially heavy electron and cuprate superconductors; complex adaptive matter; educating the public about emergent properties of matterc

    Sergey Savrasov Electronic structure of novel materials (including plutonium), dyamical mean field theory

    Richard Scalettar Simulations of interacting quantum solids and liquids, and of vortices in superconductors and magnetic hysteresis

    Rajiv Singh Theoretical biological physics (protein aggregation, biological membranes, regulation networks, electronic properties of biomolecules) and models for quantum magnetism

    Gergely Zimanyi Disordered, interacting classical and quantum systems; vortices in superconductors; magnetic hysteresis; optimization algorithms inspired by physical processes

Seminar

Click here to check for the latest condensed matter seminar information. Seminars are held on Thursdays during the regular school sessions. Special seminars will be announced in advance.

Last change: Oct. 21, 2003
by: cox@physics.ucdavis.edu