DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

Aug. 27

none this week

none this week

Sep. 3

Bogdan Kuchta

(U. Marseille)

Adsorption in nano-pores with heterogeneous walls: computer modeling perspective

Carlos Wexler

Sep. 10

Michael Roth (UNI)

Explicit-hydrogen Molecular Dynamics simulations of tetracosane (C₂₄H₅₀) monolayers adsorbed on graphite

Carlos Wexler

Sep. 17

Maikel Rheinstadter (MU)

The Impact of Collective Molecular Dynamics on Physiological and Biological Functionalities of Artificial and Biological Membranes

Sep. 24

Ranjit Nanda (MU)

Novel Electronic and Magnetic Properties at Oxide-Oxide Interfaces

Sashi Satpathy

Oct. 1

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Oct. 8

John Shumway

(Arizona State)

Quantum transport with path integrals

Carsten Ullrich

Oct. 15

Monika Golebiowska

(MU)

Phase Transitions in Nitrogen

Adsorbed on Graphite

Carlos Wexler

Oct. 22

Volodymyr Turkowski, Univ. of Central Florida

Time-dependent density functional theory approach for excitations in bulk systems and nanostructures

Carsten Ullrich

Oct. 29

Xianlong Gao

Collective excitations of one-dimensional Fermi gases: a study from density-functional theory

Giovanni Vignale

Nov. 5

Loredana De Bartolo

(Natl. Res. Council & Univ. Calabria, Italy)

MEMBRANE SYSTEMS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Gabor Forgacs

Nov. 12

Hak Taub (MU)

Experiments on the Newly Functioning Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nov. 19

Mesfin Tsige

(Southern Illinois)

Structure and Dynamics of  Hydrogenated and Fluorinated Alkanes Near Solid Surfaces

Hak Taub

Nov. 26

Thanksgiving recess

Dec. 3

NO SEMINAR

--seminar cancelled--

Dec. 11 (joint Colloquium)

Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, University of Leoben, Austria

Strong effects through weak interactions: optical properties of Van-der-Waals bound systems

Suchi Guha

Winter Break

Jan. 21

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Jan. 28

Jhuma Das (MU)

Anomalous diffusion of lipid atoms and molecules in phospholipid bilayers

Ioan Kosztin

Feb. 4

No seminar

No seminar

Feb. 11

Leonardo Aritz

Electron-phonon interaction in metals and elastic effects in quantum well resonators

Carsten Ullrich

Feb. 18

Biao Wu (Chinese Academy of Science)

Superfluidity of a Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice

Aigen Li

Feb. 25

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Mar. 4

Tim Kidd (Univ. Northern Iowa)

Intercalated Dichalcogenides: A Case Study in Two Dimensional Disorder and Doping

Carlos Wexler

Mar. 11

Practice for APS March Meeting (please note extended time): 

• Raina Cepel (4:00-4:12): Quantum energy levels of hydrogen adsorbed on nanoporous carbons: an intrinsic probe for pore structure, and improving Monte Carlo simulations of adsorption.
• Jagat Lamsal (4:12-4:24): Magnetic Ordering in Ba2DyRuO2: Magnetization and Neutron Diffraction Studies.
• Jacob Burress (4:24-4:36): Analysis of Hydrogen Adsorption in Engineered Carbon Nanospaces.
• Jimmy Romanos (4:36-4:48): Magnetic Properties of High-Surface-Area Carbons and Their Effect on Adsorbed Hydrogen.
• Matt Beckner (4:48-5:00): Boron-Doped Carbon Nanospaces for High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage.
• Siao-Kwan Wang (5:00-5:12): Non-translational Molecular Diffusive Motion on Two Different Time Scales in Alkane Nanoparticles.
• Matt Beckner (5:12-5-24): Hierarchical Pore Structure of Engineered Carbon Nanospaces for Use in Hydrogen Storage.

Carlos Wexler

Mar. 18

Daqing Piao (Oklahoma State)

Optical Imaging of Prostate Cancer

Ping Yu

Mar. 25

Spring break

Apr. 1

L. W. Bruch (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

TBA

Hak Taub

Apr. 8

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Apr. 15

NO SEMINAR

NO SEMINAR

Apr. 22

Brett Olsen (Washington University)

The Role of Membrane Perturbation in Oxysterol Signalling

Raina Cepel

Apr. 29

Michael Tringides (Iowa State)

TBA

Paul Miceli

May. 6

Reserved

Biophysics Search

May. 13

Reserved

Biophysics Search

May. 20

Reserved

Biophysics Search