Seminar in Solid State Physics 

fall semester 2012

Universität Zürich-Irchel, Physik-Institut
Wednesday, 11:15, room 36 J 33

Date
Title
Speaker
Contact
30.8.2012
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Room 36 J 33, 14:00
Two gaps, one symmetry, and half of a theory for the high-Tc superconductors
abstract

Mauro M. Doria, Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
H. Keller
12.9.2012 Peculiar Rashba spins on semiconductor surfaces
abstract
Kazuyuki Sakamoto, Department of Nanomaterials Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan F. Matsui
19.9.2012



26.9.2012


3.10.2012 Dimer switch for electron-scattering control at Ge(001) surface
abstract
Fumio Komori, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Tokio, Chiba, Japan
F. Matsui
10.10.2012 Experiments on band gap opening in graphene and toplogical insulator
abstract
Oliver Rader, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie,
Berlin, Germany
J. Osterwalder
17.10.2012


24.10.2012


31.10.2012 Blocking of magnetization in lanthanide single-molecule magnets: an ab initio insight Liviu Chibotaru, Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
T. Greber
7.11.2012 Low dimensional electron gases at surfaces: transport properties and collective excitations
abstract
Christoph Tegenkamp, Institut für Festkörperphysik,
Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Deutschland
J.-H. Dil
14.11.2012 Organics Forever - The Case of an Organic Kagomé Conductor
abstract
Dejan Djokic, Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter, EPFL, Lausanne H. Keller
21.11.2012 Optical control of electronic motion at solid interfaces
abstract
Agustin Schiffrin, Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada
J. Osterwalder
28.11.2012 Novel experimental concepts in the manipulation of matter at the nanoscale Madhavi Krishnan, Physikalisch-chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich H.-W. Fink
5.12.2012 FluidFM: combining Atomic Force Microscopy and microfluidics for operation in liquid environment Tomaso Zambelli, Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, ETH Zürich
T. Greber
12.12.2012 SPECIAL SEMINAR: Room 36 K 08, 11:15
tba*
Ben Kilminster, Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich U. Straumann
19.12.2012 High Magnetic Anisotropy for Atoms on Thin MgO Films on Ag(001)
Susanne Baumann, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose CA, USA T. Greber


* to be announced


Please send your suggestions of seminar talks to
Stephen Weyeneth 36J44
wstephen@physik.uzh.ch