Physics Colloquium

Starts: November 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Location: William Small Physical Laboratory, Rm 109

Summary

Petra Reinke, UVA- Title of talk: Surface guided growth in the synthesis of nanostructures.

Full Description

Abstract:  The design and realization of nanoscale devices, which are built from a multitude of building blocks, relies on our understanding and control of the construction of building blocks and their assembly. In my research I apply the techniques of surface science to the investigation of nanoscale systems. In small systems the surface itself plays a prominent role in defining the synthesis and functionality of single building blocks, and is critical to the formation of more complex structures. In many cases the surface can be used as a template to guide the formation of low-dimensional structures such as wires, islands and quantum dots.

Today's seminar will include several topics, which illustrate the breadth of the research in my group: (a)the formation of Mnnanostructures and Mn-doped low-dimensional systems with group IV semiconductors, (b)the design of molecular layers made of fullerenes and molecular building blocks for organic solar cells and related structures, and (c) the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide.

Coffee at 3:30 in Conference Room.

Everyone is invited