Events Archive

Special Seminar - From Quantum Circuits to Gravity inside the Black Hole - Ying Zhao, UCSB
Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 4:00 pm5:00 pm

Abstract:  Black holes have not just become laboratories for astronomers, but also present some of the deepest unsolved problems in theoretical physics. During the past decade scientists learned that concepts from quantum information play a key role in understanding fundamental problems in gravity. In this talk I will explain some recent…

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Special Seminar - Towards a physics of learning and decision-making - Gautam Reddy - Harvard University
Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 2:00 pm3:00 pm

Abstract: Living systems sense their physical environment and process this information to interact back with the environment. This continual loop that iterates between sensing, computation and action drives the emergence of complex behaviors. Physics plays a key role in this sensorimotor loop by imposing constraints on all of its basic elements…

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Special Seminar: "Designing quantum matter in two dimensions"
Wed, Jan 4, 2023, 11:00 am12:00 pm

Experimental condensed matter research is undergoing a revolution. Before, the need for 3D crystalline samples with a given structure and doping set stringent requirements for realization of the desired properties. Now, it is possible to create tunable 2D samples in the lab, overcoming the previous limitations and speeding up the research. Here…

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Special Seminar: "Hofstadter states and re-entrant charge order in a semiconductor moiré lattice"
Tue, Jan 3, 2023, 11:00 am12:00 pm

Abstract: In this talk, I will present local electronic compressibility measurements on a twisted transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayer, which reveal a rich phase diagram of Hofstadter states and novel electron crystalline orders. We show that this reflects the coexistence of both flat and dispersive moiré bands whose…

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Faculty, Postdocs, graduate students
University Closed
Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 8:30 amTue, Dec 27, 2022, 9:30 am
Special Seminar w/Dicke candidate Hongyuan Li (UC Berkeley): "Imaging Correlated Quantum Phases in van der Waals Heterostructures"
Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 9:00 am10:00 am

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Physic faculty, post docs, grads
PRISM/PCCM seminar: Chemically Controlled Shape-morphing of Elastic Sheets
Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Please join us Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 12:00 noon for the webinar featuring Prof. Anna Balazs of The University of Pittsburgh.

Registration is required for this webinar:  Registration form(link is external)

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PRISM/PCCM seminar: Mid-Infrared Nanophotonics for Sensing and Nanoscale Manipulation
Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Registration is required. You can register using this form here(link is external).
All seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. in the Bowen Hall Auditorium Room 222. A light lunch is…

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Special Seminar, Dicke Candidate Shengkai Li, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Field-mediated Interaction in Active Matter" December 3, 2021, Jadwin 481
Fri, Dec 3, 2021, 10:00 am10:00 am

Like most physical systems, in active matter, the characteristics of interaction play an important role. For example, the extent of attraction can switch a collective of particles from a homogeneous mixture to phase-separated clusters. Further, particle concavity in shape-changing active systems can change…

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Special Seminar, Dicke Candidate Ako Jamil, Yale University, "Light and Charge Transport in Liquid Xenon Detectors for Rare Event Searches" December 2, 2021 Jadwin 481
Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 10:00 am10:00 am

Noble Liquid Time Projection Chambers are ubiquitously used in the field of rare events searches such neutrinoless double beta decay or dark matter. A detailed understanding of light and charge transport in liquid xenon or liquid argon is of the utmost importance when modeling the performance of these experiments. In this talk I will present…

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Special Seminar w/Dicke candidate Giovanni Scuri (Harvard): “Engineering exciton properties in atomically thin semiconductors via the twist angle"
Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 1:30 pm1:30 pm

Special seminar with Dicke fellowship candidate: Giovanni Scuri, Harvard University

Abstract: The twist degree of freedom provides a powerful tool for engineering the electrical and optical properties of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures. In this talk, I will show how the twist angle between two…

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Special Seminar w/Dicke candidate Cheng Zang (Caltech): “The development and deployment of the first BICEP Array receiver at 30/40 GHz"
Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Special seminar with Dicke fellowship candidate: Cheng Zang, Caltech University

The inflationary theory has been added into the picture of the well-established lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) standard model to explain the initial conditions of our universe. The quantum fluctuations in the early…

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PRISM/PCCM Seminar "Dynamic Speckle Holography: Probing Strain Fields in Fractured Materials"
Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Speaker: Prof. David Weitz, Harvard, Department of Physics 
Hosts: Prof. Sujit Datta and Prof. Pierre-Thomas Brun, Princeton CBE
Registration is required

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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR: Expanding the Compositional and Microstructural Space of Layered and 2D Materials (MAX phases and MXenes)
Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Please join us Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at 12:00 noon in the Bowen Hall Auditorium for the next seminar of the PRISM/PCCM Fall ’21 Seminar Series featuring Prof. Christina Birkel of Arizona State University. A light lunch is provided at 11:30 a.m. in the Bowen Hall Atrium immediately prior to the seminar.

This is a hybrid event—for…

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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR: Elastohydrodynamic Friction: From Colloidal Networks to Haptic Materials
Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Abstract: The need to understand friction fundamentally at the microscale is increasingly important in technologies as diverse as soft robotics and consumer products. The first part of the talk focuses on the role of particle roughness in the rheology, structure, and dynamics of dense colloidal suspensions. Recent work from our group showed…

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PRISM/PCCM Webinar: Bespoke Biomaterials: Towards Personalized Tissue Mimics
Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Registration is required. You can register for this webinar using this form here.

Abstract: Each individual is unique, yet pharmaceutical companies design the same…

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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR: Tuning the Elastic Properties of Lipid Nanoparticles for Efficient Delivery of RNA to Cells
Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Registration is requiredYou can register using this form here(link is external).
Please note: All attendees must wear face coverings. Attendees at this event must be fully vaccinated against…

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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR: Leveraging Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology to Make Concrete Greener and Tougher
Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Registration is requiredYou can register using this form here(link is external).

Speaker:  Dr. Ange-Therese Akono, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and…

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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR: Interactions, Microstructure, Elasticity, and Aging of Colloidal Gels
Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Please join us Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, at 12:00 noon in the Bowen Hall Auditorium for the next seminar of the PRISM/PCCM Fall ’21 Seminar Series featuring Prof. Eric Furst of the University of Delaware. A light lunch is provided at 11:30 a.m. in the Bowen Hall Atrium immediately prior to the seminar.

Registration is required. 

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PRISM/PCCM Fall '21 Seminar Series Webinar, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Lihua Jin, University of California, Los Angeles
Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 12:00 pm12:00 pm

Please join us Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at 12:00 noon for the next webinar of the PRISM/PCCM Fall ’21 Seminar Series featuring Prof. Lihua Jin of University of California, Los Angeles.

Registration is required. Please register…

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