Experimental Condensed Matter Research
The experimental condensed matter physics group research focuses on the relationship between microstructure and physical properties in materials ranging from high-temperature superconductors (HTS) to dielectric materials, to magnetic materials, to biological materials. These encompass a wide variety of research topics and addresses both basic and applied problems.
Current experiments include:
- mapping the of the vortex state of the HTS through measurements of the pressure dependence of the irreversibility line and Hall-probe microscopy
- characterization of dielectric materials by scanning microwave microscopy
- determination of spin polarization by point-contact Andreev reflection
- clinical studies of kidney dialyzer materials by zeta potential measurements, atomic force microscopy, and chemical force microscopy
- determination of aggregate protein structure in fibrilar proteins and other complexes by solid state nuclear magnetic resonance
The condensed matter faculty have collaborations with faculty in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, the GW Medical School, with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe , with the University of Florida and with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) which provides our students access to expertise and equipment unavailable at most universities and many opportunities for interesting research projects.
To learn more, visit the Experimental Condensed Matter group's website.