Department News
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Sep 5, 2019Grad Student Abed Mohamadzade selected as a recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship
The purpose of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship is to recruit, support, and encourage exceptional graduate-level students who will study and conduct research in all fields.
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Aug 19, 2019Prof. Abate Studies Fundamental Phenomena in Quantum Materials
His group's research and its potential for future discoveries are profiled in UGA Today.
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Jul 29, 2019Better Vision for the Observatory Telescope
The large telescope in the Observatory Dome is being repaired. Every few years, the telescope's mirrors should be cleaned and re-coated, so that they will continue to accurately and effectively reflect the light from the heavens.
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Jul 2, 2019Third-year Physics and Astronomy Major Mackenzie Joy is one of Four UGA Students Named 2019 Goldwater Scholars
She is among 496 undergraduates from across the nation to be recognized as Barry Goldwater Scholars, earning the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
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Jul 1, 2019Finding Parallels between Human and Pig Brains Using Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dr. Qun Zhao's research group along with animal/dairy scientist Dr. Franklin West discovered that pig brains are even better platforms than previously thought for the study of human neurological conditions.
Recent Publications
Enhanced room-temperature spin Seebeck effect in a YIG/C60/Pt layered heterostructure
R Das, V Kalappattil, R Geng, H Luong, M Pham, T Nguyen, T Liu, M Wu, H Phan, "Enhanced room-temperature spin Seebeck effect in a YIG/C60/Pt layered heterostructure", AIP Advances 8 (5), 055906 (2018)
Effect of Charge Localization on the Effective Hyperfine Interaction in Organic Semiconducting Polymers
R Geng, RC Subedi, HM Luong, MT Pham, W Huang, X Li, K Hong, Ming Shao, Kai Xiao, Lawrence A Hornak, Tho D Nguyen "Effect of Charge Localization on the Effective Hyperfine Interaction in Organic Semiconducting Polymers", Physical review letters 120 (8), 086602 (2018)
Correlation between the width and the magnitude of magnetoconductance response in π-conjugated polymer-based diodes
R Geng, MT Pham, HM Luong, A Short, TD Nguyen, " Correlation between the width and the magnitude of magnetoconductance response in π-conjugated polymer-based diodes", Journal of Photonics for Energy 8 (3), 032222 (2018)
High-performance flexible yarn for wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators
H Gao, PT Minh, H Wang, S Minko, J Locklin, T Nguyen, S Sharma, "High-performance flexible yarn for wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators", Smart Materials and Structures (2018)
Strongly correlated perovskite lithium ion shuttles
Yifei Sun, Michele Kotiuga, Dawgen Lim, Badri Narayanan, Mathew Cherukara, Zhen Zhang, Yongqi Dong, Ronghui Kou, Cheng-Jun Sun, Qiyang Lu, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Adrian Hunt, Hidekazu Tanaka, Azusa N. Hattori, Sampath Gamage, Yohannes Abate, Vilas G. Pol, Hua Zhou, Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, Bilge Yildiz, Karin M. Rabe, and Shriram Ramanathan, "Strongly correlated perovskite lithium ion shuttles," PNAS August 13, 2018. 201805029
Manipulation of single cells using a ferromagnetic nanorod cluster actuated by weak AC magnetic fields
Zhu, W. Huang, F. Yang, L. Yin, S. Liang, W. Zhao, L. Mao, X. Yu, R. Qiao, and Y. Zhao, "Manipulation of single cells using a ferromagnetic nanorod cluster actuated by weak AC magnetic fields," Adv. Biosystems, DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201800246(2019).
. “Wang-Landau approach to the simulation of water clusters”
Mol. Simulat. DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2018.1506119 (7 pages) (2018).
