Department News
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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.
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Jun 28, 2019Paper by Yiping Zhao's Group Selected as a 2019 HOT Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Article
The paper entitled "The Extraordinary Optical Transmission and Sensing Properties of Ag/Ti Composite Nanohole Arrays" was extremely well received and selected by the Journal's editors for the collection.
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Apr 30, 2019Associate Professor Yohannes Abate Featured in UGA Today
The feature is the latest in UGA Today's "Focus on Faculty" series.
Recent Publications
Plasmonic and SERS performances of compound nanohole arrays fabricated by shadow sphere lithography
Connor Skehan, Bin Ai, Steven R Larson, Keenan M Stone, William M Dennis, and Yiping Zhao, Nanotechnology 29, 165301 (2018).
The localized surface plasmonic resonance and sensing properties of Ag-MgF2 composite nanotriangles
Steven R Larson and Yiping Zhao, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 7374 - 7381 (2018).
Layer-by-layer assembly of nanorods on a microsphere via electrostatic interactions
Liuyang Zhang, Lu Zhu, Steven R. Larson, Yiping Zhao, and Xianqiao Wang, Soft Matter, 14, 4541 - 4550 (2018).
Reconfiguring ferromagnetic microrod chains by alternating two orthogonal magnetic fields
Rui Cheng, Lu Zhu, Weijie Huang, Leidong Mao, and Yiping Zhao, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 315101 (2018).
Weak enhanced resonant Faraday rotation in pure cobalt plasmonic lattices: Thickness dependent Faraday rotation studies
Hoang Mai Luong, Bin Ai, Yiping Zhao, Tho Duc Nguyen, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 468, 79 - 84 (2018).
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).
