Snapshots of Some Current Research Within the Department
Physics Education Research
Studio Physics: researching new ways
of teaching and learning, Patrick Kohl, Vincent Kuo and Todd
Ruskell
High-Energy Astroparticle Physics
High energy astroparticle
physics, Lawrence Wiencke and Fred Sarazin
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Boron-based
organometalic nanostructures: hydrogen storage properties and
structure stability, Mark Lusk
Nano-engineering
defects on graphene, Mark Lusk and Lincoln Carr (to appear in
PRL)
Toroidal carbon
nanotubes with encapsulated atomic metal loops, Mark Lusk
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Amorphous semiconductors for
optical memory, Craig Taylor
Metastable defects in amorphous
semiconductors, Craig Taylor
Millimeter wave localization:
slow light and enhanced absorption, John Scales and Lincoln
Carr
Dielectric microscopy with submillimeter
resolution, John Scales