Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The art of seeing electrons and playing with their band structure

Dr. Federico Mazzola, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.

Physics East 217 (library).

Friday 02 December 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Non-reciprocal superconductivity and the field free Josephson Diode

Mazhar N. Ali.

Physics East 217 (library).

Friday 18 November 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

A physicist's approach to prime numbers

Professor Ted Forgan, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217 (library).

Friday 29 July 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Modifying the Electronic Properties of the Strontinum Ruthenates via Vacuum Relaxation

University of St. Andrews .

Physics East 217 (library).

Monday 04 July 2022, 15:00-16:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Interacting one-dimensional electrons

Sanjeev Kumar, UCL.

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 17 June 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Breakthrough in the study of frustrated ferro-antiferromagnets Rb2Cu2Mo3O12 and Cs2Cu2Mo3O12

Shohei Hayashida, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 06 May 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Orbital-dependent scattering in Sr2RuO4 and FeSe

Hybrid talk - Physics East 217

Dr. Clifford W. Hicks, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, U.K..

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 29 April 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum Magnetism in Different Dimensions

School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom.

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 04 March 2022, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Thermal Hall Transport in Spiral Magnet and Spin Liquid

Jung Hoon Han, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 25 June 2021, 10:00-11:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Exciton-driven quantum phases in correlated insulators

Edoardo Baldini, Department of Physics, MIT (USA).

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 18 June 2021, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

T-linear resistivity from an isotropic Planckian scattering rate

Gaël Grissonnanche, LASSP, Cornell University, Ithaca (USA).

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87537747290?pwd=QkFrMStXS2UycTg0NGtxUnpBOHRWUT09.

Friday 04 June 2021, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Domain wall dynamics in a near-Ising ferromagnetic chain CoCl2*2D2O

Ursula Bengaard Hansen, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France..

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83190378684?pwd=ZzRIK1VFMGZCc0FCT3dkQnN4QStCZz09.

Friday 23 April 2021, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Experimental Investigation of Quantum Magnets

Prof. Bella Lake (HZB & Technical University Berlin, Germany).

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83190378684?pwd=ZzRIK1VFMGZCc0FCT3dkQnN4QStCZz09.

Friday 09 April 2021, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Possible chiral superconductivity in Sr2RuO4: combined evidence from the µSR study under uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure, and with disorder

Dr. Vadim Grinenko, Technical University of Dresden.

https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88096472694?pwd=UXIyMVdCUkJFUjVTNlFCZVBWWWlWQT09 .

Friday 12 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetic decoupling in the low dimensional spin-1/2 antiferromagnet SeCuO3

Luc Testa, EPFL.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 March 2020, 10:00-11:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Merging of rotating Bose condensates

Prof. Wei Guo, National High Magneic Field Laboratory & Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States.

Physics East 217.

Friday 18 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The superconductivity of Sr2RuO4 under uniaxial stress

Dr Clifford Hicks, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids.

Physics East 217.

Tuesday 07 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetism and Magnetoelectricity in the Lithium Orthophosphates

Technical University of Denmark.

Physics East 217.

Friday 08 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Using muons to explore physics in reduced dimensions: spin ladders and skyrmions

Prof. Tom Lancaster, Durham University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 16 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Science Policy Experiences

Erik Jellyman, Condensed Matter Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 26 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

CANCELLED

Dr. Vera Guarrera, Cold Atoms, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 01 December 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Nanoporous Silicon and Metals for Optoelectronic and Biomedical Applications  

Prof. Leigh Canham, Nanophysics, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 November 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Determining the Fermi surface of high-temperature superconductors and other low-dimensional materials

Dr. Paul Goddard, University of Warwick.

Physics East 217.

Friday 13 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

New Realisations of Quantum Frustrated Spin Systems from Vanadium Oxyfluorides

Dr. Lucy Clark, University of Liverpool.

Physics East 217.

Friday 29 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Simulating transport through quantum networks in the presence of classical noise using cold atoms

Dr. Chris Gill, Cold Atoms, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 30 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

TBA

Dr. Stuart Cavill, University of York.

Physics East 217.

Friday 12 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum Spin Ladders in a Magnetic Field: Luttinger liquid, Dimensional crossover and Criticality

Dr. Minki Jeong, EPFL.

Physics East 217.

Monday 06 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Phase transitions in Vibrated Granular Media

Prof. Michael Swift, University of Nottingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Discoveries that changed the world: 1932 – 1942, James Chadwick & Lise Meitner

Prof. Gerry Lander (Institut Laue-Langevin).

Physics East 217.

Friday 17 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

CANCELLED

Dr. Moritz Riede, Oxford University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The development and applications of terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Prof. Edmund Linfield, Leeds University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 20 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Benjamin de Laune, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 09 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Large non-saturating magnetoresistance in a novel superconductor Ca3.2Co4Sn12.8

Dr. Monika Gamza, University of Central Lancashire.

Physics East 217.

Friday 25 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetism, Superconductivity and Quantum Order

Dr. Emma Pugh, University of Kent.

Physics East 217.

Friday 18 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Evaluation of many-body interactions in unconventional superconductors using high-resolution ARPES

Dr. Hideaki Iwasawa, Diamond Light Source Ltd..

Physics East 217.

Friday 30 September 2016, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetic frustration at the nanoscale: superspin glasses and artificial spin ices

Dr Diego Alba-Venero, ISIS Facility, STFC.

Physics East 217.

Thursday 25 August 2016, 14:00-15:00

Magnetoelectric phases in the LiMPO4 systems

Rasmus Toft-Petersen (Helmholtz-Zentrum, Berlin).

Physics East 217.

Monday 14 March 2016, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Sarnjeet Dhesi, Diamond Light Source.

Physics East 217.

Friday 22 May 2015, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Illuminating cycloidal magnetic order in multiferroics using non-resonant X-ray scattering

Dr. Helen Walker, ISIS Facility, STFC.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 March 2015, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

From suppression of fingering to wrinkly fingers under elastic membranes

Dr. Draga Pihler-Puzovic, University of Manchester.

Physics East 217.

Friday 20 February 2015, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Single to multi quasiparticle excitations in the itinerant helical magnet CeRhIn5

Dr. Chris Stock, University of Edinburgh.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 February 2015, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Dark matter axions and new schemes to detect them?

Prof. Clive Speake, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 23 January 2015, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Kosterlitz-Thouless transition: a re-examination

Dr. Martin Long, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 28 November 2014, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Bose-Einstein Condensation, Superfluidity and Elementary Excitations in Quantum Liquids

Prof. Henry Glyde, University of Delaware.

Physics East 217.

Friday 21 November 2014, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Ion-Molecule Reactions: a Universe to investigate

Dr. Chris Mayhew, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 10 October 2014, 15:00-16:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Lattice Vibrations and Electrons on the Fermi surface: the one-dimensional chain compounds M2Mo6Se6

Dr. Moritz Hoesch, Diamond Light Source Ltd.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 October 2014, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum Pigeonholes

Dr. Alastair Rae, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 26 September 2014, 11:00-12:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Fermi surface of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor BiPd

Dr. Ed Yelland, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance.

Physics East 217.

Friday 05 September 2014, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum Criticality in metals with magnetic and charge order

Dr. Sven Friedemann, University of Bristol.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 June 2014, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Low energy excitations in NbFe2 and the instability of ferromagnetic quantum critical points

Dr. Philipp Niklowitz, Royal Holloway.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 December 2013, 13:45-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Engineering actinides at the nanoscale - what more can we learn?

Dr. Ross Springell, University of Bristol.

Physics East 217.

Friday 22 November 2013, 13:45-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetic cooling: Coupling magnetic and structural phase transitions in order to improve performance.

Dr. Kelly Morrison, University of Loughborough.

Physics East 217.

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:45-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Half-Heusler Thermoelectrics

Dr. Jan-Willem Bos, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 25 October 2013, 13:45-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Time reversal symmetry-breaking in superconductors with and without a centre of inversion

Dr. Adrian Hillier, ISIS Facility Muon Source, STFC.

Physics East 217.

Friday 11 October 2013, 13:45-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The small and wide angle neutron scattering instrument TAIKAN of J-PARC

Dr. Kazuki Ohishi, Research Center for Neutron Science and Technology, CROSS, Tokai, Japan.

Physics East 217.

Friday 05 July 2013, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Innovation, Intellectual Property (IP) and Commercialisation

Dr. Mugdha Joshi, Commercialisation Executive, University of Manchester.

Physics East 217.

Friday 28 June 2013, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

High resolution microstructural analysis of phase separation phenomena in Fe-based superconductors

Dr. Susannah Speller, Department of Materials, University of Oxford.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 May 2013, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The phases of nuclear matter: Exploring quark deconfinement with ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider

Dr Peter Jones, Nuclear Physics, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 15 March 2013, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Magnetism at an Interface: - proximity effects in metallic multilayers

Dr. Thomas Hase, Warwick University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 07 December 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Thermodynamic phase diagram of static charge order in underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy

Dr. Cyril Proust, LNCMI Toulouse.

Physics East 217.

Friday 23 November 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Spintronic effects in ferromagnetic semiconductors

Prof. Bryan Gallagher, University of Nottingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 12 October 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum Hydrodynamics and Turbulence in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

Prof. Makoto Tsubota, Osaka City University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 24 August 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Dynamics and colloidal rods at rest and in external fields

Dr. Pavlik Lettinga, FZ Juelich.

Physics East 217.

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Antimony containing minerals as signposts to new functional materials

Prof. Colin Greaves, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 04 May 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Karoline Wiesner, University of Bristol.

Physics East 217.

Wednesday 18 April 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Silicon-based Epitaxy for Photonics

Prof. David Leadley, University of Warwick.

Physics East 217.

Friday 02 March 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Collective Behaviour of Cold Atoms in an Optical Ring Resonator

Dr. Jon Goldwin, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 February 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Is the Feigel effect real? Theoretical predictions and possible experimental tests.

Dr. Ottavio Croze, University of Glasgow.

Physics East 217.

Friday 20 January 2012, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Surface conducting diamond: surface transfer doping with fluorinated fullerene

Dr Chris Pakes, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

Physics East 217.

Friday 18 November 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Neutron scattering studies of quantum magnets

Prof. Bella Lake, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin.

Physics East 217.

Friday 07 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Advances in Cryogen-free Dilution Technology

Tony Matthews, Oxford Instruments.

Physics East 217.

Wednesday 15 June 2011, 13:30-14:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

A Career in Industry

Graham Batey, Oxford Instruments.

Physics East 217.

Wednesday 15 June 2011, 13:00-13:30

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Single electron transistors: a simple downscaling?

Dr. Thierry Ferrus, Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.

Physics East 217.

Friday 03 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Superconducting metamaterials

Dr. A. Roger Buckingham, University of Southampton.

Physics East 217.

Friday 27 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Topological Matter and Why You Should be Interested

Prof. Steve Simon, University of Oxford.

Physics East 217.

Friday 20 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Superconducting gap inhomogeneity and pseudogaps in iron pnictides

Prof. Mark Golden, University of Amsterdam.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 May 2011, 15:00-16:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Shuang Zhang, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 25 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Organizing Molecules on Solid Surfaces

Dr Quanmin Guo, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 11 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Non-linear Plasmonics: from Surface Second-harmonic Generation to Sub-wavelength Vortex Solitons

Dr Nicolae Panoiu, University College London.

Physics East 217.

Friday 25 February 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Ultrafast dynamics in graphene

Dr. Keshav Dani, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Physics East 217.

Friday 18 February 2011, 15:30-16:30

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Neutron stars as superfluid laboratories

Prof. Nils Andersson, University of Southampton.

Physics East 217.

Friday 14 January 2011, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Structure of liquid crystalline dendrimers

Prof. Rob Richardson, Bristol University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 10 December 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Exploring magneto-electric multiferroics through resonant x-ray diffraction

Dr. Thomas Beale, University of Durham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 12 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Polarized neutron scattering from frustrated magnets

Dr. Ross Stewart, STFC.

Physics East 217.

Friday 29 October 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Glass transitions in space and time

Dr. Rob Jack, University of Bath.

Physics East 217.

Friday 15 October 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Characterising interfacial magnetism in nanoscale films

Prof. Sean Langridge, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Physics East 217.

Friday 28 May 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Giant magneto-elastic coupling and tricritical metamagnetism in Mn-based Pnma compounds

Dr. Karl Sandeman, Imperial College London.

Physics East 217.

Friday 21 May 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric liquid crystals

Prof. Helen Gleeson, University of Manchester.

Physics East 217.

Friday 07 May 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Dissipation in nanomechanical resonators at low temperatures

Dr. Andrew Armour, University of Nottingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 30 April 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The pleasure of sorting things out

Dr. Sean Harrop, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Physics East 217.

Friday 19 March 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Surface phase transitions and order in frustrated magnets

Mel Hopper, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 12 March 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Quantum optics with an atomic vapour: entangled images and quantum memories

Dr. Vincent Boyer, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 26 February 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Gulliver’s travels beyond Jonathan Swift: x-ray crystallography of colloidal crystals and colloidal liquid crystals

Dr. Andrei Petoukhov, Utrecht University.

Physics East 217.

Friday 19 February 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

The Study of Superconducting Vortices using Transmission Electron Microscopy

Dr. Charlotte Bowell, University of Cambridge.

Physics East 217.

Friday 05 February 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Can you trust a quantum computer?

Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, University of Oxford.

Physics East 217.

Friday 29 January 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Investigation of multiferroics and frustrated magnets using X-ray magnetic scattering

Dr. Alessandro Bombardi, Diamond Ltd..

Physics East 217.

Friday 15 January 2010, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Probing spin-charge separation in a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid

Prof. Andy Schofield, University of Birmingham.

Physics East 217.

Friday 27 November 2009, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Probing the normal and superconducting state electronic structure of iron-pnictide superconductors

Prof. A. Carrington, University of Bristol.

Physics East 217.

Friday 20 November 2009, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Excitonic superfluidity (or not) in quantum Hall bilayers

Dr. Derek Lee, Imperial College, London.

Physics East 217.

Friday 06 November 2009, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Superconducting ferromagnets

Dr. Antheunis de Visser, University of Amsterdam.

Physics East 217.

Friday 23 October 2009, 14:00-15:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

What can be learned from vortex lattice symmetries - A cautionary tale

Prof. Morten Ring Eskildsen, University of Notre Dame.

Physics East 217.

Monday 19 October 2009, 15:00-16:00

Condensed Matter Physics Seminars

Ultrafast control of excitations in semiconductor quantum dots

Prof. Maurice Skolnick, University of Sheffield.

Physics East 217.

Friday 09 October 2009, 15:00-16:00