Lada Synkova
Sabrina Leslie: Single-molecule microscopy of RNA-lipid-nanoparticles: Bringing the nanoscale physics to help advance nanomedicines
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSabrina Leslie: Associate Professor, UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy and Michael Smith Labs Affiliate Faculty member, SBME, GSAT, BIONF Abstract: I will present a unique quantitative single-particle imaging platform called CLiC (Convex Lens-induced Confinement) which enables simultaneous measurements of the size, mRNA-payload, and dynamic properties of vaccine and other nanoparticles in controlled, cell-like conditions (Kamanzi et al, ACS Nano 2021). Recently relocated […]
Dr. Guosong Hong: Seeing the Sound: Optical and Ultrasonic Brain Interfaces Based on Materials Advances
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDr. Guosong Hong - Stanford University Title: Seeing the Sound: Optical and Ultrasonic Brain Interfaces Based on Materials Advances Abstract: Today’s optical neuromodulation and imaging methods enable causal manipulation of neural activity to dissect complex circuit connections underlying certain behaviors and facilitate brain-computer interfaces. In these approaches, visible light is commonly used, thus limiting penetration […]
CM Seminar: Dr. Anushya Chandran – Quantization of Dynamics in Quasi-periodically Driven Systems
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDr. Anushya Chandran: Boston University Title: Quantization of dynamics in quasi-periodically driven systems Abstract: In the past decade, quantum simulators have increased in their power and scope, offering exquisite dynamical control of tens or even hundreds of individual atoms/ions. Concurrently, a topological revolution in our understanding of electronic band structures has taken place, driven by […]
CM Seminar: Zac Ward – Disorder as an Order Parameter
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaZac Ward - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Titel: Disorder as an Order Parameter Abstract: The way that materials behave can simply be thought of as a response to what the electrons in the material are doing. Controlling the atoms’ arrangement to one another in a crystal lattice changes where the electrons reside and how they […]
CM Seminar: Professor Romain Vasseur – Anomalous Diffusion in Quantum Spin Chains
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProfessor Romain Vasseur – University of Massachusetts, Amherst Title: Anomalous diffusion in quantum spin chains Abstract: High-temperature quantum transport is usually assumed to be incoherent and diffusive. In this talk, I will explain how anomalous transport in quantum spin chains can emerge from proximity to special integrable limits, due to a hierarchy of long-lived quasiparticle […]
CM Seminar: Joyce Poon: Visible-light Silicon Integrated Photonics for Future Computing
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJoyce Poon - University of Toronto Title: Visible-light Silicon Integrated Photonics for Future Computing Abstract: The emerging demands of computing require hardware advances to realize new types of computing architectures and interfaces. Foundry silicon photonics leverages the maturity of microelectronics manufacturing to fabricate photonic integrated circuits. Today, silicon photonics is mostly used in the short-wave infrared […]
CM Seminar: Professor Kai-Mei C Fu – Quantum Point Defects: Can These Defects Be Less Defective?
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProfessor Kai-Mei C Fu - University of Washington Title: Quantum point defects: Can these defects be less defective? Abstract: Point defects in crystals are the solid state analog to trapped ions. Thus these “quantum defects”, which can be integrated into solid-state devices, have gained popularity as qubit candidates for scalable quantum networks. In this talk, […]
CM Seminar: Long Ju – Electron Correlation and Coupling with Phonon in the Trilayer Graphene/hBN Moire Superlattice
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLong Ju - MIT Physics Department Title: Electron Correlation and Coupling with Phonon in the Trilayer Graphene/hBN Moire Superlattice Abstract: ABC-stacked trilayer graphene/hexagonal boron nitride moiré superlattice (TLG/hBN) has emerged as a playground for correlated electron physics. A spectroscopy study of this system is, however, challenging due to the device configuration. In this talk, I will […]
CM Seminar: Thomas Scaffidi – Spread and Erase – How Electron Hydrodynamics Can Eliminate the Landauer-Sharvin Resistance
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThomas Scaffidi - University of California Irvine Title: Spread and Erase - How Electron Hydrodynamics Can Eliminate the Landauer-Sharvin Resistance Abstract: What is the ultimate limit of conductance of a metallic device of lateral size W? In the ballistic limit, the answer is the Landauer-Sharvin conductance, which is associated with an abrupt reduction of the […]
CM Seminar: Mark Rudner: “The Lindblad Quantum Master Equation: Not Just for quantum Optics Anymore”
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProf. Mark Rudner - University of Washington Title: “The Lindblad Quantum Master Equation: Not Just for quantum Optics Anymore" Abstract: With the exception of the universe as a whole, the evolution of a quantum system is generically non-unitary due to the coupling between the system and its environment. In quantum optics, the powerful framework of […]
CM Seminar: Alannah Hallas: Entropy Engineering and Tunable Magnetic Order in the Spinel High Entropy Oxide
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDr. Alannah Hallas: Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Title: Entropy engineering and tunable magnetic order in the spinel high entropy oxide Abstract: The field of high entropy oxides (HEOs) flips traditional materials science paradigms on their head by seeking to understand what properties arise in the presence of profound configurational disorder. This disorder, which emerges as the […]
CM Seminar: Patrick Ledwith – Harvard University: Vortexability Chern bands in Twisted and Strained Graphene
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaPatrick Ledwith – Harvard University Title: Vortexability Chern bands in Twisted and Strained Graphene Abstract: Fractional Chern insulators realize the remarkable physics of the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) in crystalline systems with Chern bands. The lowest Landau level (LLL) is known to host the FQHE, but not all Chern bands are suitable for realizing […]