Selected Research Topics
Applied Quantum Physics
Interface Science
Magnetism
Mineral Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Structure and Self-organization of Biological Molecules
Faculty Collaboration
The Applied Physics Graduate Program is a hub for strong collaborations between faculty in our Physics & Astronomy, Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Materials Science & Engineering departments.
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Controllable patterning and CVD growth of isolated carbon nanotubes with direct parallel writing of catalyst using dip-pen nanolithography
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Nanostencil printing and etching. Angew. Chemie. 49, 3057 (2010).
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The molecular nanomagnet Fe_8 which shows quantum tunneling of spin at pico electron Volt energy scales.
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Multiscale plasmonic metamaterials. Nature Nanotech. 2, 549 (2007).
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A knot made with peptide amphiphile string. Nature Materials 9, 594–601 (2010).
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Bent DNA structures associated with nucleosome formation (DNA wrapped around proteins in the cell nucleus)
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Micro droplets patterns made with the 3 beam interferometric optical tweezers setup
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Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials (Courtesy: ANL)
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Ultra-high vacuum surface science chamber at the DuPont-Northwestern-Dow (DND) station, Argonne National Laboratory.
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Biomimetically grown calcite crystals. CrystEngComm 11, 130 (2009)
