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The Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials
(CSEM), established in September of 2000, addresses both
research and educational aspects of polymeric, structural,
photonic, and ferroelectric materials that will be necessary
to solve critical societal needs of the twenty-first century.
The Center pioneers a number of exotic and futuristic materials
and applications such as liquid metals, responsive gels,
and tiny medical sensors.
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to download.
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educational outreach fact sheet, click to
download.
CSEM has
received a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and a
semiconductor industry consortium on nanoelectronics to conduct work
on a novel material--graphenes. Over three years, the grant will
fund a project intended to take the field beyond the Moore's Law
regime and utilize new architecture concepts. The grant recipients
are Marc Bockrath, Assistant Professor
of Applied Physics, Nai-Chang
Yeh, Professor of Physics, and Shuki
Bruck, the
Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Computation and Neural Systems and Electrical
Engineering.
The
AT&T Tech Channel discusses Plasmonics with Harry
Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied
Physics and Materials Science. New research in Plasmonics
promises breakthroughs with implications ranging from the
creation of faster than light computing, possible new weapons
against cancer, and maybe even achieving invisibility.
Video clip...
In
the online journal Science Express, Caltech applied physicists
Harry Atwater,
Henri Lezec, and Jen Dionne report that they have devised
a way to make visible light travel in the opposite direction
that it normally bends when passing from one material to
another, like from air through water or glass. This could
lead to "cloaking devices" that
may render an object invisible.
GradPreview
at Caltech
GradPreview
at Caltech aims to increase
the representation of underrepresented students in science
and engineering graduate programs. The next GradPreview
will be held in 2008. Read
more...
On Location with Material World
Sponsored
by CSEM, Material
World is a television series that describes inspiring breakthroughs in our understanding of matter. (view trailer)
Materials
Research Lectures
Wednesdays
at 4:00 pm in 106 Spalding
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