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DTSTART:20150127T203000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1356
SUMMARY:The Aesthetics of Constructing and Deconstructing Materials and Mag
	nets
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Greg Boebinger\, Director\, National High Magnetic Fi
	eld Lab\, Florida State University\nHosted by: David Campbell\nPoster: http
	://physics.bu.edu/internal//files/get/012715-boebinger.pdf\n\nPart of the P
	hysics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nThe MagLab generates magnetic fields
	 exceeding two million times the Earth’s magnetic field using exotic mate
	rials and home-developed magnet designs. This talk seeks to answer the ques
	tion "Why would anyone want to do such a thing"? We start by surveying the 
	aesthetics and science of materials\, from the flaking of obsidian to the f
	abrication of nano-composites necessary for the construction of the MagLabâ
	€™s world-record magnets. The use of these magnets will then be illustrated
	 by a few research highlights from the MagLab’s international user commun
	ity on • MATERIALS: tweaking macroscopic quantum phenomena in two-dimensi
	onal square lattices of copper and oxygen; • ENERGY: analyzing nature’s
	 most complex fluid by measuring the mass of 100\,000 different molecules i
	n a single drop of oil; and • LIFE: using sodium and quantum dots to revo
	lutionize magnetic resonance imaging.  During the talk\, we anticipate that
	 jokes will be told.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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