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LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T200015Z
DTSTART:20121023T193000Z
DTEND:20121023T203000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/970
SUMMARY:Using Graphene to Study Superconductivity (New Tricks for an Old Do
	g)
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Nadya Mason\, University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champai
	gn\nHosted by: Bennett Goldberg\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/posters/2012
	_Fall/05_Mason.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nS
	uperconductors are materials that can have zero electrical resistance. They
	 are thus of great interest for applications such as power transmission and
	 energy storage. While the fundamental physics of standard superconductors 
	has now been understood for over 50 years\, questions remain about what hap
	pens when superconductors are coupled to other materials. For example\, it 
	was known that superconducting carriers could be transmitted through a norm
	al metal\, but the spectroscopy of the individual modes had not been measur
	ed. Graphene\, a single atomic layer of carbon which has only recently been
	 isolated for electrical measurements\, is also of great interest for funda
	mental studies and applications. In this talk\, I will discuss the new phys
	ics that emerges when “superlative” materials such as supercond
	uctors and graphene are put together in hybrid structures. In particular\, 
	I will show how the creation of a superconductor-nanoparticle-graphene sand
	wich structure enables a direct measurement of individual superconducting m
	odes. Our measurements show that the spectra of these modes are sharp and t
	unable. These results may improve the understanding of how superconductivit
	y is transmitted in materials\, and may also be relevant to novel computing
	 devices.
LOCATION:SCI 109\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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