Some Recent Theoretical Studies of Nanostructures, Photovoltaics and Superconductors
Abstract
After some background discussion, the speaker will focus on a few recent theoretical developments and/or updates in the areas of nanophysics, electronic structure, and superconductivity with some emphasis on boron nitride nanotubes, graphene, graphene ribbons, photovoltaics, and the search for higher temperature superconductors.
About the Speaker
Professor Cohen is Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His current and past research covers a broad spectrum of subjects in theoretical condensed matter physics. He is a recipient of the US National Medal of Science, the APS Oliver E. Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, the APS Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, the Foresight Institute Richard P. Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, and the Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum along with numerous other honors and a Doctorat Honoris Causa, University of Montreal.
Professor Cohen has contributed more than 750 technical publications. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2005, he was President of the American Physical Society (APS), an organization representing more than 47,000 physicists in universities, industry and national laboratories.
