Title: Photothermal Heating with Nanoparticles: Enhancing Electrical Conductivity in Composites and Water Vapor Formation in Hydrogels Abstract: Photothermal heating is the conversion of light into heat. When nanoparticles are embedded in materials, we are able to precisely control localized heating in a sample using photothermal heating of the nanoparticles. We use this heating in two areas…
Development of a solid deuterium UCN source and associated components for studies of systematic effects in nEDM measurements
Experimental Studies of 24Mg States and Their Impact on Nucleosynthesis in Globular Clusters
Title: A New Generation of Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations for Cosmology and Astrophysics Abstract: In our exciting era of experimental cosmology, rapid developments in instrumentation and highly sensitive superconducting detectors have provided a wealth of arcminute-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. These measurements are transforming our understanding of the evolution of our cosmos. I will…
Photothermal heating with nanoparticles: enhancing electrical conductivity in composites and water vapor formation in hydrogels
Speaker: Anton Malko Title: Heralded Photons and Stimulated Emission Using Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Shells Abstract: Spherically shaped semiconductor nanoplatelets, called quantum shells (QSs) have recently attracted considerable attention as they exhibit strongly suppressed Auger recombination, ultralong biexciton (BX) lifetimes and broad gain bandwidth. However, no applications that demonstrate true lasing action using QSs in optical cavity configurations have…
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Title: Understanding the emergence of microbial collective behaviors Abstract: Groups of cells of all kinds work together as part of multicellular behaviors ranging from collective migration to development. These behaviors are coordinated at the level of single cells, where information about other cells and the environment are encoded in intracellular signaling dynamics that then drive…
Title: Topological Stars and Gravity Abstract: In this colloquium, I will discuss aspects of microscopic degrees of freedom of gravity and the physical motivation of quantum gravity. While the generic states are quantum mechanical, our goal will be to understand a class of them that are coherent enough to admit classical descriptions in Einstein gravity.…
Title: Self-consistent predictions of nucleosynthesis and kilonovae from compact binary mergers Abstract: Understanding the details of r-process nucleosynthesis in binary neutron star mergers (BNSM) ejecta is key to interpreting kilonova observations and identifying the role of BNSMs in the origin of heavy elements. I will present a new tool to self-consistently study, in a two-dimensional,…
