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SUMMARY:Condensed Matter Physics : where do we go ?
DTSTART:20101122T161500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Erio Tosatti\, SISSA / ICTP / CNR-IOM Trieste\, Italy\nW
 hile condensed matter physics has grown to maturity\, it is undergoing liv
 ely developments in many different directions. Among the many forces that 
 push this development\, I have chosen three important ones: namely the bas
 ic push for curiosity-driven research\, the industrially motivated push fo
 r miniaturization and nanophysics\, and the push for materials and process
 es that may have an impact on energy. Using some recent theory and simulat
 ion results from our group as (largely arbitrary) illustration material\, 
 I will touch one subject inside each of these three areas: (i) the insulat
 or- superconducting metal transition in narrow band solids\, particularly 
 in alkali fullerides under pressure\; (ii) the physics of metal nanocontac
 ts\, and in particular their electrical conductance\; and (iii) friction\,
  or more specifically nanotribology\, a field with very little theory.
LOCATION:Auditoire CE 1 - Centre Est EPFL
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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