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SUMMARY:Exotic electronic behaviour in nanostructured films - Al-Amin Dhir
 ani\, Department of Chemistry\, University of Toronto
DTSTART:20180517T103000Z
DTEND:20180517T113000Z
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CONTACT:James Macdonald
DESCRIPTION:Chemists have made tremendous advances in synthesizing a varie
 ty of  nanostructures with control over their size\, shape\, and chemical 
  composition. This suggests an opportunity to use nanostructures as  build
 ing blocks to fabricate macroscopic materials with controlled and  potenti
 ally even new behaviours.  This talk will present a variety of  remarkable
  electronic behaviours that nanostructured materials -  fashioned from eve
 n simple building blocks such as metal nanoparticles  and molecular linker
 s - can exhibit\, such as single electron effects\,  metal-insulator trans
 itions\, and strong electron-electron interactions  (correlated electronic
  behaviour). The latter is particularly exciting  since strongly correlate
 d electrons are known to lie at the heart of  some of the most exotic beha
 viours in condensed matter science (e.g.  high Tc superconductivity in the
  cuprates and other materials).  The  talk will survey new insights and ne
 w opportunities that arise for  exploring electronic behaviour using this 
 nano building block approach.
LOCATION:Raleigh Seminar Room\, Maxwell Center
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