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Qantum Effects in Plasmonic Nanostructures

Thursday, 16th February 2012. 12:00-13:00 Pablo García González Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ABSTRACT: One of the most attractive aspects of surface plasmon polaritons is their ability...

On the optical properties of graphenes

Wednesday, 1st February 2012. 12:00-13:00 Tobias Stauber Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ABSTRACT: One of the hallmarks of the optical properties of (suspended) graphene is that a simply-observable...

Quantum Information for Molecular Physics

Thursday, 26th January 2012. 12:00-13:00 Jordi Mur-Petit Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC ABSTRACT: I will make a presentation of the field of quantum information processing (QIP) from a general perspective, focusing then on our...

First-Principles Simulations on PbTiO3/SrTiO3 Superlattices

Thursday, 19th January 2012. 12:00-13:00 Javier Junquera Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Cantabria ABSTRACT: Ferroelectric perovskites are materials of great fundamental and applied interest. This...

Magnetoplasmonics: The interplay between magneto-optics and plasmonics

Wednesday, 14th december 2011. 12:00-13:00 Antonio García-Martín Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, CSIC ABSTRACT: Subwavelength composite materials constitute an interesting path towards the development of materials with “on demand” optical properties. We will present...

Lens-like particles and their entropy-driven clustering

Monday, 5th december 2011. 12:00-13:00 Giorgio Cinacchi Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia CondensadaUAM ABSTRACT: Suitable hard particle models are often sufficient to capture the basic features of the phase behaviour and properties...