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Special Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department Seminar

September 7, 2017
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027 214
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"Harnessing Forces and Heat to Study and Pattern Atomic Interfaces" Elisa Riedo, CUNY Abstract: The ability to understand and harness forces and heat at the nanoscale opens up a variety of possibilities for investigating the interaction between atomic interfaces, from graphene-graphene Van der Waals interaction to the interaction between a solid surface and a one-molecule-thick film of water. The focus of my laboratory is to study elasticity [1], friction, and viscoelasticity [2] at atomic solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces by combining forces and heat in innovative atomic force microscopy methods.