Ulrike Diebold, Ph.D.

Ulrike Diebold, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Professor of Surface Science, Institute of Applied Physics, TU Vienna
School of Science & Engineering

Office

Institute of Applied Physics
Technische Universität Wien
Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/134, 1040 Wien, Austria

Education & Affiliations

Diplom Ingenieur, Technische Universitaet Wien (1986)
Ph.D., Technische Universitaet Wien (1990)

Biography

Dr. Diebold's research interests include Surface Science.

Recent Publications

U. Diebold "The Surface Science of TiO2," Surface Science Reports, 48 (2003) 53-229. (Invited)

O. Dulub, U. Diebold, and G. Kresse "Novel Stabilization Mechanism on Polar Surfaces: ZnO(0001)-Zn," Physical Review Letters 90 (2003) 016102.

M. Batzill, B. Katsiev, D.J. Gaspar, and U. Diebold "Variations of the Local Electronic Surface Properties of TiO2(110) Induced by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Defects," Physical Review B 66 (2002) 235401.

M. Batzill, E.L.D. Hebenstreit, W. Hebenstreit, and U. Diebold "Influence of Charged Subsurface Impurities on the Adsorption of Cl on TiO2(110)," Chemical Physics Letters, 367 (3-4) (2002) 319.

R. Marcus, U. Diebold and R. D. Gonzalez "The Locus of Sulfate Sites on Sulfated Zirconia," Catalysis Letters, 86(4) (2003) 151.

G.S. Herman, Z. Dohnalek, N. Ruzycki, and U. Diebold "Experimental Investigation on the Interaction of Water and Methanol with Anatase-TiO2(101)," Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107 (2003) 2788.

N. Ruzycki, G.S. Herman, L.A Boatner, and U. Diebold "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the TiO2 Anatase (100) Surface," Surface Science Letters, 529/1-2 (2003) L239.

M. Batzill, K. Katsiev, and U. Diebold "Surface Morphologies of SnO2(110)," Surface Science, 529/3 (2003) 295.

U. Diebold, N. Ruzycki, G.S. Herman, A. Selloni "One Step Towards Bridging the Materials Gap: Surface Studies of TiO2 Natase," Catalysis Today, (2003).

Lynn Vogel Koplitz, Olga Dulub, Ulrike Diebold "STM Study of Copper Growth on ZnO(0001)-Zn and ZnO(0001bar)-O Surfaces," The Journal of Physical Chemistry B(2003).

Igor A. Kuyanov, Daniel J. Lacks, Ulrike Diebold "Dynamics of the TiO2 (110) Surface and Step: Onset of Defects in the Ordered Stucture," Physical Review B 68 233404(2003).

Georg Kresse, Olga Dulub, Ulrike Diebold "Competing Stabilization Mechanism for The Polar ZnO(0001)-Zn Surface," Physical Review B 68 245409(2003).

M. Batzill,A.M. Chaka and U. Diebold "Surface Oxygen Chemistry of a Gas-Sensing Material: SnO2(101)," Europhysics Letters 65 (1), pp.61-67 (2004).

Shiva Adireddy, Ph.D.

Shiva Adireddy, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

School of Science & Engineering

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., University of New Orleans (2013)

Biography

Field of Research: Functional Nanostructured Materials

Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D.

Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

(504) 862-3177
School of Science & Engineering

Office

Department of Physics
226 Stanley Thomas Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Courses Taught

ASTR 1000: Descriptive Astronomy

ASTR 1100: Observational Astronomy

PHYS 3740: Classical Mechanics

PHYS 7230/7240: Electromagnetic Theory I & II

ASTR 3010: Archaeoastronomy

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., Texas A&M, (1966)

Biography

Dr. Purrington's research interests include Nuclear Physics & History of Physics.

Recent Publications

R. D. Purrington, "Bottom Scattering in Acoustic Propagation Modeling," J. Comput. Acoust. 2, 147-160 (1994).

R. D. Purrington, "Scattering Kernal Approach to Bottom Loss and Scattering in a Parabolic Equation Model," Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, 385-398 (1996).

R. D. Purrington, "Physics in the Nineteenth Century," Rutgers University Press. (1997).

James H. McGuire, Ph.D.

James H. McGuire, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

(504) 862-3182
School of Science & Engineering

Office

Department of Physics
221 Stanley Thomas Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Courses Taught

PHYS 1010: Great Ideas In Science

PHYS 1310/1320: General Physics I & II

PHYS 3010/6010/6020: Theoretical Physics I & II

PHYS 3800: Physics Seminar

Education & Affiliations

B.S., Rensselaer (1964)
M.S., Northeastern (1966)
Ph.D., Northeastern (1969)

Biography

Dr. McGuire's research interests include Theoretical Atomic Physics & Physics Instruction.

Recent Publications

"Time Evolution and Use of Multiple Times in the N-Body Problem," J.H. McGuire and A.L. Godunov, Phys. Rev. A {\bf A67}, 042701 (2003).

"Population Control of 2s-2p Transitions in Hydrogen," Kh.Kh. Shakov and J.H. McGuire, quant-ph/0306160; Phys. Rev. {\bf A67} 033405 (2003).

"Population Control in a Degenerate N-Level Atom," J.H. McGuire, Kh. Kh. Shakov and Kh Yu Rakhimov", J. Phys. B {\bf 36}, 3195 (2003).

"Ionization-Excitation Magnetic Sublevel Cross Sections for He$^+(2p)^2 P^0$ States Following Fast Electron and Proton Impact," H. Merabet, R. Bruch, S. Fuelling, M. Bailey, A.L. Godnov, J.H. McGuire, A.N. Grum-Grzhimallo and K. Bartschat, Nucl. Instru. Method {\bf B 205}, 399 (2003).

"Scattering Angle-Integrated (Total) and Magnetic Sublevel Cross Sections and Degree of Linear Polarization for Electron and Proton Incuded Excitation [HeI (1snp)] $^1P_0$ (n=2-5)] of Helium," H. Merabet, R. Bruch, J. Hanni, M. Bailey, A.L. Godnov, J.H. McGuire, D. Fursa, I. Bray, K. Bartschat, H.C. Tseng and C.D. Lin, Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables {\bf 83}, 45 (2003).

"Quantum Correlation in Time," J.H. McGuire, Kh. Kh. Shakov and Kh. Yu Rakhimov, {From the Atomic to the Nanoscale}, edited by C.T. Whelan and J.H. McGuire (AIP Press, 2003).

"Population Control in Nearly Degenerate N-Level Atoms," Kh.Kh Shakov, J.H. McGuire, Kh. Yu. Rakhimov, in {From the Atomic to the Nanoscale}, edited by C.T. Whelan and J.H. McGuire (AIP Press, 2003).

"Quantum Correlation in Time," J.H. McGuire, A.L. Godunov, Kh. Kh. Shakov and Kh. Yu. Rakhimov, in {From the Atomic to the Nanoscale}, edited by C.T. Whelan and J.H. McGuire (AIP Press, 2003).

"Complete Population Transfer in a Degenerate 3-Level Atom," Kh. Yu. Rakhimov, J.H. McGuire and Kh.Kh. Shakov, quant-ph/0306157; submitted to Phys. Rev. A.

"Time in Quantum Mechanics," J.H. McGuire, A.L. Godunov, Kh. Kh. Shakov and Kh. .Yu. Rakhimov in {Progress in Quantum Physics Research}, (Nova Science, NY, V. Krasnoholovets, editor), (2003)

"Population Transfer Without Time Ordering," Kh. Yu. Rakhimov, Kh. Kh. Shakov, and J.H. McGuire, in {Progress in Quantum Physics Research}, (Nova Science, NY, V. Krasnoholovets, editor), (2003).

"Time Ordering in Quantum Mechanics," J.H.McGuire, A.L. Godunov, Kh.Kh. Shakov, Kh.Yu. Rakhimov and A. Chalastaras, in {Progress in Quantum Physics Research}, edited by V. Krasnoholovets, (Nova Science, NY, 2003).

"Population Control in a Degenerate N-State System," Kh.Yu. Rakhimov, Kh.Kh. Shakov and J.H.McGuire, in {Progress in Quantum Physics Research}, edited by V. Krasnoholovets, (Nova Science, NY, 2003).

Norman Horwitz

Norman Horwitz

Senior Professor of Practice Emeritus

School of Science & Engineering

Courses Taught

ENGP 3410/3421 Summer Internship I/II

ENGP 4310/4320 Team Design Project & Professional Practice I/II

 

Education & Affiliations

B.M.E., University of Pittsburgh

Biography

Dr. Horwitz's research interests include Industrial Engineering.

David L. Ederer, Ph.D.

David L. Ederer, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

(504) 865-5520
School of Science & Engineering

Office

Department of Physics
2001 Percival Stern Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., Cornell University (1963)

Biography

Dr. Ederer's research interests include Experimental Solid State Physics.

Recent Publications

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, T. Schuler, "X-Ray Raman Scattering at the Manganese L Edge of MnF2: Valence Emission of Mn2+," Physical Review A, Vol. 72, Page 52502 (2005).

T. M. Schuler, D. L. Ederer, S. Itza-Ortiz, G. T. Woods, T. A. Callcott, and J. C. Woicik, "Character of the Insulating State in NiO: A Mixture of Charge-Transfer and Mott-Hubbard Character," Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Page 115113 (2005).

T. M. Schuler, R. A. Stern, R. McNorton, S. D. Willoughby, J. M. MacLaren, D. L. Ederer, V. Perez-Dieste, F. J. Himpsel, S. A. Lopez-Rivera, T. A. Callcott, "Electronic Structure of the Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor Zn0.90Mn0.10S Measured by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and First Principles Calculations," Physical Review B, Vol. 72, Page 045211 (2005).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, and T. Schuler, "Chemical Effects in the Manganese 3s ® 2p X-Ray Emission That Follows Resonant and Nonresonant Photon Production of a 2p Hole," Physical Review B, Vol. 70, Page 35216 (2004).

R. A. Stern, T. M. Schuler, J. M. MacLaren, D. L. Ederer, D. A. Resnick, K. Gilmore, Y. U. Idzerda, V. Perez-Dieste, F. J. Himpsel, S. A. Lopez-Rivera, and T. A. Callcott, "Calculated Half Metallic Behavior in Dilute Magnetically Doped ZnS," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 95, Page 7468 (2004).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, and T. Schuler, "Correlation Effects in the Resonant and Nonresonant Manganese 3s ® 2p Photon Emission in MnF2," Physical Review A, Vol. 68, Page 042715 (2003).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, T. Schuler, and T. A. Callcott, "Direct Evidence for 3p ® 2p Non-Dipole X-Ray Emission in Transition Metals," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 36, Page L173 (2003).

S. Itza-Ortiz, D. L. Ederer, T. M. Schuler, N. Ruzycki, J. Samuel Jiang, and S. D. Bader, "Model Study of Soft X-Ray Spectroscopic Techniques for Observing Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Buried SmCo Magnetic Films," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 93, Page 2002 (2003).

T. M. Schuler, D. L. Ederer, N. Ruzycki, G. Glass, W. A. Hollerman, A. Moewes, M. Kuhn, and T. A. Callcott, "Diffusion of TiN into Aluminum Films Measured by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Vol. 19, Page 2259 (2001).

Fred Wietfeldt, Ph.D.

Fred Wietfeldt, Ph.D.

Professor

Department Chair
(504) 862-3175
School of Science & Engineering
Photo of Dr. Fred Wietfeldt

Office

Department of Physics
5026 Percival Stern Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Labs

4063 & 4067 Percival Stern Hall

Courses Taught

PHYS 2350/2360: Modern Physics I & II

PHYS 3150/6150: Intro to Neutron Science

PHYS/ENGP 3530: Advanced Laboratory

PHYS 3740: Classical Mechanics

PHYS 3450/6450: Elementary Particle Physics

Education & Affiliations

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1994)

Biography

Dr. Wietfeldt's research is in neutron physics, in particular precision neutron decay measurements and neutron interferometry. These experiments probe the basic forces of nature, test the Standard Model of particle physics, and explore quantum interactions between neutrons and matter. Experiments are conducted at national neutron science facilities such as the NIST Center for Neutron Research in Gaitherburg, Maryland. Experimental design, setup, and data analysis are done on Tulane campus.

Recent Publications

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Neutron polarimetry using a polarized 3He cell for the aCORN experiment, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 988, 164862 (2021). B. C. Schafer, W. A. Byron, W. C. Chen, B. Collett, M. S. Dewey, ..., F. E. Wietfeldt

Precision Measurement of the Neutron Scattering Length of 4He Using Neutron Interferometry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 012501 (2020). R. Haun, F. E. Wietfeldt, M. Arif, M. G. Huber, T. C. Black, ...

Measurements of the Neutron Lifetime, Atoms 6, 70 (2018). F. E. Wietfeldt

aCORN: an experiment to measure the electron-antineutrino correlation coefficient in free neutron decay, Rev. Sci. Instr. 88, 083503 (2017). B. Collett, F. Bateman, J. Byrne, W. A. Byron, W. Chen, ..., F. E. Wietfeldt

Measurement of the Electron-Antineutrino Angular Correlation in Neutron Beta Decay, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 042502 (2017). G. Darius, W. A. Byron, C. R. DeAngelis, M. T. Hassan, F. E. Wietfeldt, ...

Precision Measurement of the Radiative Beta Decay of the Free Neutron, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 242501 (2016). M. J. Bales, R. Alarcon, C. D. Bass, E. J. Beise, H. Breuer, ..., F. E. Wietfeldt

Jiang Wei, Ph.D.

Jiang Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(504) 865-5089
Office Address
5042 Percival Stern Hall
School of Science & Engineering
Jiang Wei

Courses Taught

PHYS 1210: Introductory Physics I

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle (2010)

Biography

Dr. Wei's research interests include Nanodevice Physics.

Recent Publications

Google Scholar Link

H. Ji, J. Wei, D. Natelson. "Modulation of the Electrical Properties of VO2 Nanobeams Using an Ionic Liquid as a Gating Medium." Nano Letters 12(6): 2988-2992 (2012).

J. Wei, H. Ji, W. Guo and D. Natelson, “Hydrogen stabilization of metallic VO2 in single-crystal nanobeams”, Nature Nanotechnology 7, 357–362 (2012).

J. Wei, D. Natelson, “Nanostructure Studies of Strongly Correlated Materials”, Nanoscale 3, 3509-3521 (2011).

Z. Wang, J. Wei, P. Morse, O. E. Vilches and D. Cobden, “Phase transitions on the surface of a carbon nanotube”, Science 327, 552 (2010).

J. Wei, Z. Wang, W. Chen, and D. H. Cobden, “Vanadium dioxide nanobeams: probing sub-domain properties of strongly correlated materials”, Nature Nanotechnology 4, 420 (2009).

Diyar Talbayev, Ph.D.

Diyar Talbayev, Ph.D.

Professor

(504) 862-3183
Office Address
5066 Percival Stern Hall
School of Science & Engineering
Diyar Talbayev

Courses Taught

PHYS 1310: General Physics I

PHYS/ENGP 3600/6600: Nanoscience and Technology

PHYS 7130: Solid State Physics

Education & Affiliations

Ph.D. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY (2004)

Biography

Dr. Talbayev's research interests include Femtosecond & Terahertz Spectroscopy.

Recent Publications

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Jianwei Sun, Ph.D.

Jianwei Sun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(504) 862-3182
Office Address
217 Stanley Thomas Hall
School of Science & Engineering
Jianwei Sun

Courses Taught

PHYS 7160 Atomic and Molecular Physics

PHYS 7170 Quantum Mechanics I

PHYS 7180 Quantum Mechanics II

Education & Affiliations

B.A., The University of Science and Technology of China (2001)
M.S., Tulane University (2006)
Ph.D., Tulane University (2010)

Biography

Dr. Sun's research interests include Condensed Matter and Materials Theory and Computation/Density Functional Theory.

Recent Publications

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J.W. Furness, Y. Zhang, C. Lane, I.G. Buda, B. Barbiellini, R.S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil, and J. Sun, An accurate first-principles treatment of doping-dependent electronic structure of high-temperature cuprate superconductors, Nature Communication Physics, 1, 11 (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s42005-018-0009-4

Y. Zhang, D.A. Kitchaev, J. Yang, T. Chen, S.T. Dacek, R.A. Sarmiento-Perez, M.A.L. Margues, H. Peng, G. Ceder, J.P. Perdew, and J. Sun, Efficient first-principles prediction of solid stability: Towards chemical accuracy, npj Computational Materials 4, 9 (2018). doi:10.1038/s41524-018-0065-z

Michael G. Medvedev, Ivan S. Bushmarinov, Jianwei Sun, John P. Perdew, and Konstantin A. Lyssenko, Density functional theory is straying from the path to the exact functional, Science 355, 49 (2017).

Yubo Zhang, Jianwei Sun, John P. Perdew, and Xifan Wu, Comparative first-principles studies of prototypical ferroelectric materials by LDA, GGA, and SCAN meta-GGA, Phys. Rev. B 96, 035143 (2017).

J.P. Perdew, W. Yang, K. Burke, Z. Yang, E.K. Gross, M. Scheffler, G.E. Scuseria, T.M. Henderson, I.Y. Zhang, and A. Ruzsinszky, Understanding Band Gaps of Solids in Generalized Kohn–Sham Theory. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 114 (11), 2801 (2017).

J. Sun, R. Remsing, Y. Zhang, Z. Sun, A. Ruzsinszky, H. Peng, Z. Yang, A. Paul, U. Waghmare, X. Wu, M.L., Klein, and J.P. Perdew, Accurate Structures and Energies of Diversely Bonded Systems from an Efficient Density Functional, Nat. Chem. 8, 831 (2016).

H. Peng, Z.H. Yang, J.P. Perdew, and J. Sun, Versatile van der Waals Density Functional based on a Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation. Phys. Rev. X, 6, 041005 (2016).

Akila C. Thenuwara, Samantha L. Shumlus, Nuwan H. Attanayake, Elizabeth Cerkez, Ian G. McKendry, Laszlo Frazer, Eric Borguet, Qing Kang, Michael Zdilla,  Jianwei Sun, and Daniel R. Strongin, Copper-Intercalated Birnessite as a Water Oxidation Catalyst, Langmuir 31, 12807 (2015)

J. Sun, A. Ruzsinszky, and J.P. Perdew, Strongly Constrained and Appropriately Normed Semilocal Density Functional, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 036402 (2015).

J. Sun, J.P. Perdew, and A. Ruzsinszky, Semilocal Density Functional Obeying a Strongly-Tightened Bound for Exchange, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112, 685 (2015).

J. Sun, B. Xiao, Y. Fang, R. Haunschild, P. Hao, A. Ruzsinszky, G. I. Csonka, G.E. Scuseria, and J.P. Perdew, Density Functionals that Recognize Covalent, Metallic, and Weak Bonds, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 106401 (2013).

J. Sun, B. Xiao, and A. Ruzsinszky, Communication: Effect of the Orbital-Overlap Dependence in the Meta Generalized Gradient Approximation, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 051101 (2012).

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