Collaborative Research: Closing the Bulk Metallic Glass Data Gap in the Supercooled Liquid Region

When researchers discuss metallic glasses with workers outside of the field, two questions repeatedly arise; what is it, and how is it used. Metallic glass, like other glass, is a frozen liquid, and a principle physical aspect describing liquids is viscosity versus temperature. To date, no mutually agreed upon model of viscosity for metallic glass forming liquids exists. How metallic glass is used...

MRI: Acquisition of an EPR Spectrometer for Research and Education

With this award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) and support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program (CRIF), Professor Miroslav Peric from California State University Northridge and colleagues Radha Ranganathan and Jussi Eloranta have acquired an X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer. This instrument will allow research in a variety of fields such as those that provide insight o...

RUI: Spectroscopy in bulk superfluid 4He

This research concentrates on the study of atomic and molecular impurities in superfluid 4He. Such impurities form either snowball or bubble states in the liquid where the former corresponds to a pileup of liquid around the impurity with well defined surrounding solvent shells and the latter to a void created by the repulsive Pauli exchange interaction with ground state helium atoms. As superfluid helium remains liquid down to 0 K, it offers a unique envi...

PREM: Partnership between CSUN and Princeton for Quantum Materials

This proposal requests funds to expand and strengthen the research and educational activities of W. M. Keck Computational Materials Theory Center (CMTC) at California State University Northridge (CSUN), a Hispanic-serving institution by forming a long-term and formal collaborative partnership with Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), an NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The overarching vision...