Randolph Peterson, the Tom Costen Professor of Physics and chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department at Sewanee: The University of the South, will be visiting campus to introduce students to new and exciting experiments using graphene.
Graphene, one-atom-thick graphite, was discovered and identified in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. For this work, they were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Over 30,000 journal articles on graphene have been published since its discovery. We have the opportunity to introduce our students to some of the basic physical properties of graphene in our advanced lab courses while it is still an exciting material, both scientifically and commercially. I will give an overview of some of the experiments that can be introduced into the undergraduate curriculum and the results that you can expect.
Join us on Friday, Nov. 10, for this exciting presentation from Peterson. Lunch will be available in Hayes 216 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and the presentation will begin in Hayes 211/213 at 12:10 p.m. We hope to see you there!