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WFU Physics Colloquium

TITLE: "Nano- and Bio-Technology from first-principles atomic-scale calculations"

SPEAKER: Professor Massimilliano Di Ventra

Department of Physics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

TIME: Thursday April 26, 2001 at 4 PM

PLACE: George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101)


Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.

ABSTRACT

Nanoscience and Biotechnology are two important research areas where theory can play a dominant role. I will outline recent advances in first-principles quantum-mechanical approaches and their application to Molecular Electronics and drug reactions in the human body.


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