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X-WR-CALNAME:Physics Colloquium ft. Dr. Matt Dawber
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DESCRIPTION:What can we do with engineered ferroelectric materials?\n\n \n\
 nwith Dr. Matt Dawber\n\nRichard A. Dennis Professor\, Chair\, Department 
 of Physics\n\nUniversity of Vermont\n\n \n\nAbstract: Ferroelectrics are h
 ighly interesting and functional materials\, used in a variety of applicat
 ions that make use of their switchable spontaneous electric polarization a
 nd associated piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties. Much of my group
 ’s research has been focused on engineering the ferroelectric properties
  of finely layered heterostructures of perovskite metal oxides that we gro
 w in our lab using off-axis sputtering methods. Which begs the question\, 
 why?  While there are fundamentally interesting concepts at play which cou
 ld justify the work purely on the grounds of intellectual curiosity\, I wi
 ll illustrate the appeal of our approach by highlighting some key examples
  where we able to enhance material properties\, overcome processing challe
 nges in combining ferroelectrics with 2D materials or gain insight that ot
 herwise would not have been available without the control of surfaces and 
 interfaces that our methods provide.\n\nBiography: Matt Dawber joined the 
 Physics Department at UVM as Chair in January 2025. Prior to that he was o
 n the faculty at Stony Brook University from 2008-2024 and a postdoctoral 
 associate at the University of Geneva from 2004-2007\, having completed hi
 s PhD at the University of Cambridge from 2000-2003. If you hear him talk 
 it won't take you too long to realize he is originally from Sydney\, Austr
 alia.
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SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium ft. Dr. Matt Dawber
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 dawber
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