[UCI-Calit2] Electromagnetics of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Mesostructures

Anna Lynn Spitzer aspitzer at calit2.uci.edu
Tue Jul 8 08:56:38 PDT 2008


Title:		 Electromagnetics of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
Mesostructures

Speaker:		George Hanson, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee

Time: 		3 p.m.

Date: 		Thursday, July 10

Location:		Calit2 Building, Room 3008


Abstract: Carbon nanotubes and graphene are two related carbon
structures that are of intense interest in physics and engineering. Both
structures are predicated to play important roles in near-future
electronic and photonic applications. Although electronic models for
these structures have been developed, electromagnetic/photonic models
have received less attention. In this talk, Hanson will present an
electromagnetic model for carbon nanotubes and graphene that combines
classical electromagnetic theory and a quantum mechanical material
response function to predict GHz, THz and optical properties of these
carbon structures. Comparison to measurement will be presented, and
future applications will be discussed.

Bio:

Hanson received the B.S.E.E. degree from Lehigh University, the M.S.E.E.
degree from Southern Methodist University, and the Ph.D. degree from
Michigan State University, in 1986, 1988 and 1991, respectively. From
1986 to 1988, he was a development engineer with General Dynamics, in
Fort Worth, Tex., where he worked on radar simulators. He is currently
an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at
the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. His research interests include
nanoelectromagnetics, mathematical methods in electromagnetics,
electromagnetic wave phenomena in layered media, integrated transmission
lines, waveguides and antennas, and leaky wave phenomena.

Faculty sponsor:	 Peter Burke



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