[Todos] Coloquio extraordinario DF - Paul C. Canfield - Viernes 14/08, 14 h

[Nahuel Andrés]

Estimadas/os,

Les invitamos a un nuevo coloquio extraordinario del DF a cargo de,

*Paul C. Canfield* (Ames Laboratory - Iowa State University)

*Cooking, Fishing and Jogging through Phase Space: A Practical Guide to
Discovering and Understanding New Materials *
The design, discovery, characterization and control of novel materials is
perhaps the most important research area for humanity as it moves into the
21rst century. A myriad of societal problems concerning energy, clean water
and air, and medicine all need to be solved by the discovery of new
compounds with dramatically improved, or even new, properties. The search
for such materials requires a blending of skills and mindsets that,
traditionally, have been segregated into different academic disciplines:
physics, chemistry, metallurgy, materials science.  In this colloquium I
will outline the basic philosophy  and techniques that we use to search for
novel materials.  These include a combination of intuition, experience,
compulsive optimism and a desire to share discovery. [1]
In the second half of the lecture, the specific case of superconductivity
will be used as an example of one such search.  Over the past couple of
decades a growing sense of where and even how to search for new
superconductors has been developing, with the recent discoveries of MgB2
and the FeAs based materials providing, at least for me, clear guidance. [2]
Stories will be told, jokes will be cracked, slow burn puns will be
deployed.  Any resemblances to persons living or dead is coincidental.
[1] Paul C. Canfield, Rep. Prog. Phys. 83 [2020] 016501.
[2] Paul C. Canfield, Nature Materials 10 [2011] 259.

Aula Federman - Pabellón 1 - Ciudad Universitaria - CABA
Cecilia y Nahuel - Comisión organizadora de los coloquios del DF 2026
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