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Seminars archive
Here is the archive of every seminars since 2011.
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- The impressive advances of computer power, effective and user friendly software and graphical interfaces are leading to the development of a new generation of v
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- Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 at 04:47:44 PM - Concluded
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- A Phase-Engineered Quantum Ratchet showing directional motion in absence of a directional force
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- A Brownian ratchet, which gives directional motion in absence of a directional force, is familiar from Feynman's lectures on physics, where he shows that it wil
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- Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 at 05:45:58 PM - Concluded
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- Organic field-effect transistors (OFET) are thin-film transistors that involve an organic semiconductor as active layer.
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- Friday, November 22nd, 2013 at 01:28:42 PM - Concluded
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- Efimov physics refers to the universal behaviour of three-body particles in systems where the interaction is tuned, by nature or by scientists, close to the ver
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- Friday, November 22nd, 2013 at 01:23:51 PM - Concluded
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- The t-tubules of cardiac ventricular myocytes are invaginations of the cell membrane that form a complex network within the cell.
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- Thursday, October 17th, 2013 at 01:09:41 PM - Concluded
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- In contrast to classical physics, quantum measurements foster an intriguing interplay between information gain and system disturbance.
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- Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 at 05:59:41 PM - Concluded
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- The mimicry of biological species to produce photonic materials has raised increasing interest in the scientific community, with particular focus on replicating
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- Friday, October 11th, 2013 at 12:52:06 PM - Concluded
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- This year marks the Centennial of Niels Bohr's foundation of modern atomic and molecular physics.
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- Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 at 05:12:43 PM - Concluded
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- Modern quantum and atom-optical experiments allow for an unprecedented control of microscopic degrees of freedom, not just in the initialization but also in th
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- Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 at 04:25:11 PM - Concluded
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- The main part of the talk will describe the fabrication, optical properties, and application of whispering gallerymicroresonators made from polymers.
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- Thursday, September 12th, 2013 at 02:48:25 PM - Concluded
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- Recent advances in Ni-based bio-inspired catalysts obt ained in the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) for Molecular Electrocatalysis at the Pacific
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- Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 at 10:22:37 AM - Concluded
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- Femtosecond laser pulses, long silica nanowires and nonlinear optical phenomena.
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- Monday, July 15th, 2013 at 02:53:01 PM - Concluded
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- A new value for the electron's mass, almost one order of magnitude more precise than the present value.
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- Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 at 11:32:36 AM - Concluded
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- Over the past 20 years, instructors world-wide have begun to adopt Peer Instruction to get students to think in class.
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- Monday, July 22nd, 2013 at 10:58:32 AM - Concluded
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- Overview on dynamics and thermalization of isolated quantum systems.
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- Thursday, July 4th, 2013 at 12:55:05 PM - Concluded
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- Generation of quantum turbulence by stirring magnetic field in spinor BECs.
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- Thursday, July 4th, 2013 at 12:34:17 PM - Concluded
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- Stationary and dynamical properties within the decoupling approximation and the one-level band scheme.
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- Thursday, July 4th, 2013 at 12:24:09 PM - Concluded
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- High-sensitivity detection devices in optical diagnosis systems for pharmacology, metrology and medicine.
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- Thursday, July 4th, 2013 at 12:08:40 PM - Concluded
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- Fluorescent nanodiamonds: preparation techniques and applications.
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- Monday, July 1st, 2013 at 10:37:10 AM - Concluded
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- Ultracold fermionic mixtures in optical lattices hosting superfluid phases show exotic soliton structures.
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- Thursday, June 27th, 2013 at 11:12:51 AM - Concluded
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- The coherent manipulation of atomic systems for Direct Frequency Comb Spectroscopy and quantum information protocols.
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- Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 at 05:21:55 PM - Concluded
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- Strong synthetic magnetic fluxes for quantum Hall physics and investigation of Hofstadter-type butterfly spectra.
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- Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 03:31:21 PM - Concluded
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- Origin of nonlinearity in the singly-clamped cantilever and the clamped-clamped bridge.
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- Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 06:31:33 PM - Concluded
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- Analysis of the dynamics of synthetic Melanin pigments in different solutions using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.
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- Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 03:16:31 PM - Concluded
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- Dynamics of single mobile impurities in 1D quantum liquids: a novel universality class of single particle excitations.
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- Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 10:30:48 AM - Concluded
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- Propagation of Gaussian laser beams through stratified dielectric blocks between Optics and Quantum Mechanics.
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- Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 at 04:37:29 PM - Concluded
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- Coherence properties of weakly interacting Bose gases across the superfluid-Bose-glass transition
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- Coherence properties of weakly interacting bosons in one and two dimensions in the presence of disorder.
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- Friday, May 24th, 2013 at 01:12:11 PM - Concluded
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- Microscopy tecnhiques for studying the brain using light.
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- Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 at 04:43:26 PM - Concluded
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- High-resolution recording of gas phase spectra and detection of van der Waals complexes in the near infrared spectral range.
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- Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 at 10:25:26 AM - Concluded
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- Seventh seminar in the series "Sguardi sulla complessità" on complexity by CSDC, ISC and Physics Dept. of CNR and Università di Firenze.
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- Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 at 05:16:31 PM - Concluded
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- Full dynamics of the pair-production process, correlation functions and number-squeezing of the system via a Bogoliubov model.
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- Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 11:13:01 AM - Concluded
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- Sixth seminar in the series "Sguardi sulla complessità" on complexity by CSDC, ISC and Physics Dept. of CNR and Università di Firenze.
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- Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 01:09:04 PM - Concluded
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- Some significant examples of quantum Zeno effect will be proposed and their practical relevance discussed.
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- Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 02:01:06 PM - Concluded
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- Frequency controlled random lasing from a quasi-one-dimensional array of amplifying resonators
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- Random lasers with a quasi-one-dimensional system made of amplifying spherical scatterers.
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- Monday, May 6th, 2013 at 01:39:37 PM - Concluded
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- Two examples of electro-magnetic field enhancement in nanophotonic structures: optical traps and ultrafast laser ablation.
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- Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 09:19:25 AM - Concluded
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- Experimental realization of exotic phases and investigation of non trivial quantum dynamics with ultracold atomic Rydberg gases.
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- Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 09:00:29 AM - Concluded
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- Elaborate approaches of colloidal chemistry for fabrication of complex hybrid nanocrystals.
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- Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 08:49:01 AM - Concluded
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- Alkaline-earth atoms for quantum simulation and design of truly continuous atom laser.
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- Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 at 06:52:36 PM - Concluded
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- Nanoparticles applications in studies on animal biology.
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- Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 04:24:22 PM - Concluded
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- Frequency combs extension to mid-IR range based on subharmonic optical parametric oscillation.
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- Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 01:16:47 PM - Concluded
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- 3D Anderson localization and CBS of ultracold atoms in a laser speckle potential.
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- Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 12:41:27 PM - Concluded
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- New twisted superfluid quantum phase is observed in ultracold quantum gases in graphene-like optical lattices.
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- Thursday, March 21st, 2013 at 12:34:49 PM - Concluded
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- Construction of tight-binding models for ultracold atoms in optical lattices.
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- Friday, March 15th, 2013 at 12:54:47 PM - Concluded
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- Third seminar in the series "Sguardi sulla complessità" on complexity by CSDC, ISC and Physics Dept. of CNR and Università di Firenze.
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- Thursday, February 28th, 2013 at 06:22:45 PM - Concluded
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- Troponin-I, and in particular cTnI-Thr144, plays a pivotal role in Myofilament Length Dependent Activation.
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- Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 at 05:45:37 PM - Concluded
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- Science in the Media
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- How do science media get their stories? What is it like to deal with science writers and journalists? And how can you be sure that your work is explained well?
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- Monday, May 20th, 2013 at 11:11:24 AM - Concluded
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- The Dynamical Mean-Field Theory approach to study strongly interacting quantum particles on a lattice.
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- Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 at 05:33:13 PM - Concluded
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- Second seminar in the series "Sguardi sulla complessità" on complexity by CSDC, ISC and Physics Dept. of CNR and Università di Firenze.
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- Thursday, February 28th, 2013 at 06:22:45 PM - Concluded
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- Theory of trapped atoms in proximity of a surface: application to the measurement of short-range
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- Theoretical modelling of the FORCA-G experiment on deviations from Newton's law at very short distances.
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- Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 at 07:26:42 PM - Concluded
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- Flat focusing mirrors
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- Near field focusing via beam reflection on chirped dielectric mirrors.
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- Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 10:19:01 AM - Concluded
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- Optical manipulation of chiral self assembled solid microspheres and polarization holography in soft matter physics.
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- Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 at 04:43:19 PM - Concluded
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- First seminar in the series "Sguardi sulla complessità" on complexity by CSDC, ISC and Physics Dept. of CNR and Università di Firenze.
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- Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 at 12:33:45 PM - Concluded
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- Metamaterials has created extraordinary possibilities such as negative refractive index and promise to transform our ability to control much of the EM spectrum.
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- Monday, April 15th, 2013 at 04:53:09 PM - Concluded
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- An overview on the role that Chemistry can play in nanotechnological applications.
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- Friday, February 8th, 2013 at 05:37:22 PM - Concluded
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- Ultrafast optical spectroscopy as an invaluable tool for investigating light-induced processes in organic molecules.
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- Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 at 11:19:31 AM - Concluded
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- Fundamental aspects of the weak value concept and its application to solid state systems.
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- Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 at 05:57:28 PM - Concluded
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- An overview on non-classical relevant phenomena involved in the interaction between quantum emitters.
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- Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 at 05:34:11 PM - Concluded
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- A look at the new and strongly emerging field of graphene nano-photonics.
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- Monday, January 28th, 2013 at 10:03:55 AM - Concluded
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- An approach to quantum computer technology based on engineered single donor atoms in silicon.
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- Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at 10:07:57 AM - Concluded
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- An analysis of the multi-chromophoric Förster theory application to pigment-protein complexes.
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- Monday, January 7th, 2013 at 10:55:52 AM - Concluded