Office: 2358 NPB
352.392.8867

Lab: B-133 NPB
352.392.9147

meisel@phys.ufl.edu





















































































Mark Meisel

Professor


Education

PhD Northwestern University (1983)

Research Group

Low Temperature/Center for Condensed Matter Sciences/Biological Physics

Research Interest

The electromagnetic and thermodynamic properties of a variety of novel low dimensional systems are investigated for the purpose of studying the underlying quantum mechanical phenomena. From room temperature down to the millikelvin temperature range, the research focuses on low dimensional organic and inorganic conductors and magnets, nanostructured antiferromagnetic particles, and novel superconducting and heavy fermion materials. The millikelvin research is extended to the microkelvin regime when the behavior of the systems requires further clarification. In addition, superfluid 3He is studied at microkelvin temperatures using ultrasonic techniques. Finally, biophysical research involves the study of plants growing in low gravity environments generated by magnetic levitation and the influence of strong magnetic fields on gene expression.

Select Publications

“Ultrasound attenuation and a P-B-T phase diagram of superfluid 3He in 98% aerogel”, B. H. Moon, N. Masuhara, P. Bhupathi, M. Gonzalez, M. W. Meisel, N. Mulders, Y. Lee, Phys. Rev. B 81, 134526 (2010) [9 pages] doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.134526

“Persistent Photoinduced Magnetism in Heterostructures of Prussian Blue Analogs”, D. M. Pajerowski, M. J. Andrus, J. E. Gardner, E. S. Knowles, M. W. Meisel, D. R. Talham, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 (2010) 4058-4059 doi: 10.1021/ja100246n

“Magnetic field induced quantum phase transition of the S = 1/2 antiferromagnet K2NaCrO8”, S. Nellutla, M. Pati, Y.-J. Jo, H. D. Zhou, B. H. Moon, D. M. Pajerowski, Y. Yoshida, J. A. Janik, L. Balicas, Y. Lee, M. W. Meisel, Y. Takano, C. R. Wiebe, N. S. Dalal, Phys. Rev. B 81, 064431 (2010) [6 pages] doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.064431

“Magnetic Field Dependence of the A-like to B-like Transition of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel”, B. H. Moon, N. Masuhara, P. Bhupathi, M. Gonzalez, M. W. Meisel, N. Mulders, Y. Lee, J. Low Temp. Phys. 158 (2010) 170-175, doi: 10.1007/s10909-009-9954-3

“Tuning the sign of photoinduced changes in magnetization: spin transitions in the ternary metal Prussian blue analog NaaNi1-xCox[Fe(CN)6]ß·nH2O”, D. M. Pajerowski, J. E. Gardner, D. R. Talham, M. W. Meisel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (2009) 12927-12936, doi: 10.1021/ja9012672

“Interplay of frustration and magnetic field in the two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnet Cu(tn)Cl2”, A. Orendácová, E. Cižmár, , L. Sedláková, J. Hanko, M. Kajnaková, M. Orendác, A. Feher, J. S. Xia, L. Yin, D. M. Pajerowski, M. W. Meisel, V. Zelenák, S. Zvyagin, J. Wosnitza, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 144418 (8 pages), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.144418

“Neutron scattering evidence for isolated spin-1/2 ladders in (C5D12N)2CuBr4”, A. T. Savici, G. E. Granroth, C.L. Broholm, D. M. Pajerowski, C. M. Brown, D. R. Talham, M. W. Meisel, K. P. Schmidt, G. S. Uhrig, S. E. Nagler, Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 094411 (8 pages), doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.094411

“Anisotropic Photoinduced Magnetism in Thin Films of the Prussian Blue Analogue AjCok[Fe(CN)6]l•nH2O”, F. A. Frye, D. M. Pajerowski, J.-H. Park, M. W. Meisel, D. R. Talham, Chem. Mater. 20 (2008) 5706-5713, doi: 10.1021/cm800576s

“Langmuir-Blodgett films of molecular organic materials”, D. R. Talham, T. Yamamoto, M. W. Meisel, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 20 (2008) 184006 (13 pages), doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/18/184006.

“Superparamagnetic Fe3O4/SiO2 Nanocomposites: Enabling the Tuning of Both the Iron Oxide Load and the Size of the Nanoparticles” M. Stjerndahl, M. Andersson, H. E. Hall, D. M. Pajerowski, M. W. Meisel, R. S. Duran, Langmuir 24 (2008) 3532-3536, doi: 10.1021/la7035604.

“Size dependence of the photoinduced magnetism and long-range ordering in Prussian blue analog nanoparticles of rubidium cobalt hexacyanoferrate”, D. M. Pajerowski, F. A. Frye, D. R. Talham, M. W. Meisel, New J. Phys. 9 (2007) 222 (11 pages), doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/222.

”Ultrasound Attenuation of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel”, H.C. Choi, N. Masuhara, B.H. Moon, P. Bhupathi, M.W. Meisel, Y. Lee, N. Mulders, S. Higashitani, M. Miura, K. Nagai, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 225301 (4 pages), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.225301.

”Inorganic Crystal Engineering through Cation Metathesis: One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Cluster-Based Coordination Polymers”, H. Zhou, K.C. Strates, M.A. Munoz, K.J. Little, D.M. Pajerowski, M.W. Meisel, D.R. Talham, and A. Lachgar, Chem. Mater. 19 (2007) 2238-2246, doi:10.1021/cm063005p.

”Finite-Difference Modeling of the Anisotropic Electric Fields Generated by Stimulating Needles Used for Catheter Placement”, J. C. Davis, N. E. Anderson, J. G. Ramirez, F. K. Enneking, and M. W. Meisel, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 54 (2007) 1186 – 1190, doi:10.1109/TBME.2006.889193.

“High magnetic field induced changes of gene expression in arabidopsis”, A.-L. Paul, R. J. Ferl, and M. W. Meisel, BioMagn. Res. Technol. 4 (2006) 7 (10 pages); doi:10.1186/1477-044X-4-7.

“Topographical imaging technique for qualitative analysis of microarray data”, J. Ch. Davis,
A.-L. Paul, R. J. Ferl, and M. W. Meisel, BioTechniques 41 (2006) 554-558.

“Dimethylammonium Trichlorocuprate(II): Structural Transition, Low-Temperature Crystal Structure, and Unusual Two-Magnetic Chain Structure Dictated by Nonbonding Chloride-Chloride Contacts”, R. D. Willet, B. Twamley, W. Montfrooij, G. G. Granroth, S. E. Nagler, D. W. Hall, J.-H. Park, B. C. Watson, M. W. Meisel, and D. R. Talham, Inorg. Chem. 45 (2006) 7689-7697; doi: 10.1021/ic060654u.

“Magneto-Structural Correlations in Cu(tn)Cl2 (tn - 1,3-diaminopropane): Two-Dimensional Spatially Anisotropic Triangular Magnet Formed by Hydrogen Bonds”, V. Zelenák, A. Orendácová, I. Císarová, J. Cernák, O.V. Kravchyna, J.-H. Park, M. Orendác, A. G. Anders, A. Feher, and M. W. Meisel, Inorg. Chem. 45 (2006) 1774-1782; doi: 10.1021/ic0516109.