CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
EXPERIMENT
The general area of experimental condensed matter physics focuses on the fundamental study of new materials and their electric, magnetic, optical, and physical properties. As a natural consequence of this research, new technologies emerge and are developed for novel applications. These experimental studies span the limits of spatial, temporal, and energy resolution, often extending to the extremes of parameter space. The research activities in our Department embrace this diversity, and the investigations are extended through interdisciplinary collaborations with groups working in chemistry, materials science, medicine, and molecular biology. Research includes Nanoscience, Microwave and Optical Spectroscopy, Novel Materials and Magnetism. Extensive collaborative research is being conducted at numerous national and international universities and research institutions, including the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
THEORY
The condensed matter theory group at the University of Florida is a large and diverse group. The problems being investigated range from superconductivity and magnetism to nanoscale and ultrafast phenomena to statistical physics. The group collaborates with the condensed matter experimental groups at UF and throughout the world, as well as with many theory groups. Our graduates have gone on to both academic and industrial jobs. Research areas include Superconductivity, Magnetism, Nanoscale Phenomena, Ultrafast Phenomena, and Statistical Physics.