Condensed Matter Physics
University of Colorado at Boulder
Welcome to Condensed Matter Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Colorado at Boulder. One of the largest sub-fields of physics, CMP addresses the properties of systems with many interacting degrees of freedom, such as solids, liquids, and liquid crystals.
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| Paul Beale | Theory | Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena |
| Meredith Betterton | Theory | Biophysics |
| Noel Clark | Experiment | Liquid Crystals and Biological Membranes |
| Dan Dessau | Experiment | Electronic Structure, Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| Ken Douglas | Experiment | Nanofabrication and Nanoscale Structures |
| Matthew Glaser | Theory | Computational Materials Science, Liquid Crystals |
| Victor Gurarie | Theory | Degenerate Atomic Gases, Random Elastic Media, Conformal Field Theory |
| Allen Hermann | Experiment | Superconductivity, Batteries, Photovoltaics |
| Michael Hermele | Theory | Strongly Correlated Systems, Frustrated Magnetism, Exotic Quantum Phases and Critical Points |
| Konrad Lehnert (JILA/Physics) | Experiment | Mesoscopics, Coulomb Blockade Devices |
| Joseph Maclennan | Experiment | Liquid Crystals, Experiments and Simulations |
| Kyle McElroy | Experiment | Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Electronic Structure, Surface Science |
| John Price | Experiment | Low Temperature Physics, Molecular Electronics, Molecular Crystals |
| Tom Perkins (JILA/MCDB) | Experiment | Biophysics |
| Leo Radzihovsky | Theory | Soft Condensed Matter, Superconductivity, Disorder, Degenerate Atomic Gases |
| Charles Rogers | Experiment | Nonlinear Optics, Magnetic Thin Films |
| Ivan I. Smalyukh | Experiment | Soft Condensed Matter, Liquid Crystals, Biomolecular Materials, Optics and Photonics |
This historical picture shows CU CMP students and faculty in 1987.