报告人: Prof. Ward Plummer Department of Physics and Astronomy Louisiana State University Abstract： Baton Rouge, LA ,USA Recent experiments clearly show that complex materials such as the transition metal compounds exhibit emergent behavior due to the strong and nonlinear coupling between charge, spin and the lattice. We also know that spatially confining materials produces new emergent Phenomena (Nano-science). This talk illustrates how new behavior in Complex Transition metal oxides emerges from spatial confinement. Spatial confinement of correlated electronic systems exhibiting emergent phenomena is a necessary step in unraveling the origin of their functionality and for opening up new applications. 报告人介绍: Prof. Ward Plummer received his Ph.D. degree in physics at Cornell University in 1967. He then became a post-doctor and later a staff scientist at the National Bureau of Standards. He accepted a position in the Physics Department at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1973, and moved to Tennessee with a joint appointment at The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1993. In the fall of 2008, he came to Louisiana State University as a professor of Physics and Astronomy and special assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Research. In April 2006, Prof. Ward Plummer was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Prof. Ward Plummer’s research investigations are of the phenomena associated with the unique environment at a surface or interface driven by broken symmetry and reduced dimensionality. Specifically of primary interest is the coupling of the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties (static and dynamic) at a surface. He is author of more than 360 refereed papers and is included in the list of the 1,000 Most Cited Physicists. 报告时间：2010年8月18日上午10：30 报告地点：中科院物理研究所D210 联 系 人：陆兴华 研究员(82648043) 主办单位: 表面物理国家重点实验室.