Liam Coffey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Office: 150 Life Sciences Building
Office Hours:
Phone: 312.567.3136
Fax: 312.567.3396
Email:
coffey@iit.edu
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Expertise
Education
- B.S, Trinity College Dublin
- Ph.D, University of Chicago
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
I usually teach the two semester Quantum Physics course sequence for junior and senior year students, along with an introductory and an advanced Computational Physics course
My research involves the theoretical study of the properties of high temperature superconductors, in particular tunnel junctions.
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
- "Tunneling spectroscopy of B2212: Eliashberg analysis of dip feature" J.F.Zasadzinski, L. Coffey, P. Romano, Z. Yusof, Phys. Rev. B68, 180504(R) 2003
- "Calculation of Dip Features in the SIS Conductance of D-Wave Superconductors using Eliashberg Formalism" L. Coffey http://arXiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0103518
- "Elastic and Inelastic Quasiparticle Tunnelling Between Anisotropic Superconductors" Yung-mau Nie and L. Coffey, Physical Review B 59 11982 (1999).
- "Persistance of Strong Electron Coupling to a Narrow Boson Spectrum in Overdoped B2212 Tunneling Data" J. F. Zasadzinski, L. Ozyuzer, L. Coffey, K.E.Gray, D.G. Hinks, and C. Kendziora, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 017004 (2006)

