Carlo U. Segre

Classes: Fall 2007

• PHYS 100-1 - Introduction to the Profession
  Introduction to the physical sciences, scientific method, computing tools, and the interrelations of physics with other professions. The class meets in Room 240 Life Sciences Building from 11:25-12:40pm on Fridays and there will be additional laboratory time scheduled in Room 112 Life Sciences Building.
• PHYS 223-1 - General Physics III: Thermal, Optics and Modern Physics
  This is the third course in the 3 semester General Physics sequence primarily intended for Physics and MBB majors. The class meets in Room 245 Engineering 1 Building from 01:50-03:05pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There also is a recitation/laboratory meeting time at 8:35am-11:15am on Fridays This course will have laboratory and recitation every week.

Biographical Information

I am a "midwesterner", having spent my early years in Lincoln, Nebraska; Madison, Wisconsin; and Urbana, Illinois. I received my B.S. in physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976. I then entered my bi-coastal period, first obtaining a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego in 1981 Professors Bernd Matthias and M. Brian Maple and then spending two years as a post-doc with Prof. Mark Croft at Rutgers University in New Jersey. I have been on the IIT faculty since 1983 with a one-year sabbatical in Trieste, Italy at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. I have over 70 refereed publications.

Education:
B.S. in Physics, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
B.S. in Chemistry, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
M.S. in Physics, 1977, University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. in Physics, 1981, University of California, San Diego

Professional Societies:
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi
International Centre for Diffraction Data

Research Interests:
My research centers around the structure and electronic properties of complex materials including superconducting, magnetic and catalytic materials.
Experimental techniques used in my research include; material synthesis through arc-melting, powder metallurgy and advanced chemical methods; thin film deposition by laser and pseudo-spark ablation and sputtering; structural characterization of the samples performed by x-ray powder diffraction and xray absorption fine structure; and measurement of electronic properties by resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Specific topics of interest include:

• in-situ structural studies of catalytic materials for use in fuel cells;
• structural and electrical characterization of thin films of high temperature superconductors and ferroelectrics prepared by laser and pseudo-spark ablation;
• structural and electronic properties of magnetic materials prepared in the form of nanoparticles and thin films;
• x-ray diffraction studies of high temperature copper oxide superconductors, with particular focus on the relationship between superconductivity and the crystallographic ordering of the oxygen sublattice;
• magnetic and superconducting properties of ternary rare earth-transition metal-silicides with properties ranging from heavy fermion behavior to magnetism to mixed-valence to superconductivity, depending on the rare earth element and its local environment.

I also am an active participant in the IIT Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation (CSRRI) and I serve as Deputy Director of the Materials Research Collaborative Access Team (MRCAT) which operates an experimental facility for materials research at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). I have been involved in the development of crystal optic devices for delivery and detection of x-rays at synchrotron beamlines.

Last Update Dec. 3, 2001 by segre@iit.edu