Department of Physics

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Research Statement
  • - Superlattices
    - Nanostructures
    - Vortices
    - Organic Semiconductors
    - Insulating Thin Films
    - Proximity Effects
    - Devices
Awards & News
  • Ivan Schuller: Awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid & 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award Recipient
  • Ivan Schuller, Professor of Physics, has been awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, an award the Spanish university has bestowed on only four other physicists during the last century Albert Einstein, Paul Scherrer, Louis Neel and Abdus Salam. Schuller, the first physicist to be given the honorary doctorate in this century, was cited by the university for his contributions to the field of metallic superlattices. Read Article

    Ivan Schuller is also one of seven winners of the 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award, given for outstanding contributions in the field of atomic energy, broadly defined. Each winner will receive a gold medal, citation and $50,000 at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 8, 2004.

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    San Diego Union Tribune Article

  • 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award Recipient: Ivan K. Schuller
  • Ivan Schuller of UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences and Department of Physics is one of seven winners of the 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award, given for outstanding contributions in the field of atomic energy, broadly defined. Each winner will receive a gold medal, citation and $50,000 at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 8, 2004.

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  • Ivan Schuller awarded International Union of Materials Research Societies Sômiya Award for International Collaboration (2007)
  • Along with Yvan Bruynseraede, Professor of Physics at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, earned the award for their investigation of the "Structure and Physical Properties of Superconducting Magnetic Nanostructures."
    The International Union of Materials Research Societies presents the award biennially "for the most significant research on real materials conducted by an interactive group or team whose members are drawn from at least two continents."
    The award is named in honor of Shigeyuki Sômiya, an emeritus professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In addition to an award commemorating the occasion, the recipients receive free registration to the IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials. The winners also make a presentation at the conference.
  • Professor Ivan Schuller receives The Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer Award for the 2007-08 academic year
  • Ivan will present the Faculty Research Lecture entitled, "When Things Get Small" Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Center for Molecular Genetics. The reception is at 3:30PM followed by the lecture at 4:00PM.
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    Ivan is being recognized for his contributions in transforming shake-and-bake metallurgy into a precise, nano-scale science. The award also recognizes his ability to present difficult concepts to both experts and lay people with excitement and humor. Schuller was the star of UCSD-TV's award-winning documentary "When Things Get Small" about nanoscience.
    In addition to playing a wacky version of himself in that documentary, Schuller is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the Chilean, Spanish and Belgian Academies of Sciences. He has won many awards, including the American Physical Society's Wheatley and Adler Awards, the German von Humbold prize, the Materials Research Society Medal and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Award. He also recently received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the oldest and largest university in Spain, Universidad Complutense. He has published more than 450 technical papers and patents, has given more than 250 invited lectures at international conferences and is one of the 100 most-cited physicists worldwide, out of 500,000, in the last 15 years.
    The Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer Award was established in 1982 and started recognizing faculty for the 1983 academic year. At that time, the award went to one faculty member each year. In 1996, the senate decided to recognize two faculty members per year. Past recipients include Roger Tsien, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, David Noel Freedman and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, among more than 20 others.
  • Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS) researchers win major Interdisciplinary awards from the Department of Defense
  • Members of the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences are major contributors to 3 out of 22 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI's) awarded by the Department of Defense nation wide.
    The MURI titled "Search for New Superconductors for Energy and Power Applications" funded at a level of $ 7M, directed by Prof. I. K. Schuller, will search for new superconductors for a variety of applications. The photograph shows the type of equipment that Prof. Schuller's team will be using for the discovery of new superconductors. Prof. M. B. Maple is one of the principal investigators in the MURI titled "Broad Based Search for New and Practical Superconductors."
    Prof. L. J. Sham is a principal investigator in a MURI titled "Quantum Optical Circuits of Hybrid Quantum Memories." These MURI initiatives are all dedicated to interdisciplinary work in which researchers from many disciplines including physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering are jointly tackling important problems for the nation. The Physical Sciences Division at UCSD is a strong supporter of this type of interdisciplinary research which also provides the facilities and research funds to support young pre and post doctoral researchers.
  • Professor Ivan Schuller cited as "Notable Alumnus" of Nortwestern University Graduate School
  • Ivan Schuller, PhD, Physics, 1976: "Schuller's work on artificial metallic superlattices ultimately led to the discovery and application of the phenomena of "giant magentoresistance" in metallic-ferromagnetic conductors, which is the basis of the 'read heads' in modern computer drives"
Selected Publications
  • - Evolution of the Local Superconducting Density of States in ErRh4B4 Close to the Ferromagnetic Transition Crespo, V; Rodrigo, JG; Suderow, H; Vieira, S; Hinks, DG; Schuller, IK Physical Review Letters 102(23), 237002 (2009).

  • - Anomalous magnetization reversal mechanism in unbiased Fe/FeF2 investigated by means of the magneto-optic Kerr effect Tillmanns, A; Blachowicz, T; Fraune, M; Guntherodt, G; Schuller, IK Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321(18), 2932 (2009).

  • - Analyte chemisorption and sensing on n- and p-channel copper phthalocyanine thin-film transistors Yang, RD; Park, J; Colesniuc, CN; Schuller, IK; Royer, JE; Trogler, WC; Kummel, AC Journal of Chemical Physics 130(16), 164703 (2009).

  • - Control of spin injection by direct current in lateral spin valves Casanova, F; Sharoni, A; Erekhinsky, M; Schuller, IK Physical Review B 79(18), 184415 (2009).

  • - Relevance of length scales in exchange biased submicron dots Li, ZP; Morales, R; Schuller, IK Applied Physics Letters 94(14), 142503 (2009).

  • - Comparative Gas Sensing in Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, and Metal-Free Phthalocyanine Chemiresistors Bohrer, FI; Colesniuc, CN; Park, J; Ruidiaz, ME; Schuller, IK; Kummel, AC; Trogler, WC Journal of The American Chemical Society 131(2), 478 (2009).

  • - Role of the Antiferromagnetic Bulk Spin Structure on Exchange Bias Morales, R; Li, ZP; Olamit, J; Liu, K; Alameda, JM; Schuller, IK Physical Review Letters 102(9), 097201 (2009).

  • - Direct measurement of depth-dependent Fe spin structure during magnetization reversal in Fe/MnF2 exchange-coupled bilayers Macedo, WAA; Sahoo, B; Eisenmenger, J; Martins, MD; Keune, W; Kuncser, V; Rohlsberger, R; Leupold, O; Ruffer, R; Nogues, J; Liu, K; Schlage, K; Schuller, IK Physical Review B 78(22), 224401 (2008).

  • - Origin of the anomalous X-ray diffraction in phthalocyanine films Liu, G; Gredig, T; Schuller, IK EPL 83(5), 56001 (2008).

  • - Superconducting vortex pinning with artificial magnetic nanostructures Velez, M; Martin, JI; Villegas, JE; Hoffmann, A; Gonzalez, EM; Vicent, JL; Schuller, IK Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 320(21), 2547 (2008).