讲座题目：Fulfilling Feynman's vision: arranging the atoms in size-selected clusters with multiple applications

讲座人： 英国伯明翰大学Richard E Palmer教授

讲座时间： 周二（9月22日）上午10点至11点

讲座地点：曲江校区西五楼第三会议室A424

讲座人介绍：

Richard E Palmer is Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Birmingham and Head of the Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, which he established in 1994, the first centre for nanoscience in the UK. His research interests include atomic clusters, atomic manipulation and nanofabrication, with applications in catalysis, coatings and cancer research. He obtained his first degree (1983) and PhD (1986) at Cambridge University, where he held 1851, Clare College and Royal Society Research Fellowships. He has held visiting positions at Cornell, Oxford and Harvard Universities. In 1996 he was awarded the CV Boys Medal of the Institute of Physics and in 2010 he received an Honorary Doctoral Degree (dr. h.c.) from Hasselt University, Belgium. In 2012 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and awarded a senior EPSRC Fellowship. In 2013 he was awarded the Senior Prize and John Yarwood Memorial Medal of the British Vacuum Council. He has published over 300 papers and 20 patent applications and his research has also led to the formation of a series of spin-out companies.