• Contact Information

  • Office: 443 Meyer Hall
  • Telephone: (303) 273-3068
  • Fax: (303) 273-3919
  • Email: zhiwu@mines.edu
 
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Prof. Zhigang Wu

Education

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Teaching

Office Hours (Spring 2010)

  • PHGN 300: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 1:00-2:00 PM
  • PHGN 482: Fridays @ 2:00-5:00 PM

Research Interests

  • Nanoscale Materials: Electronic structures and synthesis
  • Excitation Properties: Quasi-particles and optical absorption
  • Surface and Interface
  • Energy Conversion and Storage
      Photovoltaics based on nano/organic materials
      Hydrogen storage in metal clusters and clathrates
  • Materials under Extreme Conditions
      Thermodynamics and phase transition
      Superconductivity
      Phase transition at the nanoscale
  • Computational Methods
      Density Functional Theory, TDDFT
      Quantum Monte Carlo, GW/BSE
      Classical/ab initio Molecular Dynamics

Research Group

  • Undergraduate Students
      William Oswald: Nano-PV
      Marc Devorak: High-pressure physics
  • Graduate Students
      Huashan Li (PhD): PV, interface
  • Postdoc

Positions

  • A PhD position is immediately available (Fall 2010)

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Last update: December 2009.