====== Projects ======

Choose a topic that you would like to learn more about.  Write a paper and prepare a 30-minute presentation.  Include the following elements:
  * A through review of the classic texts, with a tutorial approach in mind
  * The most recent research literature on the topic or related topics (we can discuss this more)
  * Numbers that give the reader an idea of the scale of the quantities you discuss
  * A good bibliography that includes review and tutorial articles and research articles
  * Uniqueness - no topic should overlap that of another class member.  You will decide jointly about topics - all of you have to be interested in the others' topics
  * Length: no maximum.  10-page minimum?
  * Presentation: 15?30? minutes plus 5 minutes for questions
  * Optional: a tentative homework problem and solution that would be good for future years

===== Ideas =====
  * Topological insulators
  * Metal-insulator transitions
  * Coulomb blockade
  * FQHE
  * nanoscale thermal transport
  * Majorana fermions
  * High temperature superconductivity
  * Tunneling – semiconductor, josephson, 
  * Temp dependence of resistivity in semiconductors
  * Universal Conductance Fluctuations
  * Many other topics ...

===== People =====

==== Daniel ====

This [[http://physics.gmu.edu/~pnikolic/articles/Topological%20insulators%20(Physics%20World,%20February%202011).pdf|Brief review article on topological insulators]] is pretty quick to read.

This has an extensive [[http://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.83.1057|review of topological insulators]].

Current draft of the paper (Final Draft): {{:topological_insulators_dm.pdf|}}

Here's my presentation {{:topological_insulators1.pptx|}}
==== Jordan ====
high temperature superconductors

Theory of High Temperature Superconductivity, by S. Fujita, S. Godoy
     
Here is a link to a draft of the paper for this course. Also, some
interesting reading on High Temperature Superconductivity and Plasma
Physics.
   
{{:pommerenck_superconductivity.pdf|}}

{{::science-2015-clery-369-71.pdf|}}

{{:superconductivity_pommerenck.pptx|}}
==== Kyle ====
photons and electron transport
Check out my rough draft here. The content I will present will be almost identical but with ever so slightly more pictures and less words. This version of the abstract has what I originally envisioned my project being, then I spent waaaay too much time trying to understand all of the derivations for what is a vast, vast topic that has like 75 years of prolific works behind it. 
These are my favorite links that will do a much better job covering this material than I ever could
  * [[http://www.pveducation.org/pvcdrom/instructions]]
  * [[http://ecee.colorado.edu/~bart/book/book/contents.htm]]
  * {{:main_text.docx|}}
  * {{:photoexcited_electron_transport_in_semiconductors.pptx|}}
==== Nicole ====
hopping conductivty in organics (and other)

Here is my powerpoint. I fixed a few things and added some experimental current values and mobilities. 

{{:organicstransport.pdf|}}

I'm currently traveling back to the US and can't post my rough draft right now. (I will post it as soon as I can). But to start people off, here are some things to read. 

This book is a great resource you can find it online through the OSU library. I don't suggest reading it all, but it's a great resource for specific topics. 

Köhler, Anna; Bässler, Heinz; Hler, Anna ; Ssler, Heinz (2015). Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors : An Introduction. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com

Here are some articles that were useful for me.

Visualization of exciton transport in ordered and disordered molecular solids. Akselrod et al.
==== Robert ====
Majorana fermions

Check out the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorana_fermion|Wikipedia article on Majorana Fermions]] for a general introduction to the topic. (JT - the Wiki article refers to a paper from just 3 weeks ago, claiming to have detected MFs in a superconductor [[http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmat4604.html]].)

In particular, we would be interested in Majorana Fermions as they exist in solid state superconductivity.  Read [[http://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.1736v2.pdf|this paper]] for a nice introduction.

{{:majorana.pdf}}