In my 30+ science career so far, I have at diEerent times carried out research on superconductivity in nanoscale materials; nanomaterials for solar devices; self-assembly based, high-resolution patterning for semiconductor microelectronics; ferroelectric nonvolatile memories; nanocrystal-based materials and devices; and low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. I have worked in a university lab, an industry lab, and for the last 15+ years at Brookhaven National Laboratory.<\/p>\n
My physics career started right here at Vanderbilt, where I was an undergraduate in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n
In this talk, I will give snapshots of the research projects I am most proud of, and share some lessons I have learned along the way. I will highlight many of the outstanding colleagues I have encountered and worked with in my career so far, to emphasize what I consider the most important lesson of all \u2014 that working together with others on exciting problems is by far the most rewarding part of a career in science.<\/p>\n
My talk will be accessible and, I hope, interesting for everyone. I especially hope students and postdocs will attend.<\/p>\n
BIOGRAPHY<\/strong> Prior to becoming director, I was group leader for electronic nanomaterials in the CFN, responsible for managing the staff and setting group research directions for In my 30+ year career so far, I have also at different times carried out research on: superconductivity of nanoscale materials; nanomaterials for solar devices; nanocrystalbased materials and devices; low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy; and ferroelectric nonvolatile memories.<\/p>\n Oct 31, 2024 @ 4:10 PM (CDT) in Featheringill 134; light refreshments available at 3:50 PM (CDT).<\/p>\n Host: S Hutson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charles (Chuck) Black, Brookhaven National Laboratory Me and My Research In my 30+ science career so far, I have at diEerent times carried out research on superconductivity in nanoscale materials; nanomaterials for solar devices; self-assembly based, high-resolution patterning for semiconductor microelectronics; ferroelectric nonvolatile memories; nanocrystal-based materials and devices; and low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. I have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[8],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227\/revisions\/2232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI am the director of the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where I am also a senior scientist. The CFN is a national scientific user facility, which we operate for the U.S. Department of Energy as a resource for the worldwide scientific community. Each year, the CFN supports the science of nearly 700 researchers from around the world \u2014 from universities, industry, and national laboratories. I am also currently leading a major DOE project to modernize the U.S. nanoscience infrastructure by developing and installing new instrumentation across six national laboratories in the DOE complex.<\/p>\n
\nnanostructured electronic materials for clean energy. From 1996 to 2006, I was a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where my collaborators and I pioneered using polymer self-assembly for high-resolution patterning in semiconductor electronics.<\/p>\n