David Lederman

Professor, West Virginia University Department of Physics

1988 B.S., Physics, Stanford University

1992 Ph.D., Physics, Univ. of California - Santa Barbara

Hodges Hall G19
Morgantown, WV 26506-6315

Tel: (304) 293-3422 ext. 1494
Fax: (304) 293-5732
E-mail: David.Lederman@mail.wvu.edu

Thin films are currently of much scientific interest because their surfaces and interfaces affect the behavior of the material to a much greater extent than the bulk.  Many surface and interface properties can and have been exploited in technological applications. These effects are observed in films composed of materials with strong electronic interactions, and manifest themselves in unusual phase transition, magnetic, electrical, and optical properties.  We are also interested in superlattices of these materials, which are composed of stacking two ultra-thin films of different materials and repeating this structure several times.  This often results in new phenomena because of the artificial periodicity of the superlattice.  Current interests in our laboratory include the thin film and superlattice properties of magnetic metals and insulators, as well as ferroelectric oxide/semiconductor heterostructures.  A significant effort in biomolecular recognition through molecular electronics and biosensors, in collaboration with WVU Health Sciences and the Chemistry Department and funded through the WV-EPSCoR and the National Science Foundation, is also underway.  For more information, visit the West Virginia University Thin Film Laboratory (link will be updated soon).

 

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Last updated on January 1, 2008