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Doctoral Thesis Defense – George Varnavides, Dec 20th 12:00pm ET

Doctoral Thesis Defense – George Varnavides, Dec 20th 12:00pm ET

Electron Hydrodynamics in Crystalline Solids: Microscopic Origins, Mesoscopic Size Effects, and Macroscopic Observables George Varnavides (Zoom link available on request) Abstract: Despite the continued scaling down of transistors since the invention of the integrated circuit over seventy years ago, recent trends have deviated from Moore's predictions, due to fundamental physical limitations including heat dissipation. With [...]
Coverage of our work on imaging phonon-mediated hydrodynamic flow

Coverage of our work on imaging phonon-mediated hydrodynamic flow

Harvard coverage of our recently published work. Notable quotes by group members: “We can think of the phonon-mediated interactions between electrons by imagining two people jumping on a trampoline, who don’t propel each other directly but rather via the elastic force of the springs,” Dr. Yaxian Wang from the NarangLab describes the mechanism intuitively. “The ability to [...]
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