$189K Awarded to Matthew C. Sullivan, Physics

Matthew C. Sullivan, 9/6/2007  ·  0 comments

Ceramic magnet levitating above a superconductor

The National Science Foundation has awarded $188,820 to Ithaca College for support of "RUI: Critical Dynamics of the Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductors," which is under the direction of assistant physics professor Matthew C. Sullivan.

This individual investigator award supports a project that will study how novel electron-doped materials become superconducting in the hopes of understanding the underlying mechanism that creates superconductivity in these materials. The proposed studies will add to the knowledge of high-temperature superconductors and help fulfill the promise of attaining higher transition temperatures.

The project will also train undergraduate students in state-of-the-art film growth, characterization, and measurement techniques, and will create collaborations between Ithaca College and the Center for Superconductivity Research at the University of Maryland, College Park, and between Ithaca College and Cornell University.

This award is effective June 1, 2007, and expires May 31, 2010.