Maria Iavarone

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Maria Iavarone

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Physics

      • Professor

      • Chair

Biography

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Electronic and structural properties of the matter at nanoscale: quantum properties of materials, quantum phase transitions, superconductivity, charge density waves, electronic correlations, 2D-materials, quantum confinement, nanostructures.
• Experimental Techniques: Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy, very low temperatures, ultrahigh vacuum.

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

PHYS 1061

Elementary Classical Physics I

Undergraduate

PHYS 5002

Physics Research and Ethics

Graduate

PHYS 8050

Physics Seminar

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Lechner, E., Oli, B., Makita, J., Ciovati, G., Gurevich, A., & Iavarone, M. (2020). Electron Tunneling and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies of the Superconducting Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Niobium Resonator Cavities. Physical Review Applied, 13(4). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.044044.

  • Trainer, D.J., Wang, B., Bobba, F., Samuelson, N., Xi, X., Zasadzinski, J., Nieminen, J., Bansil, A., & Iavarone, M. (2020). Proximity-Induced Superconductivity in Monolayer MoS2. ACS Nano, 14(3), 2718-2728. United States. 10.1021/acsnano.9b07475