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Prof. Paola Barbara with Robert and Gwynne Edmund

Visit from Robert and Gwynne Edmund

June 5th, 2025

The Physics department was honored to recently have a visit from Robert (B’70) and Gwynne Edmund. Robert is the former CEO of Edmund Optics, one of the world’s leading suppliers of optical components and expertise. …

ACS Journal Cover Reconfigurable all-nitride magneto-ionics

Nitrogen on the Move: Controlling Magnetism through Ionic Migration

June 3rd, 2025

A team of researchers led by postdoctoral researcher Dr. Zhijie (Hugh) Chen in Prof. Kai Liu’s group have demonstrated a novel all-nitride magneto-ionic system with tunable magnetic properties through nitrogen ionic motion. Their recent study, published in ACS Nano and featured on the journal cover.…

Switching of Magnetic Order in High Entropy Alloys

April 28th, 2025

A team of scientists led by graduate student Willie Beeson in Prof. Kai Liu’s group in the Physics Department of Georgetown University has demonstrated a new way to control magnetism in a special class of metals called high entropy alloys (HEAs).…