News:

• March 31, 2009: Loic defends his Masters Thesis (PDF)!
• March 20, 2009: Two more papers published: Metal-Insulator Transition in VO2, and Liquid Surface Structure of Bi and Sn
• January 2009: Kevin Duggento, Andrew McLeod join our group
• November 2008: Loic Jacot-Descombes, Sarah Garcia, Mike Folkerts join our group
• July 2008: Group Wiki added (Older Dokuwiki)
• May 2008: Oleg receives Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
• April 2008: UCSD Condensed Matter Physics ranked top 10 in U.S.
• January 2008: Dr. Jyoti Mohanty joins our group as postdoctoral fellow
• December 2007: Crystalline Phases of AuSi alloy paper published Phys. Rev. B
• September 2007: High-Pressure Chromium work is published in PRL
• May 2007: Speckle study of antiferromagnetic domain wall dynamics published in Nature
• March 2007: Hall Effect & Microscopy of antiferromagnetic domains published in PRL

Research in the News:

• Two of our publications are featured in

	2007 Advanced Photon Source Annual Science Report (PDF) Arising from "Direct measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations" O. G. Shpyrko, E. D. Isaacs, J. M. Logan, Yejun Feng, G. Aeppli, R. Jaramillo, H. C. Kim, T. F. Rosenbaum, P. Zschack, M. Sprung, S. Narayanan and A. R. Sandy Nature 447, 68 (2007)
	2007 Advanced Photon Source Annual Science Report (PDF) Arising from "Microscopic and Macroscopic Signatures of Antiferromagnetic Domains" R. Jaramillo, T. F. Rosenbaum, E. D. Isaacs, O. G. Shpyrko, P. G. Evans, G. Aeppli, Z. Cai, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 117206 (2007)
	Our research on surface freezing in binary AuSi alloy is highlighted in a Physics Today article "Nanowire pipette dispenses zeptoliter drops of liquid metal" PDF)(July 2007)
	"X-ray holograms reveal secret magnetism", University of Chicago Press Release Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Direct measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations" Nature 447, 68 (2007) In other coverage: Argonne News London Centre for Nanotechnology University College London Eurekalert London Centre for Nanotechnology Nanomaterials News " ABC News Australia
	"Speckles expose magnet's noisy secrets", PhysicsWeb Article Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Direct measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations" Nature 447, 68 (2007)
	"Different Roads Toward Quantum Criticality", APS Press release (PDF) Arising from Y. Feng, R. Jaramillo, G. Srajer, J. C. Lang, Z. Islam, M. S. Somayazulu, O. G. Shpyrko, J. J. Pluth, H.-k. Mao, E. D. Isaacs, G. Aeppli, and T. F. Rosenbaum, "Pressure-Tuned Spin and Charge Ordering in an Itinerant Antiferromagnet" Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 137201 (2007). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.137201
	"A Gold and Silicon Get-Together" APS Science report 2006 (PDF) Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Surface Crystallization in a Liquid AuSi Alloy" Science 313, 77 (2006)
	"Liquid alloy shows solid-like crystal structure at surface", Argonne News Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Surface Crystallization in a Liquid AuSi Alloy" Science 313, 77 (2006) In other coverage: Materials Performance (PDF) Brookhaven National Lab highlight (PDF) Center for Nanoscale Materials Highlight Lightsources.org (PDF)
	"Demixing of metallic liquids seen for 1st time" Argonne News (PDF) Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Atomic-Scale Surface Demixing in a Eutectic Liquid BiSn Alloy" Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 106103 (2005)
	"Alloyed Fources Laid Bare" APS Science Report 2005 (PDF) Arising from O. G. Shpyrko et al., "Atomic-Scale Surface Demixing in a Eutectic Liquid BiSn Alloy" Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 106103 (2005) In other coverage: Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne New Materials International Argonne webpage cover Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences}