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M. Mercedes Calbi
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Field: Surface physics; Equilibrium and dynamics of gas adsorption
- Degree: PhD., 2000, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- At SIUC Since: Fall 2003
- Office: Neckers 473
- Mailcode: 4401
- Phone: (618) 453-2048
- Fax: 618-453-1056
- E-mail: mcalbi@physics.siu.edu
- Web: http://www.physics.siu.edu/calbi/index
- Curriculum Vitae
Teaching
Office Hours
- Moday, Wed, Friday: 12:50 pm - 2:50 pm
Research Interests
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Gases adsorbed on and inside carbon nanotube bundles: Adsorption and thermodynamical properties, kinetic and diffusive behavior, quantum effects, phase transitions
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Bose-Einstein condensation in low dimensional systems: Condensates in optical lattices
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Forces between nanosize particles: Van der Waals forces between atomic clusters, size and many-body effects; aggregation phenomena in fluids
My theoretical approaches are based on statistical and quantum mechanical methods and include density functional techniques for liquid helium, grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations and kinetic Monte Carlo schemes. An effort is made to formulate simple models in order to identify the key features of the problem and provide a general understanding of the investigated phenomena.
Selected publications:
M.M. Calbi and J.L. Riccardo, "Energy barriers at the ends of carbon nanotube bundles: Effects on interstitial adsorption kinetics", Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (24): Art. No. 246103 (2005).
M.M. Calbi, A. Mizel, M.W. Cole, "Lattice dilation near a single hydrogen molecule in an interstitial channel within a nanotube bundle", Phys. Rev. B 69: Art. No. 195408 (2004).
M.K. Kostov, M.M. Calbi and M.W. Cole, "Phonons and specific heat of phases adsorbed on the surface of nanotube bundles", Phys. Rev. B. 68: 245403 (2003).
M.M. Calbi, S.M. Gatica and M.W.Cole, "Statistical mechanics of interacting peapods", Phys. Rev. B. 67: 205417 (2003).
M.M. Calbi, S.M. Gatica, D. Velegol, M.W. Cole, "Retarded and non retarded van der Waals interactions between a cluster and a second cluster or a conducting surface", Phys. Rev. A. 67: 033201 (2003).
M. Mercedes Calbi and Milton W. Cole, "Dimensional crossover and quantum effects of gases adsorbed on nanotube bundles", Phys. Rev. B. 66: 115413 (2002).
M.M. Calbi , M.W. Cole , S.M. Gatica , M.J. Bojan , and G. Stan, "Colloquium: Condensed phases of gases inside nanotube bundles", Rev. Mod. Phys. 73: 857-865 (2001).
M.M. Calbi , S.M. Gatica, M.J. Bojan, and M.W. Cole, "Phases of neon, xenon, and methane adsorbed on nanotube bundles", Journal of Chemical Physics 115: 9975-9981 (2001).
M.M. Calbi, F. Toigo, M.W. Cole, "Dilation-induced phases of gases absorbed within a bundle of carbon nanotubes", Phys. Rev. Lett. 86: 5062-5065 (2001).
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