The Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS)
Summer Lecture Series (SLS)
Summer 2012 edition
Mark W. Meisel
Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)
University of Florida
Mesoscale Science
[(selected) perspectives of (some) past, present, and future issues at the crossroads of physics,
chemistry, molecular biology, and You!]
Where and When
New Physics Building (NPB) Room 2205
Starting at 4:05 pm and lasting about 50 minutes (followed by cold beverages on Fridays)
Schedule and Links to Notes (version of 20 June)
“Tutorial Wednesdays” and “Brain Speculation Fridays”
May 23 (Wednesday) Lecture 1 [Avoid Cargo Cult Science]: Housekeeping, Motivation, Foundations, Definitions,
The Challenge to You!, Near Future Overview
Lecture 1 Slides (Final-v0601) in PDF format (about 3.5 MB) and “Homework” Powerpoint Slide:
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~meisel/CCMS-Lecture1-HW-slide-powerpoint.pptx
May 25 (Friday) Lecture 2 [Amplitude and Phase Info (Sweet!)]: Homework, “Macroscopic” Quantum
Phenomena:  = n1/2 ei, The Challenge to You!, Near Future Overview, Demonstration on Perspectives, Discussion
Session 1
Lecture 2 Slides (Final-v0601) in PDF format (about 3.2 MB)
May 30 (Wednesday) Lecture 3 [Form follows Function (vice versa?)]: “Tutorial” on X-ray (and other) scattering
to obtain large structures, Phase sensitive detection gone wrong, Wheatley’s wiggles
Lecture 3 Slides (Final-v0601) in PDF format (about 1.3 MB)
June 01 (Friday) Lecture 4 [BEC versus “eyeless” gene]: Science vs NPR, and Journal Club-like presentation of
{tears, smallest transistor, UF’s Health-in-a-Heartbeat, and meandering means}?, and Discussion Session 2
Lecture 4 Slides (Final-v0601) in PDF format (about 1.7 MB)
June 06 (Wednesday) Lecture 5 [Form follows Function (vice versa?)-bis]: the basics of NMR structural
determination, “mistakes” to avoid with magnetism, double-exponential fits, coherence length destruction, and
other things that I wished I knew before I knew them
Lecture 5 Slides (Final-v0607) in PDF format (about 1.0 MB)
June08 (Friday) Lecture 6 [Form follows Function – bis – bis]: Tiny Talk (HW received), Clarification on NMR T1,
T2, FID, Questions from last time, High Magnetic Fields and You?, Pulling on Proteins, Discussion Session 3
Lecture 6 Slides (Final-v0608) in PDF format (about 2.8 MB)
No Lectures on June 13 and 15: Meisel participates in CTMNM and visits Mount Athos.
June 20 (Wednesday) Lecture 7 [Quantum Spins]: Chains and Ladders
Lecture 7 Slides (Final-v0620) in PDF format (about 2.4 MB)
June 22 (Friday) Lecture 8: [Quantum Spins – bis and Summary of Lecture Series]: Planes, Dots, Wheels,
Summary, and Discussion Session 4