May 2008 – Results on Atomic kicked rotor were
presented at CLEO/QELS and DAMOP
Jan 2008 - Nanomagnetic
actuation paper published in NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
Dec 2007 – Tao Hong has left the lab for Univ. of Maryland, MD
Nov 2007 – Saijun Wu has left the lab for NIST, MD
Oct 2007 - Area-enclosing
guided-atom interferometer paper published
in Phys. Rev. Lett. and highlighted in Science
(Nov 2007)
Jun 2007 –
Alexey Tonyushkin has joined the group working on atomic physics
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May 2004 - Saijun, Mukund and Richard are presenting at
CLEO/QELS
Apr 2004 - Atomic physics
and biophysics
posters are on-line
Apr 2004 - Ferro-chip and
waveguide papers are out
Jan 2004 - Gary Zabow has left the lab for NIST, Boulder
Oct 2003 - Preprints of DNA phase
diagram and long
range optical tweezers out
Oct 2003 - Donald Lee & Efraim Feinstein have joined the group
working on biophysics
Welcome
to the webpages of Mara Prentiss's group in the Physics Department
of Harvard University.
We are an experimental (and occasionally theoretical and computation)
group with a wide range of interests centered on the magnetic
manipulation of particles.
Particles can be manipulated using a spatially varying magnetic dipole
potential, leading to a force on atoms through the Zeeman effect and a
force on super-paramagnetic beads through magnetization.
Our current research can be broadly divided between cold atomic physics
and biophysics:
· As part of the Harvard/MIT Center for
Ultracold Atoms, we are investigating the physics of magnetically
trapped samples of cold atoms. This covers the loading, transport and
applications of these devices. Further information on this work can be
found here.
· By attaching functionalised super-paramegnetic
beads to biological or chemical structures, it is possible to
investigate their mechanical properties. Currently we are using this
technique to investgate the binding energy landscape of ligand-receptor
systems and DNA. Further information on this work can be found here.
If you
are interested in visiting the labs, here are some directions and contact information and
details about current vacancies.