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Brian F Woodfield

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Office Hours

Office: C304A BNSN

Office Phone: 801-422-2093

Lab Phone: 801-422-9345

Education Information:

B.S., Brigham Young University (1986)

M.S., Brigham Young University (1988)

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1995)

NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory (1995-1996)

Associate Professor of Science, Southern Virginia College (1996-1997)

Curriculum Vitae:

Brian-Woodfield.pdf

Physical Chemistry

Additional research areas: Solid-State Physics, Nanomaterials, Magnetism, Low-Temperature Specific Heat

Specific Heat Measurements

In my laboratory we use specific-heat measurements from 0.5 K to as high as 400 K to study the properties of superconducting, magnetic, and other technologically important materials. Specific heat has been an important tool in the study and understanding of solids for more than seventy years where it has been used to investigate and understand lattice vibrations, metals, superconductivity, electronic and nuclear magnetism, dilute magnetic systems, structural transitions, heavy fermions, and more. The specific heat has been useful because it is a bulk property; that is, the specific heat is an average measure of the thermal properties of a sample which, in turn, has provided unique and significant insights of the intrinsic properties of a material. Read more

Publications:

91 Scientific Papers.

Selected Publications:

S. Liu, Q. Liu, J. Boerio-Goates, and B.F. Woodfield, “Preparation of Uniform Nanoparticles of Ultra-High Purity Metal Oxides, Mixed Metal Oxides, Metals, and Metal Alloys II”, Provisional Patent Application, (U.S.A., 2006).

S.L. Smith, B.E. Lang, S. Liu, J. Boerio-Goates, and B.F. Woodfield, “Heat Capacities and Thermodynamic Functions of Hexagonal Ice from 0.5 K to 38 K”, Accepted in J. Chem. Thermodyn.

S. Liu, J. Boerio-Goates, and B.F. Woodfield, “Preparation of a wide array of ultra-high purity metals, metal oxides, and mixed metal oxides with uniform particle sizes from 1 nm to bulk”, Submitted to J. Adv. Mater.

A.A. Levchenko, G. Li, J. Boerio-Goates, B.F. Woodfield, and A. Navrotsky, “TiO2 Stability Landscape: Polymorphism, Surface Energy and Bound Water Energetics”, Accepted in Chem. Materials.

S. Liu, J. Boerio-Goates, and B.F. Woodfield, “Preparation of Uniform Nanoparticles of Ultra-High Purity Metal Oxides, Mixed Metal Oxides, Metals, and Metal Alloys”, Provisional Patent Application, (U.S.A., 2006).

162 Presentations at Professional Meetings, Seminars, or Workshops.

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