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Juan Carlos Campuzano

Juan Carlos Campuzano is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Juan Carlos Campuzano rather than just read about it. In short: Juan Carlos Campuzano (born July 25, 1949) is a Paraguayan American physicist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Reference excerpt

Juan Carlos Campuzano (born July 25, 1949) is a Paraguayan American physicist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory (the equivalent of an endowed chair), and a he is also a 2001 American Physical Society Fellow and a recipient of the 2011 Oliver Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics. He is an expert in high-temperature superconductivity. Campuzano obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. in physics from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1972 and 1978, respectively. He has also worked as a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the University of Liverpool and the University of Cambridge. His research interests include infrared spectroscopy on metal surfaces, electronic excitations in high temperature superconductors and other materials, etc.

Education Ph.D., Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1978. B.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1972.

Awards Buckley Prize, 2011 Outstanding Alumnus Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2008 HENAAC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, 2007 Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001. The University of Chicago Medal for Distinguished Performance at Argonne National Laboratory, 1999. Fellow, Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1985 The American Vacuum Society Scholar, 1975. Research Fellowship, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1974.

Selected publications Souma, S.; Machida, Y.; Sato, T.; Takahashi, T.; Matsui, H.; Wang, S.-C.; Ding, H.; Kaminski, A.; Campuzano, J. C.; Sasaki, S.; Kadowaki, K. (2003). "The origin of multiple superconducting gaps in MgB2". Nature. 423 (6935). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 65–67. Bibcode:2003Natur.423...65S. doi:10.1038/nature01619. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 12721624. S2CID 4380957. Kaminski, A.; Rosenkranz, S.; Fretwell, H. M.; Campuzano, J. C.; Li, Z.; Raffy, H.; Cullen, W. G.; You, H.; Olson, C. G.; Varma, C. M.; Höchst, H. (2002). "Spontaneous breaking of time-reversal symmetry in the pseudogap state of a high-Tc superconductor". Nature. 416 (6881). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 610–613. arXiv:cond-mat/0203133. doi:10.1038/416610a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 11948344. S2CID 4417803. Norman, M. R.; Randeria, M.; Jankó, B.; Campuzano, J. C. (2000-06-01). "Condensation energy and spectral functions in high-temperature superconductors". Physical Review B. 61 (21). American Physical Society (APS): 14742–14750. arXiv:cond-mat/9912043. Bibcode:2000PhRvB..6114742N. doi:10.1103/physrevb.61.14742. ISSN 0163-1829. S2CID 119408493. Norman, M. R.; Ding, H.; Randeria, M.; Campuzano, J. C.; Yokoya, T.; Takeuchi, T.; Takahashi, T.; Mochiku, T.; Kadowaki, K.; Guptasarma, P.; Hinks, D. G. (1998). "Destruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped high-Tc superconductors". Nature. 392 (6672). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 157–160. arXiv:cond-mat/9710163v2. doi:10.1038/32366. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4394844. Norman, M. R.; Ding, H.; Campuzano, J. C.; Takeuchi, T.; Randeria, M.; Yokoya, T.; Takahashi, T.; Mochiku, T.; Kadowaki, K. (1997-11-03). "Unusual Dispersion and Line Shape of the Superconducting State Spectra of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ". Physical Review Letters. 79 (18). American Physical Society (APS): 3506–3509. arXiv:cond-mat/9702144. Bibcode:1997PhRvL..79.3506N. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.79.3506. ISSN 0031-9007. S2CID 118594581. Ding, H.; Yokoya, T.; Campuzano, J. C.; Takahashi, T.; Randeria, M.; Norman, M. R.; Mochiku, T.; Kadowaki, K.; Giapintzakis, J. (1996). "Spectroscopic evidence for a pseudogap in the normal state of underdoped high-Tc superconductors". Nature. 382 (6586). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 51–54. doi:10.1038/382051a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4354355.

References

External links homepage at UIC homepage at Argonne National Laboratory

Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Juan Carlos Campuzano is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1949 births, 21st-century American physicists, American people of Paraguayan descent, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Juan Carlos Campuzano (born July 25, 1949) is a Paraguayan American physicist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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