Congratulations Colin! 05/08/2015 Colin has received an offer from Northwestern University to become a Ph.D student in the Material Science program. Good luck! Graduation 05/08/2105 Congratulations to Colin and Stephen both for graduating from GT with a Bachelor's Degree in Physics! Positive Feedback 05/08/2105 We have received some very positive feedback on our new atomic polarizability publication from Dr. Charles Clark, an expert on atomic polarizability who is now Co-Director at NIST's Joint Quantum Institute. APS March Meeting 02/15/2015 Dr. Lei Ma and John Indergaard will give presentations at the March meeting this year in San Antonio, TX. Lei will give a talk about novel gold cluster properties, and John will present the new atomic polarizability results. New Publication 01/01/2015 Our newest publication, Measured Atomic Ground-State Polarizabilities of 35 Metallic Elements, has been accepted at Physical Review A Rapid Communication as an Editor's Suggestion! Prof. Häkkinen 09/01/2014 Our collaborator Prof. Hannu Häkinnen is visiting us from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. New Deposition System 08/25/2014 Our new deposition system, equipped with a magnetron sputtering source, is up and running. Niobium targets are on the way in order to perform thin film experiments. Melissa Ma! 03/19/2014 We welcome Melissa Ma into the world! Congratulations Lei and Yanqing on their new daughter. Prof. Lievens 07/25/2013 We've enjoyed a month long visit from Prof. Peter Lievens, our collaborator at KU Leuven. Congratulations Ilia! 07/03/2013 Ilia has been awarded the PURA Scholarship to financially support his continuous work in our lab for the following year. Laser Arrival 06/21/2013 The brand new ExciStar200 laser has arrived. It will be another working horse for the Cluster Lab. Laser Shipment 06/13/2013 We've confirmed shipment of our new 193nm ExciStar laser. Congratulations John! 06/04/2013 John Indergaard has been accepted at GT as a graduate student! Funding Proposals 05/20/2013 Ilia Larkin and John Indergaard have submitted their proposal for PURA funding. Welcome 05/14/2013 John Indergaard has joined our group as an undergraduate research student. Prof. Lievens 05/12/2013 Our collaborator Prof.Peter Lievens will visit our lab in late July in order to work on our project, which is related to the Kondo effect. He may also give a talk at Georgia Tech. Prof. Kresin 05/12/2013 Prof. Vladimir Kresin will visit our lab in October in order to collaborate on our work on superconductivity in metal clusters. While he is in town he will also give a talk at Georgia Tech. New Cluster Lab Webpage 05/12/2013 The new version of the Cluster Beam Lab webpage has begun to work.