Eleventh Sir Nevill Mott Lecture

Impact of Nevill Mott’s Research on the Development of Solid State Physics:

A Personal Perspective

Professor Emmanuel I Rashba (Harvard)

Wednesday 16 March 2005, 17.00. W0.01

Hosted by Department of Physics, Loughborough University

During a long epoch that lasted for half a century, the research of Sir Nevill Mott made a deep impact on the development of solid state physics. His interests embraced most of the basic areas of this field, and his pioneering ideas initiated new avenues of research. Taking several topics as specific examples, I will illustrate how Mott’s ideas, through his papers and books, influenced scientific work in the former Soviet Union, including my personal research. In conclusion, I will discuss some recent developments in spintronics in which Mott’s seminal paper on screw scattering and his two-current model play an outstanding role.

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The Sir Nevill Mott lecture series at Loughborough was inaugurated by Sir Nevill Mott in 1995. Previous lectures

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Dr Binoy Sobnack
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Department of Physics
Loughborough University
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