Exploring quantum phenomena of various fermionic quantum models through their thermodynamic properties

Authors

  • Cristine Villagonzalo ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Thermodynamic properties are usually associated with the macroscopic or bulk properties of a system. In the nanoscale of condensed fermionic systems, their thermodynamics properties such as the thermoelectric coefficient, thermal conductivity or heat capacity, among others, can be used to probe quantum phenomena. Different theoretical models for fermions that have a distinct feature, such as (i) disorder, (ii) two-particle interaction, or (iii) spin-orbit coupling, are explored at low temperature to show how a temperature gradient affects their thermodynamics properties. In turn, these offer insight into the quantum nature of systems described by these fermionic models.

About the Speaker

Cristine Villagonzalo, National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Cristine De Los Reyes Villagonzalo is a Professor at the National Institute of Physics (NIP) in the College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman. The NIP is also where she obtained both her BS Physics and MS Physics degrees. She took a Postgraduate Diploma in Condensed Matter Physics at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. She then earned her doctoral studies in theoretical physics at the Technische Universität Chemnitz in Chemnitz, Germany in 2001. Her current research interests are in thermoelectric properties and thermal transport characteristics of low dimensional spin- or electron-systems at low temperature where quantum effects are dominant. She has served the SPP as the Secretary General from 2005 to 2006, and as the President in 2017. She is currently the President of the National Research Council of the Philippines and the Chair of the NRCP Physics Division.

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Article ID

SPP-2022-INV-1A-01

Section

Invited Presentations

Published

2022-08-16

How to Cite

[1]
C Villagonzalo, Exploring quantum phenomena of various fermionic quantum models through their thermodynamic properties, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 40, SPP-2022-INV-1A-01 (2022). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2022-INV-1A-01.