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A visit with Meera Chandrasekhar, Professor of Physics
Additional Interview Clips
Quantum mechanics 101
Chandrasekhar’s contribution to the study of semiconductors
Building a pressure cell to apply hydrostatic pressure
Using high-pressure techniques with organic materials
Chandrasekhar’s research collaborations
Hands-on physics programs for K-12 students and teachers
How Chandrasekhar found herself drawn to physics in her youth
The Cultural Association of India
Chandrasekhar’s research as a condensed matter experimentalist
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physics
condensed_matter_systems
Meera Chandrasekhar describes herself as “a condensed matter experimentalist,” that is, a physicist who studies a class of materials called condensed matter systems (formerly known as “solids”). Within this class are three types of materials: insulators, which do not allow electricity to flow; conductors, which do allow electricity to flow; and semiconductors, which “have conducting properties that are in between that of insulators and conductors.” Chandrasekhar has spent most of her research career seeking to understand the special properties of this “in-between” class of materials.