Josef W. Zwanziger
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Materials
Related information
Email: jzwanzig@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
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6243 Alumni Crescent
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Materials
- Physical chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Theoretical chemistry
- Glass
- Opto-mechanical effects
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Density functional theory
Education
- BA, University of Chicago
- PhD, Cornell University
- PDF, University of California at Berkeley
Research interests
We are interested in the development of new glassy materials for application in optical instruments and construction. We use a combination of experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches to understand glass structure and environmental response.
Selected awards and honours
- Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Science Award from the American Ceramics
Society, 2019 - E. W. R. Steacie Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry, 2018
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in NMR Studies of Materials, 2003-present
- Editor, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2010-present
- Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Award, 2007 and 2008
- Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2003-2007
Selected publications
- Anisotropic stress in laser-written LaBGeO5 glass-ceramic
composites, A Paterson, JW Zwanziger, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 083106-
(2018). - Short-range Structure of TeO2 Glass, MG Nagendrachar, U
Werner-Zwanziger, JW Zwanziger, A DeCeanne, B Hauke, K Bozer, SA
Feller, J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 28117-28124 (2017). - Elasto-optic coefficients of borate, phosphate and silicate glasses: determination by Brillouin spectroscopy, J Galbraith, L Chapman, JW Zwanziger, M Aldridge, J Kieffer, J. Phys. Chem. C 120,
21802-21810 (2016).
- Mechanical-Structural Investigation of Ion-Exchanged Lithium Silicate Glass using Micro-Raman Spectroscopy, C Calahoo, JW Zwanziger, IS Butler, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 7213-7232 (2016).
- Recent developments in the ABINIT software package, X Gonze, JW Zwanziger, et al., Comput. Phys. Commun. 205, 106-131 (2016).