Physics Department Faculty

 
Chancey Photo
C. Clifton Chancey

Professor and Head
e-mail: c.chancey@uni.edu

 

Dr. Chancey is interested in several areas of physics: atomic and molecular theory, biophysical modeling and neuroscience, mathematical physics, and geophysical modeling. His most recent atomic and molecular research centered on explaining the electronic and vibrational structure of Buckminsterfullerene, the soccerball-shaped molecule C60. He has studied the physics of sand movement in sand dunes and the electrical and physical processes involved in neural transmission. Much of his present research is directed toward providing a theory for sodium channel gating in excitable cells like neurons.

 

Fall 2008 Experiment Design Course

Fall 2008 General Physics I Course

Summer 2009 Course

Fall 2009 Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

 

Recent Publications

M.F. Ryan and C.C. Chancey, "Biological Effects of Low Frequency Waves on Zebra Mussels: Disruption of Ion Regulatory Processes," Proceedings of the 222nd ACS Meeting (Chicago, IL, 2001).

 

C.C. Chancey and M.C.M. O'Brien, "The Jahn-Teller Effect in C60 and other Icosahedral Complexes," Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (1997).

 

K.P. Jain, R. Ramakumar, and C.C. Chancey. "Superconducting correlations in the one-band Hubbard model with intermediate on-site and weak attractive inter-site interactions," Phys. Rev. B 53 14663 (1996).

 

C.C. Chancey and S.A. George, "Physical Model of Voltage Sensing in Sodium Channels based on the Sliding Helix Model," Phys. Rev. E 53, 5137 (1996).