László Forró

Research Interests

Professor Forró's research is focused in the areas of quantum electronic materials, functional nanostructures, and biomaterials. The topics are:
- synthesis, physical properties and manipulation of carbon nanostuctures and nanostuctured arrays.
- oxidative stress, studied by ESR, AFM, SIRMS, PFM. Toxicity study of various nanostuctures.
- mechanical properties of biological tubular systems, carbon nanotubes, carbon onions by AFM.
- transport and electron spin resonance studies of molecular materials, quasi-one-dimensional organic metals, organic superconductors, cuprates, manganates and fullerenes - up to high pressures.
- tunneling spectroscopy in cuprate and fullerene superconductors.
- optical properties of strongly correlated systems and biomaterials.

Professor Forro is also the inaugural director of the new Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter at the University of Notre Dame.