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Jorge O. Sofo
Associate Professor of Physics
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director of Materials Simulation Center
111B Osmond Lab
814-777-3450
sofo@psu.edu

Research Interests:
• Computational Materials Science
• Electronic Structure of molecules, surfaces, and solids
• Fuel cells, hydrogen storage, corrosion, wetting.


Journal Articles and Publications:
1. T. Thonhauser, T. J. Scheidemantel and J. O. Sofo, "Improved thermoelectric
devices using bismuth alloys," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 588 – 590 (2004)

2. C. Jiang, C. Wolverton, J. O. Sofo, L. Chen and Z. Liu, "First-principles
study of binary bcc alloys using special quasirandom structures," Phys. Rev.
B 69, 214202 (2004)

3. J. D. Fuhr, A. G. Saúl and J. O. Sofo, "STM chemical signature of point
defects on the MoS2(0001) surface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 026802 (2004)

4. T. J. Scheidemantel and J. O. Sofo, "Towards a First-Principles
Determination of Transport", in Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of
Thermoelectric, Ed.: M. G. Kanatzidis, T. P. Hogan, and S.D. Mahanti
(Kluwer, 2003) p. 249

5. T. Thonhauser, G. Jeon, G. Mahan and J. O. Sofo, "Stress-induced defects in
Sb2Te3," Phys. Rev. B 68, 205207 (2003)
 
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