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Prof.A.QuandtPosition: FullProfessorQualifications: Dipl(Tuebingen),PhD(Tuebingen)Phone: 011-717-6956Email: alex.quandt@wits.ac.zaOrganisationalUnit: SchoolofPhysicsRoom: PhysicsBuilding,RoomP105

ResearchInterestsComputationalandTheoreticalSolidStatePhysics.

PublicationsBookchapters:A.Quandt,M.Ferrari,A.ChiappiniandA.Leymann:GlassNanospheresandPhotonicCrystals,tobepublished(2013).

A.Quandt,M.FerrariandG.C.Righini:TowardsIntegratedNanoelectronicandPhotonicDevices,in:NewTrendsinNanotechnologyandFractionalCalculusApplications,Z.B.Guvenc,D.Baleanu,J.A.TenreiroMachado(Eds.),Springer,Berlin(2010),25ff.

A.Quandt:AbinitioApproachtotheMany-ElectronProblem,in:ComputationalMany-ParticlePhysics(LectureNotesinPhysics),H.Fehske,R.Schneider,A.Weisse(Eds.),Springer,Berlin(2008),p.415ff.

A.Quandt:AbinitioMethodsappliedtoStructureOptimizationandMicroscopicModelling,in:ComputationalMany-ParticlePhysics(LectureNotesinPhysics),H.Fehske,R.Schneider,A.Weisse(Eds.),Springer,Berlin(2008),p.437ff.

ReviewArticles:A.Quandt,Viewpoint:Quasicrystals,MeetTopologicalInsulators,Physics5,99(2012).

A.QuandtandI.Boustani,Boronnanotubes,ChemPhysChem6,p.2001ff.(2005).

SomeRecentArticles:A.Every,R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,AModelforTerahertzPlasmonsinGraphene,OpticalandQuantumElectronics48,1(2016).

F.MohammedandA.Quandt,Asimpleperturbativetooltocalculateplasmonicphotonicbandstructures,JournalofOpticalMaterials,accepted(2016).

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R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,PlasmonicandDielectricPropertiesofIdealGraphene,Comp.Mater.Sci.114,18(2016).

G.Manyali,R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,First-principlesstudiesofhypotheticalSi3N2,Comp.Mater.Sci.96,140(2015).

G.Manyali,R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,First-principlesstudiesofthestructural,electronicandopticalpropertiesofdinitridesCN2,SiN2andGeN2,Comp.Mater.Sci.95,706(2014).

R.Warmbier,A.QuandtandG.Seifert,DielectricPropertiesofSelectedMetal-OrganicFrameworks,J.Phys.Chem.C118,11799(2014).

R.Warmbier,F.MohammedandA.Quandt,OpticalandothermaterialspropertiesofSiO2fromabinitiostudies,Opt.Eng.53,071808(2014).

C.Ozdogan,J.KunstmannandA.Quandt,Localizationofmetallicityandmagneticpropertiesofgrapheneandofgraphenenanoribbonsdopedwithboronclusters,Phil.Mag.94,1841(2014).

G.S.Manyali,R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,Computationalstudyofthestructural,electronicandopticalpropertiesofM2N2NH:M=C,Si,Ge,Comp.Mater.Sci.79,710(2013).

G.S.Manyali,R.WarmbierandA.Quandt,Ab-initioStudyofelasticpropertiesofsuperhardandgraphiticstructuresofC3N4,Comp.Mater.Sci.69,299(2013).

S.I.Ben-Abraham,A.QuandtandD.Shapira,MultidimensionalPaperfoldingSystems,ActaCryst.A69,123(2013).

R.Warmbier,G.S.ManyaliandA.Quandt,SurfacePlasmonPolaritonsinLossyUniaxialAnisotropicMaterials,Phys.Rev.B85,085442(2012).

J.Kunstmann,C.Özdogan,A.QuandtandH.Fehske,StabilityofEdgeStatesandEdgeMagnetisminGrapheneNanoribbons,Phys.Rev.B83,045414(2011).

S.I.Ben-AbrahamandA.Quandt,Aperiodicsequencesandnotionsoforderanddisorder,Phil.Mag.91,2718(2011).

A.QuandtundH.A.M.Leymann,SimulationofComplexDielectricMaterials,AdvancesinScienceandTechnology71,p.58ff.(2010).

A.QuandtandC.Özdogan,Feynman,BiomineralsandGraphene-BasicAspectsofNanoscience,CommunicationsinNonlinearScienceandNumericalSimulations15,1575(2010).

C.Armellini,A.Chiappini,A.Chiasera,M.Ferrari,Y.Jestin,E.Moser,G.NunziConti,S.Pelli,A.Quandt,G.C.RighiniandC.Tosello,Er3-activatednanocompositephotonicclassesandconfinedstructures,OpticalMaterials31,p.1071(2009).

A.Quandt,C.Özdogan,J.KunstmannandH.Fehske,Functionalizinggraphenebyembeddedboronclusters,Nanotechnology19,p.335707ff.(2008).

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J.Kunstmann,A.QuandtandI.Boustani,Anapproachtocontroltheradiusandthechiralityofnanotubes,Nanotechnology18,p.155703ff.(2007).

SpecialInterestsNanostructuredultrahardmaterials

Opticalpropertiesofultrahardmaterials

Numericalstudiesofultrahardmaterials

Developmentofnumericalsimulationstools

AffiliationsAssociatememberoftheNationalInstituteforTheoreticalPhysics(NITheP)

MemberoftheCentreforTheoreticalPhysics(CTP),UniversityoftheWitwatersrand

AssociatememberoftheCentroFermi(Rome,Italy)

OtherInterestsActingChairoftheMaterialsforEnergyResearchGroup(MERG),UniversityoftheWitwatersrand

TeachingPHYS1014(2012/2013/2014/2015),SOLIDSTATEPHYSICS(Honours,2013-now)