An experimental physicist who developed low-temperature apparatus and studied atoms and molecules adsorbed on surfaces. At Washington he built a dilution refrigerator operating down to about 0.015 K, enabling measurements of thin helium, hydrogen and oxygen films. Combining thermodynamic measurements with neutron scattering helps reveal how confinement to a surface changes the behavior of matter.[ref]
Professional profile of Oscar E. Vilches at the University of Washington. Biography: refrigerator construction, adsorbed films and complementary neutron-scattering measurements
Portrait of Oscar E. Vilches
. Source. New to topics? Read the docs here!