Brett Fors Flyer Title: Controlling Polymer Structure in Cationic and Radical Polymerizations Abstract: Synthetic polymers are significant importance in all aspects of modern life, and during the last few decades, these materials have facilitated major societal advances. Innovative polymeric materials have the potential to address humankind’s next grand scientific and technological challenges; however, taking advantage […]
Prof. Banerjie Flyer Title: Organic Semiconductors in Electronics, Photovoltaics and Bioelectronics Abstrac: Organic conjugated materials have many favourable properties that make them interesting for a variety of electronic applications. The aim of my group is to understand the fundamental processes underlying their functionality. We use ultrafast spectroscopic techniques, such as transient absorption (TA) and time-domain […]
Flyer: Prof. Emily Tsui Flyer Meet the Speaker: 11 a.m., YH 3096 Title: Organometallic Chemistry at Quantum Dot Surfaces Abstract: Due to their tunable optoelectronic properties, colloidal semiconductor quantum dot nanocrystals are useful in applications like displays, photovoltaics, and photocatalysis. Chemistry at nanocrystal surfaces, including redox processes, association/dissociation, and other structural rearrangements, has an outsize […]
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Prof. Gilles Flyer Title: Self-Immolative Polymers: Chemical Designs and Applications Abstract: The development of degradable polymers is of significant interest across a wide range of fields from commodity plastics to medicine. Much progress has been made to date with conventional polyesters such as polylactide and […]
Prof. Vlcek Flyer Title: Excitation Dynamics Driving the Electronic Structure of Molecules and Solids Abstract: Capturing the dynamics of electronic excitations in realistic systems containing more than a few electrons is one of the outstanding theoretical challenges. Dynamical quantum correlations mediate interactions and couplings between multiple excited states in materials and represent an important driver […]
Flyer: Prof. Megan Fieser Flyer Meet the Speaker: 11 a.m., YH 3096 Title: Development of Catalytic Strategies for Advances in Polymer Sustainability Abstract: As we strive to support our busy and demanding lifestyles, our dependence on disposable plastics has led to a global environmental crisis. The high stability of plastics to an array of conditions […]
