Past Seminars
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Fall Semester 2019
October 3: David Hickey
MSU, CHEMS
“Using Physical Organic Chemistry Tools to Solve Problems of Grid-Scale Energy Storage”
October 10: Charles McCrory
University of Michigan
“The Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to CO with Molecular Co Catalysts: Modulating
Activity and Selectivity by Controlling the Catalyst’s Coordination Environment"
October 17: Morris Bullock
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Design of Molecular Electrocatalysts for the Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen”
October 24: Ellen M. Matson
University of Rochester
“Development of metal-oxide clusters as charge carriers for nonaqueous redox-flow
batteries"
October 31: Jean Yves Chauleau
Nanomagnetism & Oxides Lab
“Observation and manipulation of antiferromagnetic distributions in magneto-electric
multiferroics”
November 14: Rodney D. L. Smith
University of Waterloo
“Electrocatalysts Through the Lens of Structure- Property Relationships"
Fall Semester 2018
September 20: Yuen-Zhou
University of California at San Diego
“Chemistry and physics of molecules in cavities”
“Chemistry and physics of molecules in cavities”
October 4: Felix N. Castellano
NC State University
“Triplet Energy Transfer Across Quantum Dot – Molecular Interfaces”
“Triplet Energy Transfer Across Quantum Dot – Molecular Interfaces”
October 18: Colombo
University of Texas at Dallas
“Growth of 2D single crystal materials for electronic applications”
“Growth of 2D single crystal materials for electronic applications”
November 7: Klausen
Johns Hopkins University
“Unconventional Building Blocks for Functional Polymeric Materials”
“Unconventional Building Blocks for Functional Polymeric Materials”
November 15: Bender
University of Toronto
“Non-Fullerene Electron Accepting Materials in Organic Photovoltaics: synthesis, device engineering and lifetime assessments”
“Non-Fullerene Electron Accepting Materials in Organic Photovoltaics: synthesis, device engineering and lifetime assessments”
December 6: Delerue
University of Lille, France
“Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals: From single objects to artificial solids”
“Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals: From single objects to artificial solids”
Fall Semester 2017
September 7: Selvan Demir
University of Göttingen
“Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets”
Spring Semester 2017
January 12: Maksym Kovalenko
ETH, Zurich
“Nano- and single-crystals of lead halide perovskites: from bright light emission to hard radiation detection”
ETH, Zurich
“Nano- and single-crystals of lead halide perovskites: from bright light emission to hard radiation detection”
February 2: Joel Ager
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
“Charge Selective Contacts in Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Devices & Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis”
“Charge Selective Contacts in Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Devices & Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis”
February 9: Garry Rumbles
National Renewable Energy Labs/ U. Colorado & Imperial College
“Excitons, Charge-Transfer states, Charge-Separated states, the path to free carriers and the importance of charge delocalization”
“Excitons, Charge-Transfer states, Charge-Separated states, the path to free carriers and the importance of charge delocalization”
February 16: Omar Farha
Northwestern University
“Functional and Catalytic Metal–Organic Framework Materials”
“Functional and Catalytic Metal–Organic Framework Materials”
February 23: Sylwia Ptasinska
Notre Dame, Physics
“Probing Interfacial Processes at H2O/III-V Semiconductor Surfaces under Operando Conditions”
“Probing Interfacial Processes at H2O/III-V Semiconductor Surfaces under Operando Conditions”
February 16: Brett Helms
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
“Applying the Tools of Materials Genomics to Address Charge-Transport Bottlenecks in Electrochemical Devices”
“Applying the Tools of Materials Genomics to Address Charge-Transport Bottlenecks in Electrochemical Devices”
March 23: David Waldeck
University of Pittsburgh
“Directing Charge Transfer in Semiconductor Assemblies”
“Directing Charge Transfer in Semiconductor Assemblies”
March 30: Richard Brutchey
University of Southern California
“Revisiting Alchemy: The Search for a Modern-Day Alkahest to Solution Process “Insoluble” Bulk Materials”
“Revisiting Alchemy: The Search for a Modern-Day Alkahest to Solution Process “Insoluble” Bulk Materials”
April 6: Anders Hagfeldt
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
“The Versatility of Mesoscopic Solar Cells”
April 20: Gerald Meyer
U. North Carolina – Chapel Hill
“Dye-Sensitization for Sustainable Energy”
“Dye-Sensitization for Sustainable Energy”
April 27: Vanessa Wood
ETH-Zurich
Understanding and Optimizing Solution-Processed Systems
Understanding and Optimizing Solution-Processed Systems
Fall Semester 2016
September 1: Thomas Cundari
University of North Texas
“Catalysis in the 21st Century: What Role Can/Will Theory Play?”
University of North Texas
“Catalysis in the 21st Century: What Role Can/Will Theory Play?”
September 8: John W. Frost
Michigan State University (Chemistry)
“Synthesis of Biobased Terephthalic Acid from Methane”
“Synthesis of Biobased Terephthalic Acid from Methane”
September 15: Pamela Silver
Harvard University Medical School
“Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability”
“Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability”
September 22: Yogesh Surendranath
MIT
“Graphite-Conjugated Catalysis”
“Graphite-Conjugated Catalysis”
September 29: Wei Liao
Michigan State University (Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering)
“Turning Chemistry into Food-Energy-Water Nexus Solutions towards Global Sustainability”
October 6: Christophe Copéret
ETH ZÜrich
“Molecular understanding and controlled Functionalization of surfaces towards single- site catalysts and beyond”
“Molecular understanding and controlled Functionalization of surfaces towards single- site catalysts and beyond”
October 13: Richard Finke
Colorado State University
“The ‘Who's the Catalyst?’ Problem: Distinguishing Homogeneous from Heterogeneous Catalysis”
“The ‘Who's the Catalyst?’ Problem: Distinguishing Homogeneous from Heterogeneous Catalysis”
October 20: Francisco Zaera
University of California Riverside
“The Route to Better Catalysts: From Surface Science to Nanotechnology”
“The Route to Better Catalysts: From Surface Science to Nanotechnology”
October 27: Paul T. Barger
UOP LLC, a Honeywell Co.
“UOP Advanced MTO Technology – A New Route for the Production of Light Olefins”
“UOP Advanced MTO Technology – A New Route for the Production of Light Olefins”
November 7: Ive Hermans
University of Wisconsin
“Science and Serendipity in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research”
“Science and Serendipity in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research”
November 17: Christine Luscome
University of Washington
“Precise engineering of semiconducting polymers and their hybrids for organic electronics”
“Precise engineering of semiconducting polymers and their hybrids for organic electronics”
December 1: Jared Lewis
University of Chicago
“Engineering Proteins for Selective Catalysis”
“Engineering Proteins for Selective Catalysis”
December 8: James Boncella
Los Alamos National Laboratory
“Addition of HX to Transition Metal Amide Bonds: Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration and the Water Aldehyde Shift Reaction”
“Addition of HX to Transition Metal Amide Bonds: Catalysts for Nitrile Hydration and the Water Aldehyde Shift Reaction”
Spring Semester 2016
February 18: Mohammad Maghrebi
Department of Physics, University of Maryland
"How can we understand non-equilibrium many-body states?"
Department of Physics, University of Maryland
"How can we understand non-equilibrium many-body states?"
February 25: Benjamin Fregoso
Department of Physics, UC Berkeley
"Irradiated topological matter: quantum design leads to solar harvesting"
"Irradiated topological matter: quantum design leads to solar harvesting"
March 3: Mark Ratner
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
"Charge transport in organic solar materials"
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
"Charge transport in organic solar materials"
March 24: Y.Y. Lau
Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan
"Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in High Current Beams"
"Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in High Current Beams"
March 31: Yue Qi
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
"Predicting Transport Properties of the Solid Electrolyte Interphases (SEI) in Li-ion
Batteries"
April 7: Rebecca Anthony
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
"Plasmas for controlling the synthesis and properties of semiconductor nanocrystals"
"Plasmas for controlling the synthesis and properties of semiconductor nanocrystals"
April 14: Troy Van Voorhis
Department of Chemistry, MIT
"Electronic Dynamics in Complex Environments: From Electron Transfer to Singlet Fission”
"Electronic Dynamics in Complex Environments: From Electron Transfer to Singlet Fission”
April 21: Phil Duxbury
Department of Physics, Michigan State University
"Optimal control of electronic excitations in the solid state"
"Optimal control of electronic excitations in the solid state"
April 28: Todd Martinez
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
"Discovering Chemistry with an Ab Initio Nanoreactor"
"Discovering Chemistry with an Ab Initio Nanoreactor"
Fall Semester 2015 (focus on Theory of ultrafast physical and chemical processes)
(Friday)September 4: Andrew Baczewski
Sandia National Laboratories
"Modeling Real-Time Electron-Ion Dynamics Using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory"
Sandia National Laboratories
"Modeling Real-Time Electron-Ion Dynamics Using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory"
September 10: Piotr Piecuch
Chemistry Department, Michigan State University
"Understanding Photochemistry, Multi-photon Ionization and Photoelectron Spectra with the Equation-of-Motion Coupled Cluster Theory"
"Understanding Photochemistry, Multi-photon Ionization and Photoelectron Spectra with the Equation-of-Motion Coupled Cluster Theory"
September 17: Alexander Efros
Naval Research Laboratory
"Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Discovery, Milestones and Recent Theoretical Developments"
"Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Discovery, Milestones and Recent Theoretical Developments"
September 24: Hua Guo
Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico
"Mode Specificity and Bond Selectivity in Dissociative Chemisorption"
"Mode Specificity and Bond Selectivity in Dissociative Chemisorption"
October 1: Di Liu
Mathematics Department, Michigan State University
"Multiscale Modeling and Computation of Optically Manipulated Nano Devices"
"Multiscale Modeling and Computation of Optically Manipulated Nano Devices"
October 8: Anatoli Polkovnikov
Department of Physics, Boston University
"Universal dynamics near continuous phase transitions"
"Universal dynamics near continuous phase transitions"
October 15: Alex Levchenko
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
"Amplitude modes and dynamic coexistence of competing orders in multicomponent superconductors"
"Amplitude modes and dynamic coexistence of competing orders in multicomponent superconductors"
October 22: Ben Levine
Chemistry Department, Michigan State University
"Conical Intersections and Non-Radiative Recombination in Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
"Conical Intersections and Non-Radiative Recombination in Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
October 29: Xiaosong Li
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
"Understanding Excitonic Dynamics using Time-Dependent Electronic Structure Theory"
"Understanding Excitonic Dynamics using Time-Dependent Electronic Structure Theory"
November 12: Jim Freericks
Department of Physics, Georgetown University
"Time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy in charge-density-wave insulators and superconductors"
"Time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy in charge-density-wave insulators and superconductors"
November 19: Carsten Ullrich
Department of Physics, University of Missouri
"The time dependent particle-hole map"
"The time dependent particle-hole map"
December 3: Dominika Zgid
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
"Systematically improvable multiscale methods for correlated electron systems”
"Systematically improvable multiscale methods for correlated electron systems”
Fall Semester 2014 (focus on Spintronics)
September 4: Nitin Samarth
Department of Physics, Penn State University
"Topological Spintronics"
Department of Physics, Penn State University
"Topological Spintronics"
(Special day) September 8: Roland Kawakami
Department of Physics, Ohio State University
"Physics and technology of spin-dependent phenomena in graphene"
"Physics and technology of spin-dependent phenomena in graphene"
(Special day) September 15: Dan Gammon
Naval Research Laboratory
"Optical control of quantum dot spins in a photonic crystal: working towards a quantum network"
"Optical control of quantum dot spins in a photonic crystal: working towards a quantum network"
September 25: David Schultz
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
"Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Biradicals in Ground-and-Excited States: Correlation of Exchange and Electronic Coupling with Excited-State Wave Function Mixing"
"Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Biradicals in Ground-and-Excited States: Correlation of Exchange and Electronic Coupling with Excited-State Wave Function Mixing"
October 9: Igor Zutic
Department of Physics, University of Buffalo
"Teaching Nanomagnets New Tricks"
"Teaching Nanomagnets New Tricks"
October 16: Paul Weiss
Department of Chemistry, UCLA
"California NanoSystems Institute and Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 "
Department of Chemistry, UCLA
"California NanoSystems Institute and Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 "
October 23: Song Jin
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin
"Detection and Manipulation of Magnetic Skyrmions in Metal Silicide Nanowires"
"Detection and Manipulation of Magnetic Skyrmions in Metal Silicide Nanowires"
(Special day) November 3: Xiaodong Xu
Department of Physics, University of Washington
"Spins and pseudospins in 2D semiconductors"
November 6: Ken Knappenberger
Department of Chemistry, Florida State University
"Single-structure Studies of Chiro-optical Nanomaterials"
"Single-structure Studies of Chiro-optical Nanomaterials"
November 13: Michael Flatte
Department of Physics, University of Iowa
"Room-temperature electronic spin correlations: towards spincoherent technologies"
"Room-temperature electronic spin correlations: towards spincoherent technologies"
November 20: Jeff Long
Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
"New Single-Molecule Magnets with High Blocking Temperatures"
"New Single-Molecule Magnets with High Blocking Temperatures"
December 4: Juan Peralta
Department of Physics, Central Michigan University
"Magnetic Interactions in Transition Metal Complexes from First- Principles"
"Magnetic Interactions in Transition Metal Complexes from First- Principles"
Spring Semester 2014 (focus on Ultrafest Science)
January 9: Marcos Dantus
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
"Developing and applying the concept of ultrafast shaped pulses as photonic reagents and coherence probes"
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
"Developing and applying the concept of ultrafast shaped pulses as photonic reagents and coherence probes"
January 16: Warren Beck
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
"Nonlinear Optical Studies of Radiation less Decay and Energy Transfer by Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Proteins"
"Nonlinear Optical Studies of Radiation less Decay and Energy Transfer by Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Proteins"
January 23: Benjamin Schwartz
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles
"To Be or Not to Be in a Cavity: The Hydrated Electron Dilemma"
"To Be or Not to Be in a Cavity: The Hydrated Electron Dilemma"
January 30: Theodore Goodson
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Organic and Inorganic Materials with Enhanced Optical Effects"
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Organic and Inorganic Materials with Enhanced Optical Effects"
February 6: Michael Therien
Department of Chemistry, Duke University
"Ultrafast Exciton Migration and Charge Transfer Dynamics in Semiconducting Polymer- Carbon Nanotube Superstructures"
"Ultrafast Exciton Migration and Charge Transfer Dynamics in Semiconducting Polymer- Carbon Nanotube Superstructures"
February 13: Paul Evans
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Oxide Electronic Materials" No abstract
Evans Abstract
"Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Oxide Electronic Materials" No abstract
Evans Abstract
February 20: John Papanikolas
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Visualizing Charge Carrier Motion in Nanowires Using Femtosecond Pump-Probe Microscopy"
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Visualizing Charge Carrier Motion in Nanowires Using Femtosecond Pump-Probe Microscopy"
February 27: Michael Wasielewski
Department of Chemistry and Director, Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center,
Northwestern University
"Exciton Dynamics and Structural Investigations of Singlet Fission in Molecular Solids"
"Exciton Dynamics and Structural Investigations of Singlet Fission in Molecular Solids"
March 13: Tinquian (Tim) Lian
Department of Chemistry, Emory University
"Solar Energy Conversion using Atoms, Molecules, and Solids"
"Solar Energy Conversion using Atoms, Molecules, and Solids"
March 20: John McGuire
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
"Dynamics and Interactions of Strongly Confined Excitons in Graphene" No abstract
"Dynamics and Interactions of Strongly Confined Excitons in Graphene" No abstract
March 27: Andrei Tokmakoff
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago
"Ultrafast Dynamics of Hydrogen Bond Networks in Water from Broadband Infrared Spectroscopy"
April 3: Xiaoyang Zhu
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
"Exciton Fission, Quantum Coherence, & Solar Energy Conversion Beyond the Limit"
"Exciton Fission, Quantum Coherence, & Solar Energy Conversion Beyond the Limit"
April 10: Linda Young
Director X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
"Perspectives on Ultrafast X-ray Studies at DOE Light Sources"
"Perspectives on Ultrafast X-ray Studies at DOE Light Sources"
April 17: Louis DiMauro
Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
"Attoseconds: Faster than a New York Minute"
Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
"Attoseconds: Faster than a New York Minute"
April 24: Sergei Tretiak
Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Photoexcited Conjugated Chromophores: Conformational Dynamics, Relaxation Pathways, and Energy Transfer"
"Photoexcited Conjugated Chromophores: Conformational Dynamics, Relaxation Pathways, and Energy Transfer"
Fall 2013 Seminar (focus on Earth abundant materials for the renewable fuels cycle)
9/12: Mitch Smith
Chemistry, MSU
Chemistry, MSU
9/19: Nate Neale
NREL
NREL
"Controlling the Properties of Silicon and Germanium Nanocrystals for Advanced Energy
Applications"
9/26: Dan Nocera
Harvard/MSU
10/10: Antoine Kahn
Princeton
"Organic Electronics: a fast-developing world of interfaces"
10/17: Vladimir Bulovic
MIT
"Colloidal Quantum Dots in Efficient LEDs and Displays"
10/24: Elena Jakubikova
North Carolina State University
"Earth-abundant solar cells: Can iron complexes serve as photosensitizers in DSSCs?"
11/7: Don Morelli
Engineering, MSU
"Romancing the Rock: High Performance Thermoelectricity in
Mineral-Based Materials"
11/14: Mark Worden
Engineering, MSU
"Nanostructured Biomimetic Systems:
Synergy at the Nano/Bio Interface"
Spring 2013 Seminar (focus on Energy harvesting and the renewable fuels cycle)
February 14: Scott Calabrese-Barton
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
"Non precious metal catalysts for Oxygen reduction in fuel cells"
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
"Non precious metal catalysts for Oxygen reduction in fuel cells"
February 21: Gemma Reguera
Microbiology, Michigan State University
"Long-range electron transfer in microbial protein nanowires"
February 28: Richard Lunt
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
"Unique prospects and limits for excitonic photovoltaics "
March 14: Pengpeng Zhang
Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
"Growth of light harvesting organic molecules on inorganic substrates"
March 21: Juan Bisquert
Department of Physics, University Jaume I, Castello Spain
"Solar energy conversion with nanoheterostructures"
March 28: Alison Walker
Physics, University of Bath, United Kingdom
"Modeling of light harvesting and water splitting"
April 10 (Wednesday): Special Seminar - Mark Tuckerman
Department of Chemistry and Courant Institute, NYU
“Materials in silico: Structure, transport and functionalization”
April 18: Tom Hamann
Chemistry, Michigan State University
"Photoelectrochemical Investigation of Water Splitting with Hematite Thin Film Electrodes"
Fall 2012 Seminar (focus on Effects of swift heavy ions and/or ultrafast lasers on
complex materials)
September 20: Maik Lang
University of Michigan
"Structural modifications in complex oxides induced by swift heavy ions"
University of Michigan
"Structural modifications in complex oxides induced by swift heavy ions"
Special seminar September 20: Marcel Toulemonde
CIMAP-GANIL
"Track Formation and Sputtering Materials: Experiments as a Guide to Develop the Inelastic Thermal Spike Model"
September 27: Georg Bollen
Michigan State University/FRIB
"FRIB extreme materials challenges"
October 4: Carl Boehlert
CHEMS, Michigan State
"Development of Methodologies for Characterization of the Microstructure and Deformation Behavior of Radioactive Materials and Materials to be used in Irradiation Environments"
October 18: Gary Was
University of Michigan
"Strategies for studying radiation effects in materials using ion beams"
October 25: Michael Nastasi
University of Nebraska and Los Alamos
"Role of interfaces for materials in extreme irradiation environment"
November 1: Yongqiang Wang
Ion beam materials laboratory, Los Alamos
"Ion irradiation and damage response of nanostructures"
November 8: Brian Wirth
University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"Computational modeling and measurements of radiation effects in materials"
November 15: William Weber
University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"Effects of ionization on damage formation and recovery under ion irradiation"
December 13: Rod Ewing
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
"Forms for nuclear waste storage: The road not taken"
Fall 2010 Seminar (focus on Complex materials and related energy and medical technologies)
October 7: Andrew Christlieb
Mathematics, MSU
“Computational plasma science and its materials applications”
Mathematics, MSU
“Computational plasma science and its materials applications”
October 14: Jeff Sakamoto
Chemical Engineering and Material Science - MSU
“Materials for Batteries and thermoelectric devices”
October 21: Veronica Barone
Chemistry and Physics, CMU
“Ab-initio calculations of adsorption and diffusion of Li on graphene”
October 28: David Tomanek
Physics and Astronomy, MSU
“Probing and transforming nanostructures with light and sound”
November 11: XueFei Hwang
Chemistry, MSU
“Magnetic Glyco-Nanoparticles, a Unique Tool for In Vitro and In Vivo Detection”
November: Anish Tuteja
Materials Science - UM
“Design and self-assembly of superhydrophobic surfaces”
Spring 2010 Seminar (focus Complex materials and applications to energy and medical
technologies)
Special: January 20: Shijie Wu/Ryan Smith
Agilent Technologies
"Scanning Probe Microscopy in Controlled Environments: A discussion of experimental possibilities in liquid, gas, and temperature-controlled environments"
"Scanning Probe Microscopy in Controlled Environments: A discussion of experimental possibilities in liquid, gas, and temperature-controlled environments"
January 21: Piotr Piecuch
Chemistry, MSU
"Extending Ab Initio Electronic Structure Theory to Complex Molecular Problems: Local
Coupled-Cluster Methodology and Its Multi-Level Generalizations"
February 4: Jason Nicholas
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU
"Interface Engineered Oxide Nano-Composites for Next-Generation Electrochemical Devices"
February 18: Andrey Kalinichev
Chemistry, MSU
"Computational molecular modeling of the structure and dynamics of nano-confined water
and ions in layered organo-inorganic materials"
February 25: Andrew Mason
Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSU
"On-chip bio-electrochemical interfaces: challenges and applications for sensing and
biological research"
March 4: Rob Cain/Keith Jones
Asylum Technologies
"Asylum MFP-3D atomic force microscopy for characterization of soft and hard surfaces, with temperature and environmental control"
"Asylum MFP-3D atomic force microscopy for characterization of soft and hard surfaces, with temperature and environmental control"
March 25: Ruby Ghosh
Physics, MSU
"Nano-scale optical indicators and materials: Real time oxygen sensing for chemical
and biological applications"
April 1: Guowei Wei
Mathematics, MSU
“Classical and quantum models for nano-bio systems''
April 15: Wei Lai
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU
"Introduction to Impedance Spectroscopy of Electrochemical Devices"
April 22: Deepak K Pandey
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
"Study of Novel Materials for Nanoelectronics: A Scanning Probe Microscope Study of
Graphene and Graphite Oxide."
April 29: Jiebing Sun
Physics, University of New Hampshire and IBM Yorktown Heights
"Structural and electronic properties of SiC(0001), graphene/Ni(111), and suspended
graphene"
May 6: Leonid V. Zhigilei
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
"Molecular dynamics simulations of laser-induced structural transformations and ablation
of molecular materials and metals."
June 3: John Verboncoeur
Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
"Particle-in-cell modeling of plasmas and applications to devices"
"Particle-in-cell modeling of plasmas and applications to devices"