Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 10:45am
"Simple Visualization of Universal Ferroelastic Domain Walls"
Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have emerged as a promising class of solution processable semiconductors, showing outstanding performance in optoelectronic applications including...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 10:45am
"Copper-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions: Mechanism, Catalysis, and Applications in Life Sciences"
Owing to their many attractive characteristics, copper catalysts represent appealing alternatives to precious metal catalysts, although various...
Seminar
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 10:45am
"Efficiency of InP-Based Quantum Dots as Photocatalysts in Triplet-State Reactions"
Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are particles, typically smaller than 5 nm, that are used as photocatalysts for organic reactions. These particles are exceedingly...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 10:45am
"Hybrid Photoelectrodes for Fuel Production"
A new solar Hub entitled the Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels, or CHASE, was launched in September of 2020.1 The mission of CHASE is to develop molecule/material hybrid...
Seminar
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 10:45am
"Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanoresponsive Biomimetic Polymer Materials"
The extracellular matrix is known to be stress-responsive as it combines high mechanical integrity with the ability to conform to mechanical force, undergoes non-...
Seminar
Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 10:45am
"Controlling Polymer Synthesis via Switchable Catalysis"
Having precise control over polymer microstructure to generate advanced materials remains a challenge for polymer chemists. For instance, copolymers are often prepared via sequential...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 10:45am
"Rational bimetallic catalyst synthesis and its application for chemical production and renewable energy"
Catalysts were first used in industrial processes for production of sulfuric acid in 1746. From petroleum refining to pharmaceuticals to...
Seminar
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 10:45am
"Photons, Radicals, Bubbles and Beer: Using Photochemistry and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Understand the Universe"
Our laboratory has a long-standing interest in the structure, reactivity, and dynamics of free radicals in...
Seminar
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 10:45am
"Inhibiting Bacterial Biofilms: Synthetic Peptide and Polymer Based Approaches"
Amidst a continually growing and worsening multidrug resistance crisis, an even larger threat is emerging and impacting our society today—biofilm infections....
Seminar
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 10:45am
"Resolving the receptor tyrosine kinase interactions in live cells and the effect of oncogenic mutations"
The plasma membrane is a complex boundary between the cell and its surroundings. Cells have an array of protein receptors on the plasma...