Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 10:45am
"Mechanistic Insights into Organocatalysis, a Theoretical Perspective"
Organocatalysis remains one of the most challenging topics in contemporary organic chemistry. While the symmetric and asymmetric organocatalysis field currently is growing...
Seminar
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 10:45am
"Beyond Linear Response Theory: Modelling Ion Beam Induced Defects by Real Time TD-DFT"
The interaction of projectile ions with target materials has long attracted the attention of researchers with beam techniques now becoming a critical means...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - 10:45am
"Structure, Dynamics, Receptor Binding, and Antibody Binding of Fully-glycosylated Full-length SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in a Viral Membrane"
The spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mediates host cell...
Seminar
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 10:45am
"Mechanistic Investigations of Photoredox Reactions"
Photoredox catalysis is transforming modern synthetic chemistry. Expensive, hard to handle stoichiometric reagents can be replaced by short-lived excited states using a visible light absorbing...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 10:45am
"How Oxidation Changes Cell Membrane Function: Distortion of Mechanics, Permeability, and Protein Activity"
Many biological processes produce reactive oxygen species (ROS); ROS production is intrinsic to metabolism and there are many routes by...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 10:45am
"Changes to molecular reactivity imparted by interfacial adsorption of molecules to and within nanomaterials"
Chemical adsorption of molecules to nanomaterials and molecular confinement within nanomaterials imparts thermodynamic and kinetic...
Seminar
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 10:45am
"Redox Hopping Water Oxidation Catalysis by Metal Organic Frameworks"
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are supramolecular architectures comprised of metal nodes connected by multi-dentate organic/inorganic linkers. Incorporation of molecular...
