Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 10:45am
"Photo-induced, Spin-polarized Electron Transfer in Chiral Molecules"
Electron transfer (ET) reactions are ubiquitous in chemistry and biochemistry, and in living systems they play a pivotal role in enzymatic catalysis, photosynthesis and...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 10:45am
"Highly selective catalytic platforms for reduction and interhalogenation chemistry: Early explorations in ZrH and Lewis base catalysis"
Research in the Romero group is focused on the development and mechanistic study of novel catalytic...
Seminar
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 10:45am
"Observing Disease Mechanisms at the Nanoscale Using Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy"
Light microscopy is highly influential in biomedical research due to minimal invasiveness, high biomarker specificity via fluorescent labelling, and...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 10:45am
"Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of lipid trafficking in bacteria"
Lipids, including sterols, are important for mammalian cell physiology. These molecules form part of membranes and modulate their fluidity, thereby maintaining membrane...
Seminar
Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 10:45am
"Combining Experiment and Computation to Solve Complex Problems in Photochemistry"
Light-driven reactions are an attractive method of accessing novel chemistry. Their broad applicability to industrial process and renewable energy research makes...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 10:45am
"Ionophore-Based Optical Ion Sensing in Paper Microfluidics and Droplet Microfluidics"
The Wang group at VCU chemistry is interested in designing portable, wearable, implantable, and microfluidic chemical sensors for the diagnosis and management...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - 10:45am
"Utilizing Stark Spectroscopy to Characterization of the Excited State Properties of Chromophores and Photoredox Catalysts"
Stark spectroscopy measures the change in spectra properties of molecules in the presence of large electric fields. This...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 10:45am
"Laboratory Astrochemistry Studies of Transient Radicals and Intermediates"
The exotic molecules and chemistry observed by astronomers in astrophysical objects have challenged chemists to rethink the molecular synthesis playbook. The extreme...
Seminar
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 10:45am
"Taking inspiration from Nature: Bio-inspired systems for sustainability and clean energy"
Significant effort has been devoted to developing technologies to effectively mimic biological processes, but these methods often fail to replicate the...
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...