Events Archive
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...
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...