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Past Events & Seminars

Feb 25
Ligand Flexibility in Surface-Inspired Cluster Chemistry

Metallic surfaces perform many chemical transformations that hold promise for the future energy economy, including N2 reduction, NH3 oxidation, and alkane synthesis, but surfaces are difficult to... View »

11:00am
Feb 04
Electrification and Decarbonization of Chemical Synthesis

ABSTRACT:

Chemical synthesis is responsible for significant emissions of carbon dioxide worldwide. These emissions arise not only due to the energy requirements of... View »

9:30am
Feb 03
COVESTRO LECTURE - Mechanochemical Mechanisms in Reactions and Materials

The direct coupling of mechanical forces in polymers to covalent chemical reactions has opened new opportunities in chemical reactivity, stress-responsive materials, and mechanochemically active... View »

2:30pm
Feb 02
COVESTRO LECTURE - Polymers and Their Limits: From "Wait, what...?" to "What if...?"

Polymer science just celebrated its centennial, and the global polymer market now exceeds $500 billion per year. Despite this history and stature, many fundamental aspects of the way polymers... View »

3:00pm
Jan 25
Synthesis and Applications of Fused Heterocyclic Carbocations

 

ABSTRACT:

Our research program revolves around the synthesis and use of fused heterocyclic stable carbocations, such as acridinium, helicenium and triangulenium ions. These... View »

11:30am
Jan 25
Functional Energy Materials: From Fundamental Photophysics to Device Applications

The frontier in renewable energy applications lies in designing functional energy materials from molecular and nanostructured components as well as integrating these functional entities into... View »

10:30am
Jan 18
Exploring New Quantum Materials with Chemistry

Quantum materials, as an emerging term, include materials with electronic or magnetic properties originating from nontrivial quantum mechanics, such as superconductors, topological materials,... View »

10:30am
Jan 13
Molecular Nano-Architectures for Energy and Electronics

Since the discovery of conducting polymers, organic materials have promised great applications in energy conversion, electronics, and chemical sensing. Synthetic chemistry has been rapidly... View »

10:30am
Jan 11
A Thioether-Ligated Cupric Superoxide Model with Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactivity

Non-coupled binuclear (NCBN) copper monooxygenases are metalloenzymes centrally involved in the biosynthesis of neurotransmitters and signaling peptides. The most famous is dopamine β-... View »

10:30am
Jan 04
Challenging Problems in Quantum Chemistry: How to Diagnose Them and How to Tackle Them

Quantum chemistry has become an indispensable tool in revealing the microscopic details of molecules and materials such as barrier heights, interaction energies, and correlation functions. The... View »

10:30am
Dec 09
Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry

One major focus of research in the Milner group is the design of materials to not only enable new synthetic transformations, but also to change the ways in which reactions are carried out. To... View »

4:00pm
Dec 06
Versatile Tools Towards Real-Time Single-Molecule Biology: From Structure to Function

We will discuss the latest applications of C-Trap technology in the fields of DNA/RNA-protein interactions, genome organization, protein folding/unfolding, biomolecular condensates, and cell... View »

11:00am
Dec 01
Pfizer Seminar and Outreach Event

2-Part Virtual WebEx Seminar & Panel Discussion:

I. An Overview of Worldwide Research and Development

II. Commercial Route Development of the SGLT2 Inhibitor

III. Panel... View »

2:00pm
Nov 19
Dr. Fernando J. Uribe-Romo - Edge-1-Transitive Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks: Materials with Predictable Crystal Structure, Variable Composition, and Tunable Emergent Properties

Inorganic/Materials Division via Zoom 

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11:00am
Oct 29
Dr. Thomas Markland - Henry Frank Lecture Series - Elucidating, Analyzing, and Designing Spectroscopies: Leveraging Theory and Chemical Intuition to Get the Most Out of Machine Learning View »
11:00am