Past Events Category: Physical Chemistry

1315 Seminar Hall
April 15, 2025 @ 11:00 am

In Situ Probe of Structure and Dynamics at Metal electrode/Electrolyte Interface

1315 Seminar Hall
March 18, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Pushing the Sensitivity and Resolution Boundaries of Magnetic Resonance: Challenges and Opportunities for Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, and Cellular Structural Biology

1315 Seminar Hall
March 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Title:  Interfacial Dynamics and Structure: When do they matter for material function? Abstract:  It has alternatively been said that “The interface is the device” (Herbert Kroemer, 2000 Nobel Lecture) and that “God made the bulk; …

1315 Seminar Hall, Chemistry Building
March 4, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Title: Theory and Design Principles for Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics beyond Stationary States Abstract:  In realistic chemical and living systems, complex behavior emerges as they operate far from equilibrium. Understanding, manipulating, and even designing such complex behaviors …

1315 Seminar Hall
February 26, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Quantum chaology and the singing of the primes

1315 Seminar Hall
February 25, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Four geometrical-optics illusions

1315 Seminar Hall
February 24, 2025 @ 12:05 pm

Geometric phases old and new

1315 Seminar Hall
February 18, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Title:  Phase Space Approaches to Electronic Structure: A New Paradigm For Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Abstract:  The Born-Oppenheimer approximation is the cornerstone of chemistry, the idea that electronic structure and molecular orbitals are defined relative …

1315 Seminar Hall
February 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am

Single-particle-level understanding and control of photophysics in biomolecules

1315 Seminar Hall
December 3, 2024 @ 11:00 am

Rare Conformational Transitions in Biomolecular Systems