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PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Stéphane Sebban, Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, CNRS
Dec 10, 2014, 12:00 pm

Toward Compact and Ultrafast Soft X-Ray Lasers Sources

Abstract: Emerging applications of coherent soft x-ray sources, notably in biology, require high energy and ultrashort pulse duration in the femtosecond-scale to probe the ultra-fast dynamics of matter in the nanometer scale. Alongside current efforts to…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Ertugrul Cubukcu, University of Pennsylvania
Nov 19, 2014, 12:00 pm

Nano-Engineered Opto-Electro-Mechanical Sensors and Devices Enabled by Single Monolayer Materials

Abstract: Emerging two-dimensional materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalogenides offer very interesting optical, electrical, and mechanical properties for integration into devices and sensors…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Nov 12, 2014, 12:00 pm

Janus Particles as Solid Surfactants

Abstract: Janus particles are asymmetric colloids with polar and apolar sides. Their amphiphilicity makes this new class of colloids exhibit behaviors that are similar to those of surfactant molecules.  The major goal of our work is to address the following intellectual…

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Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Georg Steinhauser, Colorado State University
Nov 5, 2014, 12:00 pm

Radionuclide Analysis in Environmental Research After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

This is a joint seminar with STEP and PEI.

Abstract: The Fukushima nuclear accident will remain in public memory as one of the worst environmental disasters of the 21st century. In my presentation, I will focus on…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Enrique Gomez, Pennsylvania State University
Oct 15, 2014, 12:00 pm

Fully Conjugated Block Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics

Abstract: Organic electronic materials have the potential to impact almost every aspect of modern life including how we access information, light our homes, and power personal electronic devices. Unfortunately, weak intermolecular interactions and…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Katharina Ribbeck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oct 8, 2014, 12:00 pm

Bioinspired Hydrogels: Tuning Selective Transport and Microbial Interactions

Absract: Biological compartments such as organelles, cells, organs, and organisms are all surrounded by selective barriers, which control the exchange of material between them and their environment. These barriers typically consist of a lipid bilayer…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: Tadanori Koga, Stony Brook University
Sep 24, 2014, 12:00 pm

New Paradigm for the Design of Polymer-Solid Interfaces

Abstract: Polymer thin films on top of impenetrable solids is of vital importance in many traditional technologies as well as new emerging nanotechnologies such as organic photovoltaics and biosensors. In this talk, I will focus on polymer-solid interfaces…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2014: David Hoagland, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Sep 17, 2014, 12:00 pm

Polymers, Proteins, and Particles in Ionic Liquids

Abstract: Ionic liquids, defined as salts that melt near or below room temperature, present attractive solvent properties for soft matter systems, as will be discussed for (i) neutral, charged, zwitterionic, and crystallizable polymers, (ii) enzymatic proteins,…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES SPRING 2014: Claire White, Princeton University
May 7, 2014, 12:00 pm

Engineering Sustainable Cements at the Mesoscale

Abstract: Understanding the formation mechanisms and phase stability of amorphous aluminosilicates is extremely important for a range of geological and industrial processes including zeolites, glasses and low-CO2 geopolymer cements. However, due to their disordered…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES SPRING 2014: Jean Paul Allain, University of Illinoise, Urbana-Champaign
Apr 30, 2014, 12:00 pm

Plasma-Liquid Surface Interactions in Magnetic Nuclear Fusion

Abstract: The plasma-material interface and its impact on performance of magnetically-confined thermonuclear fusion plasma is considered to be one of the key scientific gaps in the realization of nuclear fusion power. At this interface high…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222