Events Archive

PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Lorenzo Valdevit, University of California Irvine
Dec 4, 2024, 12:00 pm

Additive Manufacturing as a Unique Platform for Fabrication of (Meta-)Materials with Complex Topologies and Designer Microstructures

Abstract 

Additive Manufacturing (AM) allows rapid fabrication of geometrically complex parts without expensive tooling. Nanoscale AM techniques, such as two…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Sergio Pellegrino, California Institute of Technology
Nov 20, 2024, 12:00 pm

Conceiving, Designing and Testing Giant Ultralight Coilable Space Structures 

Abstract: The dream of kilometer-scale space systems comprising solar collectors and phased arrays that beam power to the earth may be close to reality, through advances made by the Caltech Space Solar Power Project. This…

Location
Bowen Hall 222
Fall 2024 Anthony B. Evnin Lecture with Hideo Mabuchi
Nov 18, 2024, 5:00 pm

From the Council on Science and Technology:

We are pleased to announce the Fall 2024 Anthony B. Evnin Lecture.

Join us for this exciting public lecture featuring Hideo Mabuchi, a 1992 Princeton…

Location
McCosh Hall 50
Speaker
PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Michael Chini, Ohio State University
Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 pm

Attosecond Electronics: Laser Waveform Control of Electron Dynamics in Materials

Abstract: The ability to synthesize and control the electric field of light with sub-optical-cycle precision has, in the last two decades, enabled the first generation of isolated attosecond pulses and provided access to the…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) of Thin Films
Nov 12, 2024, 9:00 am

The Micro/Nano Fabrication Center (MNFC) and Angstrom Engineering are excited to offer a one-day short course on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024, covering Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) of Thin Films.

The topics covered will include:

Introduction to Vacuum ScienceBasics of Evaporation and Sputtering ProcessesMechanical, Electrical, and…
Location
Bowen Hall and Zoom
PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Annalise Maughan, Colorado School of Mines
Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm

Site Disorder Drives Cyanide Dynamics and Fast Ion Transport in Li6PS5CN

Abstract: Mastery over solid-state ion transport is paramount for broad diversity of applications and technologies, including batteries, fuel cells, neuromorphic computing, and beyond. Disorder – both static and dynamic – plays a…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Robert Chimenti, Rowan University
Oct 30, 2024, 12:00 pm

Monitoring Kinetic Processes in Polymers with Low-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy

Abstract

Amorphous materials universally display low-frequency Raman features related to the phonon density of states resulting in a broad disorder band for Raman shifts below 100 cm-1, which is related to the conformational entropy and…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
PMI/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2024: Yuhang Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Oct 23, 2024, 12:00 pm

The Interplay Between Mechanics and Chemistry in “Living” Polymers

 

Abstract

A salient feature of living materials is their ability to grow and evolve their structures with time. As a vital adaptation, some organisms, such as Planaria, would not only increase in…

Location
Bowen Hall Auditorium 222
3rd Frontiers in Electron Microscopy for Physical and Life Sciences
Oct 16, 2024, 8:00 am

Advances in electron microscopy instrumentation and methods have greatly spurred progress in the physical and life sciences. The 3rd edition of this conference will bring together researchers from physical and life sciences working on cutting-edge electron microscopy technologies, with an emphasis on identifying and addressing new challenges,…

Location
Princeton University (in-person)
Celebrate Princeton Innovation
Oct 10, 2024, 5:00 pm

Princeton Materials Institute associated faculty Jyotirmoy Mandal is among the Featured Innovators. This year's Featured Startup is Orthobond, of which PMI emeritus faculty member Jeffrey Schwartz is chief scientific advisor.  

From the Office of Innovation:

Celebrate Princeton Innovation honors faculty researchers,…

Location
Frick Chemistry Laboratory