Physical Chemistry Seminars
Fall Semester, 2005
Tuesdays, 4:05 PM Leigh Hall 207
Refreshments will be served at 3:50 PM

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See further instructions below.

August, 2005

Jan. 4

PChem Students Only

“Organizational Meeting”

Jan. 11

Dr. Dirk M. Guldi

Institute for Physical Chemistry

Friedrich-Alexander Universitat

Erlangen, Germany

“Electrostatic Forces A Continuing Quest for Multifunctional Materials Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanoparticles

Jan. 18

Dr. Gail Fanucci
Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Site-Directed Spin Labeling: Background, Applications and Examples”

Jan. 25

Dr. John Eyler
Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Infrared Spectra of Gas-Phase Ions”

February, 2005

Feb. 1

Dr. Dan Britt

Assoc. Professor of Astronomy

   and Planetary Science

Department of Physics

The University of Central Florida

“Mars Water and Dust: Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Express, and Mars Odyssey Missions”

Feb. 8

Robert Humkey

     and

Andrew Leathers

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“A Comparison of Knowledge-Based Approach with A Common Force-Field Based Method for Ligand Docking”

     and

“Numerical Calculation of the Density Matrix for Non-Markovian Dissipative Dynamics”

Feb. 15

Caroline Pointer-Keenan

     and

Chi-Yuan Cheng

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Development of a Stopped-Flow Hyperpolarized Xe NMR Apparatus for Enclathration of Xe in H2O Ice”

     and

“Surface Studies with Hyperpolarized Xenon-129”

Feb. 22

Thomas Hughes

     and

Virgilio Fermo

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Electron Correlation in an Independent Particle Model via Coupled Cluster with Localized Orbitals

     and

Rovibrational Studies of Moleucules as  Probe for Intamolecular Dynamics”

 

March, 2005

Mar. 1

 

“ SPRING BREAK ”

Mar. 8

 

“ No Seminar – Sanibel Symposium ”

Mar. 15

Lindsay Hardison

     and

Georgios Leonis

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics in CdSe Nanocrystals

     and

“Replica-Exchange Molecular Dynamics Method for Protein Folding”

Mar. 22

Dr. Philipp Gütlich

Department of Chemistry

University of Mainz, Germany

“In Situ Spectroscopy on Mars – Following the Water”

Mar. 29

Haiyan Wang

     and

Chad Mair

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Formation of HC3N (an Interstellar Molecule) in Reaction of C3 Cluster with Ammonia”

     and

“EET Dynamics of a Generation One Donor-Acceptor Dendrimer

April, 2005

Apr. 5

Dr. Mark Ratner
Department of Chemistry

Northwestern University

 

Room 137 Norman Hall

4-5pm

 

“Molecular Transport Structures: Elastic Scattering and Beyond”

Abstract: Current experimental efforts are clarifying quite

beautifully the nature of charge transport in so-called molecular

junctions, in which a single molecule provides the channel for current flow between two electrodes.  The theoretical modeling of such structures is challenging, because of the uncertainty of geometry, the nonequilibrium nature of the process, and the variety of available mechanisms.  The talk will center on the first formulation of the problem in terms of scattering theory, and then on the generalizations needed to make that simple picture relevant to the real experimental situation.

 

Apr. 12

Erkan Kose

     and

Daniel Kuroda

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Application of Principal Component Analysis in the Calibration of Pressure Sensitive Paint Data”

     and

Femtosecond Pulse Shaping for Coherent Control Experiments”

Apr. 19

Richard Farley

     and

Joshua McClellan

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

“Structure and Photophysics of Platinum-Capped Long-Chain Polyynes”

     and

“Transfer Hamiltonian”


CHM 6590 Physical Chemistry Seminar
All graduate students in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year are required to register for this course (1 credit).  Attendance is monitored and only four absences will be excused during each semester.
Graduate students may be called upon to prepare refreshments (coffee and cookies) and, depending upon the host, may be asked to introduce the speaker.

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