CNM Colloquium Series

When: Alternate Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.

Where: Argonne National Laboratory, Colloquiums present in 2 formats, VIRTUAL via Zoom and HYBRID (in-person (Building 440, Room A105/106) and Zoom. See Agenda for information.

Colloquium Committee Members: Xiao-Min Lin (Chair), Pierre Darancet, Ralu Divan, Xuedan Ma, Elena Rozhkova, Jianguo Wen

2017 Schedule

Date	Title
Jan 11, 2017	Quantum Control Over Diamond Spins with a Mechanical Resonator, Greg Fuchs, Cornell University, Host: Stephen Gray.
Jan 25, 2017	The Hidden Secrets of Nanocrystals, Interfaces and Surfaces at Atomic Resolution, Christian Kisielowski, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Host: Jianguo J.G. Wen.
Feb 08, 2017	Coherent Quantum Dynamics in Atomically Thin Semiconductors: Excitons, Trions, and Valley Pseudospins, Xiaoqin Li, University of Texas - Austin, Host: Jeff Guest.
Feb 22, 2017	Dimensionally Control of Complex Transition Metal Compounds, Turan Birol, University of Minnesota, Host: Kendra Letchworth-Weaver.
Mar 08, 2017	Harnessing and Avoiding Loss in Optical Metamaterials, Jason Valentine, Vanderbilt University, Host: Gary Wiederrecht.
Mar 22, 2017	Transport and Spectroscopy of Illuminated Molecular Junctions, Abraham Nitzan, University of Pennsylvania, Host: Tal Heilpern.
Apr 05, 2017	The Emergence of Hybrid Perovskites for High-efficiency Low-cost Optoelectronic Devices, Aditya Mohite, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Host: Xuedan Ma.
May 03, 2017	Surface Defected Nanoceria Catalyzing Angiogenesis and its Implications in Wound Care, Sudipta Seal, University of Central Florida, Host: Elena Shevchenko.
May 17, 2017	Understanding Complex Biological Systems Using Modeling, Experiments, and Analytics, Payel Das, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Host: Subramanian Sankaranarayanan.
May 31, 2017	From Model Systems to Efficient Catalytic Materials: One Nanocrystal Fits All, Matteo Cargnello, Stanford University, Host: Benjamin Diroll.
Jun 14, 2017	Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Conversion in Semiconductor-Metal Heterojunctions, Nianqiang (Nick) Wu, West Virginia University, Host: Gary Wiederrecht.
Jun 28, 2017	Bio-Enigma: High Throughput Screening for Programmable Advanced Materials, Melik Demirel, Pennsylvania State University, Host: Tijana Rajh.
Jul 12, 2017	Protein Engineering - From Nature to Nanotechnology, Tijana Grove, Virginia Technical Institute, Grove Lab, Host: Tijana Rajh.
Jul 26, 2017	Recent Experiments on Materials with Unusual Thermal, Thermoelectric, and Spin-Calortronic Properties, Li, Shi, Univ of Texas @ Austin, Host: Sridhar Sadasivam.
Aug 09, 2017	Symmetry protected Dirac Fermions in Condesnsed Matter Systems, Vidya Madhavan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Host: Jeff Guest.
Sep 06, 2017	Optical Properties of Exciton-plasmon Nanomaterials: from collective exciton resonances to nonlinear spectroscopy, Maxim Sukharev, Arizona State University, Host: Tal Heilpern.
Sep 12, 2017	Probin Neural Function with Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Polina Anikeeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Host: Elena Shevchenko.
Sep 20, 2017	Physical Principles for Complex Energy Materials from Ab Initio Computational Methods, Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Host: Pierre Darancet.
Oct 18, 2017	Structure-Property Relationships to Nanostructured Materials: Aqueous Semiconductor Interfaces, Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Host: Pierre Darancet.
Nov 01, 2017	Adventures in Scalable Nano-manufacturing: Novel Materials and Processes For Goals in Sustainability and Low-Cost Chemical Sensing, Alexander Wei, Purdue University, Host: Xiao-Min Lin.
Nov 15, 2017	Directed Self-Assembly of Performance Materials, Paul Nealey, University of Chicago, Host: Xuedan Ma.
Dec 13, 2017	Mimics of chemical barrier crossing to strange "non-reciprocal" dynamics in Optical matter, Norbert Scherer, University of Chicago, Host: Xiao-Min Lin.