Richard Schaller (Northwestern University). Not a physics colloquium but of potential interest to physicists. Note unusual location and time.
Date: Thu. September 8th, 2016, 4:00 pm-6:00 pmLocation: Clapp 108
Chemistry Colloquium: Electronic and Thermal Interconversion and Migration in Energy-Relevant Materials
In order to produce energy efficient devices, thorough understanding of fundamental desired and undesired processes of energy and heat interconversion and migration are needed. I will present studies using time-resolved optical methods such as absorption and emission as functions of sample temperature or photon energy that aim to arrive at insights regarding energy transfer, electron transfer, and electron-phonon and phonon-phonon scattering events. Materials examined include nanoscale 0D and 2D semiconductors, bulk phase perovskites, as well as some plasmonic structures.