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Photochemistry (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

July 9 - 10, 2011
Chairs Patrik Johansson and Byron Farnum
Stonehill College
320 Washington Street
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Photochemistry is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of the 2011 GRS on Photochemistry encompass many interdisciplinary fields, for example but not excluding: organic and inorganic mechanistic photochemistry, development of new chromophores, spectroscopy, luminescent sensors, imaging/displays, and photophysics. Seminar sessions will include Solar Energy Conversion, Light Harvesting and Excited States, Photon-to-Fuel, Energy conversion and there will also be a panel on the careers in photochemistry.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Photochemistry" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmSolar Energy Conversion
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Keynote Speaker: Thomas A. Moore (Arizona State University)
"Comparing photovoltaics with photosynthesis to define some challenges for photochemists"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPhotochemistry and Excited State Properties
Discussion Leaders: Daniel Weidinger (Naval Research Laboratory) and Gerald J. Meyer (Johns Hopkins University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Sandipan Dawn (University of South Carolina)
"Porous crystals of self assembled bis urea macrocycles as a molecular container for selective chemical reactions in the solid state"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Fan Deng (Bowling Green State University)
"Green-to-Blue Photon Upconversion with Ultralow Non-coherent Excitation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Sevnur Komurlu (University of Florida)
"Energy Transfer in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Dendrimers Probed by Ultrafast Up-conversion Spectroscopy"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Anna Dembska (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Synthesis and optical properties of cyanine dyes incorporated into N-termini of short PNA"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amPhotochemistry and Applications
Discussion Leader: Byron Farnum (Johns Hopkins University)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Tse-Luen (Erika) Wee (University of Ottowa)
"Photochemically Synthesized Cobalt Oxide and Manganese Oxide and their Catalytic Applications"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Andrew Kopecky (Rutgers University)
"N3-type Dyes for Open-Circuit Photovoltage Studies"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Brian Rolczynski (Northwestern University)
"The role of fluorination in enhancing the efficiency of low optical gap polymers in organic solar cells"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Matteo Amelia (University of Bologna)
"Surface properties of bare and functionalized colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmPhotophysics and Catalysis
Discussion Leaders: Robert D. Schmidt (University of North Carolina) and Cornelia Bohne (University of Victoria)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Darren Achey (Johns Hopkins University)
"Cobalt (I) coordination compounds anchored to nanocrystalline TiO2: Excited-state injection and multi-electron photocatalysis"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Keynote Speaker: Ksenija Glusac (Bowling Green State University)
"Photophysics and Photochemistry of Natural and Artificial Flavin Derivatives"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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