Title:    Exciton and Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Organic and Inorganic Semiconductors Through Pump-Probe SpectroscopyTime:    2026-03-16 14:00Lecturer:  JaeHong ParkEwha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaVenue:    Room 2, Energy Materials Building 3, Xiang'an CampusAbstract：For semiconductors in molecular optronics, photoinduced dynamics of excitons and free-carriers (electrons and holes)...

Title:    Molecular dynamics simulations of electrochemical interfaces: physics-based models vs machine-learning approachesTime:    2026-03-18 10:00Lecturer:  Mathieu SalanneSorbonne UniversityVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Applied electrochemistry plays a key role in many technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors or solar cells. It is therefore at the core of many ...

Title:    Prospects and challenges for computer simulations of monolayer-protected metal clustersTime:    2026-03-23 10:00Lecturer:  Hannu HäkkinenNanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Monolayer-protected metal clusters (MPCs) are hybrid metal nanoparticles consisting of a metal core and a protecting layer of organic ligand molecules. They ...

Title:    How materials and methods evolve hand in hand: Electronic spectroscopy for molecular mesoscopicsLecturer:  Prof. John LuptonDepartment of Physics, University of Regensburg, GermanyVenue:    Room 2, Building 3, Energy and Materials Building, Xiang 'an CampusAbstract：1. Photon correlation spectroscopy-----------------10 am. 2026.2.9History of g(2) vs g(1)New applications of g(2)Bunching vs ...

Title:    Food Waste Management in a Circular Economy: reduction and valorisation strategiesTime:    2026-01-26 09:30Lecturer:  Francesca GirottoUniversity of Milan, ItalyVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Food waste represents one of the major sustainability challenges of modern food systems, with significant environmental, economic, and social impacts. This presentation introduces the ...

Title:    Microporous crystalline material-based adsorption/catalyst/membraneTime:    2026-01-29 16:00Lecturer:  Jungkyu ChoiKorea UniversityVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：I would like to start this presentation by briefly introducing the zeolite-based adsorption/catalyst widely used in applications, for which the chemical engineering principles are mainly adopted. Specifically, I would ...

Title:    Rethinking Catalysis: A Personal Journey Toward Truly Sustainable ProcessesTime:    2026-01-15 10:00Lecturer:  Paolo Fornasiero University of Trieste, ItalyVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Heterogeneous photocatalysis based on readily available, well-defined single-atom or metal-free catalysts is attracting growing interest, driven by the increasing pressure on industry to adopt ...

Title:    CARBON AND BORON NITRIDE: SEVERAL BASIC SCIENCE PATHS, and broader impactsTime:    2026-01-07 09:30Lecturer:  Rodney S. Ruoff Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：On Earth circa 2025 significantly more natural graphite (G) than diamond (D) is mined/processed, and significantly more synthetic ...

Title:    Electrical Control of Hybrid Excitons in 2D semiconductorsTime:    2025-12-31 10:00Lecturer:  Shun FENG École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Venue:    Room 2, Energy Materials Building, Xiang'an CampusAbstract：In few-layer 2D semiconductors, the spin, valley, energy, and spatial wavefunctions of Coulomb bound electrons and holes can be widely engineered to form the emerging layer-...

Title:    Advancements of Bruker NMR technologyTime:    2025-12-19 09:00Lecturer:  Rainer Kümmerle BrukerVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as a cornerstone technique for probing molecular structures and dynamics across diverse fields, from biomedical diagnostics to materials science. Recent advancements in high-field NMR systems ...