Title:    Advancing the RCF Lignocellulose Biorefinery: From Molecular Insights to Practical Safer ApplicationsTime:     2025-07-11 10:00Lecturer:  Bert Sels                  KU LeuvenVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：This lecture will examine the vital role of catalysis in driving the circular economy, with a special focus on biomass. It will introduce the importance of catalysis in biorefinery ...

Title:    Catalysis in Particle-Stabilized Liquid Foams and PlastronsTime:     2025-07-02 10:30Lecturer:  Prof. Marc Pera-TitusCardiff University Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Gas-Liquid-Solid (G-L-S) catalytic reactions are ubiquitous in the chemical industry and environmental chemistry. The efficacy of these reactions is restricted by the low gas solubility in liquids and poor mass ...

Title:    Mapping Biomolecular Interaction at Scale with Protein Cellular Biophysics and Protein Mass SpectrometryTime:     2025-06-18 16:00Lecturer:  Chris Soon Heng TAN Southern University of Science and Technology Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：The interaction of proteins with metabolites and other proteins underlies most if not all cellular activities, while many bioactive xenobiotics ...

Title:    Full-Model VCD and AI-Assisted Interpretation: Unveiling New Chiral Phenomena in Atomically Precise Metal Clusters and Flexible Salen Ligands and Their Metal ComplexesTime:     2025-05-16 15:00Lecturer:  Yunjie XuUniversity of Alberta Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingBio of Yunjie Xu：Yunjie Xu earned her BSc in Chemistry and in Applied Mathematics from Xiamen University and a PhD in ...

Title:    Introduction to Coherence Spectroscopy and its Application to the Study of Surface-Confined ChiralityTime:     2025-05-16 16:30Lecturer:  Wolfgang JägerUniversity of Alberta Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingBio of Wolfgang Jäger：Wolfgang Jäger received his PhD degree in Chemistry from the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, in 1989. He joined the Department of Chemistry ...

Title:    Mass-transport Effects in ElectrocatalysisTime:     2025-04-30 10:30Lecturer:  Alexander V. Rudnev A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia Venue:    Lecture Hall, Energy Materials Building 3, Xiang'an CampusAbstract：Mass-transport limitations are a critical factor to consider when studying the kinetics of electrochemical ...

Title:    Absolute Electrochemiluminescence Quantum Efficiencies of Au Nanoclusters and beyondTime:     2025-04-29 16:00Lecturer:  Prof. Zhifeng DingThe University of Western Ontario (Western) Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingBio of Prof. Zhifeng Ding：Dr. Zhifeng Ding is a full professor of chemistry at The University of Western Ontario (Western), London city, Ontario province, Canada. He received ...

Title:    A simple truth hidden in plain sight: All molecules are entangled according to chemical common senseTime:     2025-04-29 09:00Lecturer:  Prof. Jing KongMiddle Tennessee State University Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：In this talk, I show that a simple but nontrivial equation exists for molecules and how the equation changes the perception of a molecule in light of quantum ...

Title:    The “Charge-Shift Bonding” concept and its manifestation in catalysisTime:     2025-04-29 10:30Lecturer:  Prof. Benoît BRAÏDA Sorbonne Université Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Valence Bond (VB) theory, since its early derivation by Linus Pauling, has been proved along the years a useful framework for understanding chemical bonding and rationalizing many experimental facts ...

Title:    The close and loose Relationship between Carbon and PhosphorusTime:     2025-04-25 10:00Lecturer:  Prof. Manfred ScheerInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg Venue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Polyphosphorus units are an important class of compound and isolobal to carbon-based relatives. Because of the lone pairs at the phosphorus atoms, the five-fold symmetric ...