Title:    Novel approach for finding new chemical reactions and chemical informationTime:    2025-12-16 15:00Lecturer:  Denis Chusov Russian Academy of Sciences (INEOS RAS)Venue:    Room 540, Chemistry BuildingAbstract：The discovery of novel chemical reactions attracts chemists both in academia and industry. Discovery can arise from either targeted design or unforeseen accident. However, in most cases ...

Title:    Ultrafast nano-imaging – probing structure, coupling, and dynamics of matter on its natural length and time scalesTime:    2025-12-05 14:30Lecturer:  Prof. Markus RaschkeUniversity of ColoradoVenue:    Room 2, Building 3, Energy Materials Building, Xiang'an CampusAbstract：Understanding and ultimately controlling the properties of matter, from molecular to quantum systems, requires imaging ...

Title:    Are exciton dynamics in thin films representative of actual solar cells?  Addressing the question using artifact-free ultrafast 2D photocurrent spectroscopyTime:    2025-12-03 09:00Lecturer:  Martin T. Zanni University of Wisconsin-MadisonVenue:    Room 234, Chemistry BuildingAbstract：The performance of many photoactive devices is impacted by the dynamics of excitons within the photoactive ...

Title:    Exploring Intermolecular Coupling and Excited State Dynamics in Perylene Bisimide Systems: From Monomers to Dimers and BeyondTime:    2025-12-03 16:00Lecturer:  Kim Dongho Yonsei UniversityVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Perylene bisimide (PBI) derivatives have gained attention for their photophysical traits and potential in various optoelectronic devices. This review explores ...

Title:    How to Combine High-Level Spectroscopy with Quantum Chemistry to Study Reaction MechanismsTime:    2025-11-24 16:00Lecturer:  Frank Neese Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：As the use of quantum chemical calculations alongside experimental investigations becomes more and more widespread in chemistry, it is also timely to take ...

Title:    From biological to heterogeneous catalysis: Spectroscopic studies of ammonia synthesis and decompositionTime:    2025-11-24 14:30Lecturer:  Serena DeBeerMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Ammonia synthesis, the conversion of inert dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) is a process of fundamental biological and economic importance. ...

Title:   Molecular Basket Sorbents for CO2 Capture and Plasma-Catalytic CO2 Conversion and SO2 ReductionTime:    2025-11-20 09:00Lecturer:  Chunshan SongChinese University of Hong KongVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Capture and conversion of CO2 from industrial flue gases are important for reduction of carbon emissions and for sustainable energy solutions, so are the capture and conversion ...

Title:   Photochemical Deracemization through Activated Triplet Energy TransferTime:    2025-11-20 10:30Lecturer:  Jiali Gao          Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China          Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, USAVenue:    Room 202, Lu-Jiaxi BuildingAbstract：Triplet excited-state energy transfer (TEET) provides a versatile activation mode in ...

Title: On the Pluripotent Triple BondTime:    2025-11-24 10:00Lecturer: Alois FÜRSTNER Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, GermanyVenue:    Chemistry lecture hallAbstract：In this lecture I intend to discuss the development of new catalytic transformations, which might impact on the logic and practice of target-oriented synthesis. The focus will be on recent advances in alkyne functionalization ...

Title:    How materials and methods evolve hand in hand: Electronic spectroscopy for molecular mesoscopicsLecturer:  Prof. John LuptonDepartment of Physics, University of Regensburg, GermanyVenue:    Room 5, Building 3, Energy and Materials Building, Xiang 'an CampusAbstract：1. Introduction to subensemble spectroscopy-----------------10 am. 2025.11.19Define “molecular mesoscopics”Increase resolution ...