SIRE seminar series 2019/20
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th March 2020 | Prof. Keith McKenna | University of York | Modelling polycrystalline semiconductors for renewable energy applications |
| 3rd March 2020 | Dr John Griffin | Lancaster University | Linking Structure and Function in Organic Energy Materials |
| 14th February 2020 | Dr. Doug Fabini | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
Making robust predictions from imperfect quantum chemical calculations: Materials discovery case studies from photovoltaics and topological semimetals |
| 4th February 2020 | Prof. Andrei Malkov | Loughborough University |
Electrochemical synthesis: from hydrocarboxylation of alkenes to coupling of heteroarenes |
| 10th December 2019 | Prof. Guangjin Hou | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics | On the syngas conversion over bifunctional catalysts: insights from solid-state NMR studies |
SIRE Seminar Series 2018/19
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17th July 2019 | Max Mann | Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia | The Applications of Low-Cost Polysulfide Polymers as Sorbents for Mercury-Free Subsistence and Small Scale Gold Mining and as Controlled-Release Fertilisers |
| 16th July 2019 | Professor Ellen Backus | University of Vienna | Ultrafast SFG Study towards Water Splitting on TiO2 |
| 3rd July 2019 | Goutam Kumar Dalapati | SRM University-AP, India | Nanostructure incorporated photovoltaics for renewable energy application: CuO, CZTS and metallic transparent conductors |
| 2nd April 2019 | Dr Leigh Aldous | King’s College, London |
Using redox chemistry and entropy for waste heat harvesting via the thermogalvanic effect |
| 26th March 2019 | Dr Johan Jacquemin | Queens University Belfast |
In-Silico Evaluation of the Transport Properties of Electrolytes for Energy Storage Applications |
| 12th March 2019 | Dr Lee Johnson | University of Nottingham | The Rechargeable Aprotic Li-O2 Battery |
| 19th February 2019 | Prof. Jian-Feng Li | Xiamen University, China | Probing Surface Reaction and Intermediates using In Situ Raman Spectroscopy |
| 12th February 2019 | Dr Karen Johnston | University of Durham | Probing Ion Mobility Mechanisms in Solid Electrolytes using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy |
| 5th February 2019 | Dr Stijn Mertens | University of Lancaster | From Collective to Single-Molecule Switching in 2D Materials at Solid–Liquid Interfaces |
| 29th January 2019 | Dr Ainara Aguadero | Imperial College, London | Local chemical degradation processes and ionic transport in garnet all-solid-state batteries |
| 4th December 2018 | Prof Peter Weightman | University of Liverpool | Funding for research on the FELIX free electron lasers |
| 14:00 3rd December 2018 | Nian Lin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong | Metal-organic coordination on surfaces: towards complexity and functionality |
| 14:00 20th November 2018 | Dr Paul Donaldson | STFC-UKRI Rutherford Appleton Laboratory | Adventures in ultrafast laser spectroscopy at the CLF. New multidimensional IR techniques and new applications in heterogeneous catalysis |
| 13th November 2018 | Jessica Stoner | University of Liverpool | Chemical Control of Correlated Metals as Transparent Conductors |
| 16th October 2018 | Dr Peter Priecel | University of Liverpool | Microwave-assisted heterogeneous catalysis in biomass conversion |
| 9th October 2018 | Dr Brant Walkley | University of Sheffield | Materials for a sustainable future: Composition-‘local-structure’-property relationships in materials for energy production, storage and remediation |
SIRE Seminar Series 2017/18
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 14th June 2018, 2:00PM Surface Science Meeting Room |
Prof. Ulrich Stimming | University of Newcastle | Molecular Processes in Li- and Na-Ion and Redox Flow Batteries |
| Tuesday 17th April 2018 | Prof. David Fermin | University of Bristol | Electrocatalysis at Metallic and Highly Correlated Electron Phases: Worlds Apart |
| Tuesday 10th April 2018 | Lisa Rhodes-Martin | University of Liverpool | Structural and electrochemical characterisation of ionic liquids using in situ X-ray and electrochemical techniques |
| Wednesday 28th March 2018 | Dmitry Volodkin | Nottingham Trent University | Encapsulation of fragile biomolecules through mesoporous CaCO3 crystals |
| Friday 23rd February 2018, 12 noon | Georgios Tritsaris | Deregallera Ltd | Electronic structure theory and simulation of complex surfaces and interfaces for energy |
| Tuesday 20th February 2018 | Ken Inglis | University of Liverpool | Solid-State NMR Investigation of La3Li3W2O12: A Perovskite with Lithium on both A- and B-Sites |
| Tuesday 12th December 2017 | Charlotte Smith | University of Liverpool | Conjugated microporous polymers for the support of CO2 reduction |
| Tuesday 5th December 2017 | Cristina Tealdi | University of Patvia, Italy | Ionic conductors for clean energy applications: tailoring their properties through defects and strain |
| Tuesday 28th November 2017, 12 noon | Julie McPherson | University of Warwick | Electrocatalytic applications of conducting diamond membrane electrodes |
| Tuesday 14th November 2017 | Emma Kendrick | University of Warwick | Sodium ion batteries: materials to devices |
| Tuesday 31st October 2017 (in Chadwick Seminar Room) |
Robert Palgrave | University College London | Photoemision spectroscopy as an analytical technique applied to energy materials |
| Thursday 7th September 2017, 11:00AM | Jian-Feng Li | Xiamen University, China | Plasmon-enhanced Raman/fluorescence spectroscopy using shell-isolated mode |
SIRE seminar series 2016/17
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 13th July 2017, 4:00PM | Kent Griffith | University of Cambridge | Energy Storage Mechanisms and Comprehensive Structural Characterisation of Mixed-metal Complex Oxides |
| Friday 30th June 2017, 3:00PM | Graham Ball | University of New South Wales, Australia | Characterization of alkane sigma-complexes and related exotica using NMR spectroscopy |
| Monday 20th March 2017, 1:00PM | Nikolai Gaponik | Technical University, Dresden | Quantum Dots in ionic salt matrices: robust composites for optoelectronics and photonics |
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Tuesday 29th November 2016, 1:00PM |
Paramaconi Rodriguez |
University of Birmingham |
Expanding the boundaries of cathodiccorrosion: The effective preparation of metal alloy nanoparticles and mixed oxides and their use as active electrocatalyst and photocatalyst |
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Tuesday 25th October 2016, 1:00PM |
Marc Armbrüster |
Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany |
Intermetallic Compounds – Key Materials for the Hydrogen-Based Infrastructure |
SIRE seminar series 2015/16
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Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tuesday 10th May 2016, 2:00PM |
Bettina Lotsch |
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Towards rational catalyst design? Molecularly engineered frameworks for hydrogen evolution photocatalysis |
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Tuesday 3rd May 2016, 1:00PM |
Prof. Gleb Sukhorukov |
Queen Mary, University of London |
Encapsulation and remote controlled delivery of active materials |
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Tuesday 22nd March 2016, 10:00AM |
Dr. Angel Cuesta |
University of Aberdeen |
Formic acid electrooxidation and the structure of ionic solvation shells: An analysis based on in-situ ATR-SEIRAS |
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Tuesday 15th March 2016, 1:00PM |
Dr Simon Beaumont |
Durham University |
Catching catalysts in the act: detailed understanding of catalysts as an enabling technology for alternative liquid fuels and chemicals |
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Tuesday 1st March 2016, 1:00PM |
Prof. Ken Durose |
SIRE |
Workshop on proposal writing |
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Tuesday 9th February 2016, 1:00PM |
Prof. Maria-Magdalena Titirici |
Queen Mary University of London |
Sustainable Carbon Materials and Chemicals from Biomass Hydrothermal Processes |
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Tuesday 15th December 2015, 1:00PM |
Dr Alexey Sergeev |
SIRE |
Catalytic transformations via selective formation and cleavage of strong C-O and C-C bonds |
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Tuesday 8th December 2015, 1:00PM |
Dr Roberto Ferrero |
University of Liverpool, Electrical Engineering |
Challenges in battery and fuel cell diagnostics: From lab tests to electric vehicles (and other applications) |
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Tuesday 1st December 2015, 1:00PM |
Dr Laurence Hardwick |
SIRE |
Batteries not included |
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Tuesday 3rd November 2015, 1:00PM |
Dr Alex Chin |
University of Cambridge |
Spectroscopy study of the physics of charge/energy transfer in biological systems |
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Thursday 15th October 2015, 1:00PM |
Dr Ning Liu |
University of Limerick |
Manipulating the optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures for super resolution and integrated photonics applications |