Northern New England Materials Workshop

University of New Hampshire

June 9-10, 2017

Friday, June 9th

DeMeritt Hall, Room 240

8:30 am Registration and breakfast (please arrive by 9 am), DeMeritt Hall Atrium

9:15 am Welcoming Remarks

Prof. Chuck Zercher, University of New Hampshire, Interim Dean
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Prof. Jim Krzanowski, University of New Hampshire, Director of the Materials
Science Program, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
9:30 am Research Presentations, IRG 1 Renewable Energy Materials
Chair: Prof. Christine Caputo

9:30 am Prof. Gonghu Li, University of New Hampshire

Solar Photocatalysis on Nanostructured Surfaces

10:00 am Prof. Matthew White, University of Vermont

ZnO/Organic Semiconductor Hybrid Nanostructures for Solar Energy Harvesting"

10:30 am Prof. David Lashmore, University of New Hampshire

Highly Compressed Hydrogen

11:00 am Coee Break, DeMeritt Hall Atrium

11:30 am Research Presentations, IRG 2 Tuning Low Dimensional Materials

Chair: Prof. Karsten Pohl

11:30 am Prof. Valeri Kotov, University of Vermont

Manipulating the Electronic Structure and Correlations in 2D Atomic Crystals

12:00 pm Prof. Shawna Hollen, University of New Hampshire

Atomic-scale Imaging of Native Defects in Black Phosphorus

12:30 pm Lunch, DeMeritt Hall Atrium

 Northern New England Materials Workshop
University of New Hampshire
June 9-10, 2017

Friday, June 9th

DeMeritt Hall, Room 240

1:30 pm Research Presentations, IRG 2 Tuning Low Dimensional Materials, cont.

Chair: Prof. Shawna Hollen

1:30 pm Prof. Jiadong Zang, University of New Hampshire

Emergent Topology in Chiral Magnets

2:00 pm Prof. Madalina Furis, University of Vermont

Exciton Coherence in Organic Semiconductor Crystalline Thin Films

2:30 pm Coee Break, DeMeritt Hall Atrium

3:00 pm Research Presentations, IRG 3 Molecular Recognition Materials
Chair: Prof. Erik Berda
2:30 pm Dr. Merry Smith, Dartmouth College
Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Chemical Sensing and Gas Capture

3:30 pm Prof. Jerey Halpern, University of New Hampshire

Using Molecular Interactions to Improve Biosensors

4:00 pm Prof. Jianing Li, University of Vermont

Multiscale Modeling for Molecular Recognition and Material Self-Assembly

4:30 pm Prof. Severin Schneebeli, University of Vermont

Investigating Selective Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly with Molecules of
Precisely Defined Shapes
5:00 pm Prof. Harish Vashisth, University of New Hampshire
Simulation Studies of Polymeric and Bimolecular Materials

5:30 pm Student Poster Session & Hors dOeuvres, DeMeritt Hall Atrium

7:00 pm Dinner in groups, Downtown Durham

 Northern New England Materials Workshop
University of New Hampshire
June 9-10, 2017

Saturday, June 10th: PI Business Meeting

DeMeritt Hall, Room 240

9:00 am Arrival and Breakfast

9:15 am Large group discussion of vision and long-term goals

9:45 am Split into IRG Breakout groups; Planning for each IRG
Discussion Facilitators:

IRG 1 Prof. Matthew White

IRG 2 Prof. Jiadong Zang
IRG 3 Prof. Erik Berda
11:00 am Large group to reconvene and arrange for follow-on meetings, next steps

12:00 pm Closing remarks and depart

Funding generously provided by UNH CoRE,

Oice of the Senior Vice Provost for Research