Please join Yale Chemistry for a Silliman Seminar in Theoretical Chemistry with Roel Tempelaar, Northwestern University.
The Tempelaar Group seeks to unravel how quantum mechanics dictates the optical and dynamical properties of biologically relevant and emerging materials. In many such materials, a multitude of components such as electrons, nuclei, and optical modes interact, resulting in behavior that seems nontrivial based on known fundamental principles. Examples can be found in the light-to-energy conversion in photosynthesis, charge interactions in semiconducting atomic monolayers, and the hybridization of photons and electronic states inside nano cavities. By developing new numerical and analytical tools to make such behavior comprehensible, their research advances fundamental understanding of chemistry and physics at the nano scale.
For more information on the Templelaar Group: https://tempelaar.chem.northwestern.edu/#research
Faculty Host: Professor Tianyu Zhu
This seminar is generously sponsored by the Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Fund.