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AME Seminar

Speaker: Juergen Biener , Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Talk Title: Nanoscale Materials for Energy Applications

Abstract: Enrico Fermi reputedly said, "God made the solid state. He left the surface to the devil" to describe the fact that surfaces and interfaces are difficult to treat theoretically due to their complex nature. In this talk I will show that one can exploit this complexity to design tunable interface-controlled high-surface-area materials for energy applications. Although the influence of surfaces on the bulk of the material is generally considered to be small, the presence of surfaces and interfaces can start to dominate the overall material behavior. This allows one to create new, tunable materials with mechanical, physical and chemical properties that are no longer determined by the bulk material, but by their nanoscale architectures. In this talk, I will focus on monolithic nanoporous materials to demonstrate the tuneability of nanoporous solids for sustainable energy applications.

Host: Dr. A. Hodge

More Info: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming

Location: John Stauffer Science Lecture Hall (SLH) - 100

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: April Mundy

Event Link: http://ame-www.usc.edu/seminars/index.shtml#upcoming