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Spring 2008 Eyring Lecture and Reception
 he Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University is pleased to announce the Eyring Lectures in Chemistry and Biochemistry for Spring 2008. This interdisciplinary distinguished lecturer series is dedicated to stimulating discussions by renowned scientists who are at the cutting edge of their respective fields. Each lecture series consists of a lead-off presentation to help communicate the excitement and challenge of this central science to the University and community, followed by a more specialized colloquium to help bring the audience to the scientific frontiers of the topics under discussion. Speakers will be scholars in residence in the Department during their lecture series and will be available for informal discussions with faculty, students, and other interested individuals. The Eyring Lectures in Chemistry and Biochemistry bears the name of LeRoy Eyring, Regents' Professor of Chemistry, whose extraordinary instructional and research accomplishments and professional leadership at Arizona State University helped to bring the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry into international prominence.
Sponsored by: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, ASU and Central Arizona Section of the American Chemical Society
Eyring Lecturer: Gérard Férey- Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Professor of Materials Science, Institut Lavoisier, Versailles University France. |
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GENERAL LECTURE
7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
PS H-150
Porous Solids: A New World
Porous solids are now strategic multifunctional materials. This lecture presents the global strategy for their genesis including structural chemistry, mechanisms of formation by using in situ methods, computer prediction of crystal structures, correlation of classical properties of zeolites (catalysis, gas separation and storage…) with those of dense solids (magnetism, conductivity, optical properties…). Emphasis will be placed on solids with very large pores for which there are unprecedented applications, particularly concerning the current societal problems in energy, health and nanosciences. |
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TECHNICAL PRESENTATION
3:00 p.m.
Friday, April 4, 2008
PS H-150
The Breathing Effects in MOFs
Nanocrystals with tightly controlled size distributions and well-defined shapes (spheres, disks, rods) can now be readily prepared. These can, in turn, be transformed chemically from one material to another, which is the subject of this talk. Chemical reactions in nanocrystals can proceed by simplified kinetics compared to bulk solids. Further, the products can be spatially complex arrangements of connected materials. In this sense, the nanocrystal can be an important model system for understanding chemical reactions in the solid state more generally. Examples covered will be the formation of hollow nanocrystals through the nanoscale Kirkendall effect, cation exchange reactions in nanocrystals, and nanocrystal splitting reactions. |
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| For more information on Eyring lectures, please visit our Website : http://chemistry.asu.edu/seminar/eyring.asp |
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