The Zhu Research Group: surface and interfacial science

Recent presentations by group members

Loren Kaake, oral prensetation “Determining charge carrier identity, concentration, and mobility in organic semiconductor devices by in situ optical spectroscopy," 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, April 6-10, 2008.

Brooke Carlson, oral prensetation “Valence band alignment at CdSe quantum dot and ZnO (101bar0) interfaces," 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, April 6-10, 2008.

Will Tisdale, oral prensetation “Electron transfer dynamics at the ZnO (10-10) surface.," 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, April 6-10, 2008.

Matthias Muntwiler, poster presentation "Hot electron dynamics on the semimetal Bi(111) surface" 6th International Workshop on Ultrafast Surface Dynamics (USD6), Kloster Banz, Germany, July 20th-25th, 2008.

Will Tisdale, poster presentation "Probing interfacial electron transfer by femtosecond time-resolved second harmonic generation" 6th International Workshop on Ultrafast Surface Dynamics (USD6), Kloster Banz, Germany, July 20th-25th, 2008.

Recent presentations by XYZ

Seminar “The Exciton Dissociation Problem in Inorganic Quantum Dot and Organic Semiconductor Based Solar Cells,” Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, October 31st, 2008.

Invited lecture “Charge carrier separation and transport at organic semiconductor interfaces,” 55th AVS International Symposium, Boston, MA, October 19th-24th, 2008.

Invited lecture “Shine light on it: electron dynamics on surfaces,” 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 17-22, 2008.

Invited lecture “Charge transfer excitons on organic semiconductor surfaces,” 6th International Workshop on Ultrafast Surface Dynamics (USD6), Kloster Banz, Germany, July 20th-25th, 2008.

Invited lecture “Polarons and excitons in organic semiconductors,” MRS 4th Annual Organic Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Workshop, San Francisco, CA, July 7th-10th, 2008.

Seminar “Electron dynamics at organic semiconductor surfaces and interfaces,” Chiba University, Japan, June 18th, 2008.

Seminar “Electron dynamics at organic semiconductor surfaces and interfaces,” Chemistry Department, Osaka University, Japan, June 16th, 2008.

Seminar “Soft interfaces: water, proteins, and cell membranes,” Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan, June 13th, 2008.

Seminar “Electron dynamics at organic semiconductor surfaces and interfaces,” Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China, June 5th, 2008.

Seminar “Soft interfaces: water, proteins, and cell membranes,” Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, March 19th, 2008.

Seminar “Charge carriers in organic semiconductors,” Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, University of Texas at Austin, February 6th, 2008.

Invited lecture “Polaron formation and charge carrier trapping in organic semiconductor thin films,” 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2007.

Invited lecture “Viscosity of interfacial water,” Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water 2007, West Dover, VT, October 18-21, 2007.

Joint Physics & Chemistry Colloquium “Interfacial electron transfer, transport, and localization,” Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, October 8th, 2007.

Invited lecture “Ideal chemical environment for optimal protein activity on surfaces” 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007

Brian Bent Memorial Lecture “Molecules at confined interfaces: from water to proteins” Chemistry Department, Columbia University, February 15, 2007.

Invited lecture “Polaron dynamics at interfaces” Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Seminar on Physics of Highly Ordered Organic Interfaces and Layers, Bad Honnef, Germany, January 22 - 24, 2007.