Physical Chemistry Seminar: “Locality as a Design Variable at Interfaces”

Sarah King

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago

Research Synopsis:

The King Lab at the University of Chicago seeks to uncover how interfaces and nanoscale material heterogeneity determine the ultrafast dynamics, properties, and functionality of materials. Interfaces and boundaries between materials, phases, and structural motifs influences material suitability for applications such as photovoltaics or light emitting diodes and can fundamentally change chemical reactivity at surfaces and through mechanisms of heterogeneous catalysis. The King Lab is a leader in developing new methodologies for probing spatial heterogeneity and interfaces in materials and using cutting edge techniques to elucidate the interplay between intrinsic and defect-mediated material dynamics. Our work has been extended to unveil new ways that imaging techniques pioneered for solid-state materials have the potential to revolutionize ultrastructural biology and neuroscience

Host Prof. Fakhraai

inquiries Rosa Vargas rvargas@sas.upenn.edu