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Lecture Title	"Chemistry at Structured Interfaces"
Date	Wednesday 29 November 2017 16:00
Lecturer	Prof. Archita Patnaik (Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India)
Summary	New approaches to synthesis and processing of materials at structured interfaces enabling higher functionality structures and pattern formation have been our prime focus. Through ab-initio electronic structure calculation and molecular dynamics simulations, spectro-microscopy and nanoscale electrochemistry, our group’s research has culminated in bringing out the basic understandings of molecular-scale rectifiers, nanoscale capacitors, and structure and dynamics in stimuli-responsive, optoelectronically active molecular aggregates with varied curvature. At a restricted dimension, quantifying ‘molecular orientation’ in anisotropic monolayers of functional amphiphiles with real time polarized spectroscopy has enabled understanding of directed electron transport in bio-mimetic lipid-amino acid composite membranes. Consequently, the dynamic role of water has been explained in the interfacial molecular recognition. 1. J. L. Sorrells, F. M. Menger, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10072-10073 2. Nirod Kumar Sarangi, Nivarti Ramesh and Archita Patnaik, J. Chem. Phys., 2015, 142, 024702 (1-18) 3. Nivarthi Ramesh, Nirod Kumar Sarangi, and Archita Patnaik, J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 5345–5354 Prof. Archita Patnaik: http://chem.iitm.ac.in/faculty/architapatnaik/
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