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  • Jun
    2

    MSE Colloquium: Joshua Goldberger

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering

    4:00 PM L361 Technological Institute

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    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to the last lecture of the 2015 Spring Colloquium Series.

    Joshua Goldberger
    Assistant Professor
    Ohio State University

    Location: Tech L361, 4:00pm

    Abstract Similar to how carbon can be sculpted into low-dimensional allotropes such as fullerenes, nanotubes, and graphene, one of the major themes of our research program is that the framework connectivity of atoms for any crystalline solid can be ligand-terminated along specific axes to produce stable, crystalline van der Waals materials comprised of single or few atom thick fragments. These new atomic-scale materials can have completely different and transformative physical properties compared to the original material. Here, we will describe our recent success in the creation of hydrogen and organic-terminated group IV (Si, Ge, Sn) 2D graphane analogues. We will discuss how the optical, electronic, and thermal properties of these materials can be systematically controlled by substituting either the surface ligand or via alloying the framework with other elements. Additionally, since every atom in these materials is a “surface atom–, we will show how the optical, electronic, and thermal properties of these materials can be manipulated by altering the identity of the surface bound ligands. These atomic-scale materials represent an intriguing and unexplored regime in materials design in which both surface functionalization and solid-state chemistry can be uniquely exploited to design properties and phenomena.

    Biography: Josh Goldberger received his B.S. in chemistry from The Ohio State University in 2001. He then received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley under Professor Peidong Yang in 2006, as an NSF graduate fellow. He completed his postdoctoral research with Professor Sam Stupp at Northwestern University as part of the Chemistry and Materials Science Departments as well as the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, as an NIH-NRSA postdoctoral fellow (2007-2010).
    Goldberger has received awards including a MRS Graduate Student Finalist Award in 2003, an IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists in 2007, and a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award in 2015. He joined The Ohio State University Chemistry and Biochemistry Department in August of 2010.

    Co-Sponsored by Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

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    TIME Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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    CONTACT Gail Madete    g-madete@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    23

    Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Sep
    24

    Fall 2024 Classes Begin (No Northwestern Monday in Fall)

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    TIME Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    30

    Last day to add a class or change a section for Fall (Last day for tuition adjustment related to enrollment changes (to or from full-time). No reductions are made to bills for dropped or swapped classes after this date)

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    TIME Monday, September 30, 2024

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  • Oct
    1

    MSE Colloquium - Dorn Lecturer Nancy Sottos

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    4:00 PM L211, Technological Institute

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    TIME Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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    CONTACT Allison Macknick    allison.macknick@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Dec
    7

    Fall classes end

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    TIME Saturday, December 7, 2024

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