IMCN Seminars

Wednesday 18 December
Dr Hanako Okuno
Four-dimensional STEM: A new approach to probe structure, chemistry and electronic properties in 2D materials

Thursday 5 December
Prof. Oleg Kolosov
Nano² - Exploring nature with nano-length and nano-time dimensions

Monday 25 November 
Dr. Heng Wu
Novel phenomena of superconductivity

Thursday 7 November 
Prof. Pedro Mateus
Developing arylamide foldamers as antimicrobial compounds

Tuesday 5 November
Prof. Fabien Gagosz
Studies in Homogeneous Gold Catalysis - Method Development & Ligand Design

Monday 4 November
Prof Johannes Deiglmayr
Long-range Rydberg molecules

Wednesday 30 October 
Dr. Laurent Trembleau
Mechanism of the direct amidation reaction

Thursday 24 October
Dr Jean Spièce 
How to build a nanoscale fridge?

Tuesday 8 October 2024
Prof. Dr. Andrea Pannwitz
Creating Artificial Photosystems for CO2 Reduction using Lipid Bilayers and Molecular Components

Monday 7 October 2024
Prof. Shuxia Tao
Materials Theory of Halide Perovskites: Insights from Atomistic and Molecular Modeling

Wednesday 18 September 2024
Prof. Ahmet Oral
Tip based high performance magnetic imaging using Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) Low Temperature Confocal Raman Microscope & NV Centre Microscope

Thursday 5 September 2024
Prof. Dr. Shoubhik Das
How Selective one can be by using photocatalysis?

Friday 12 July 2024
Dr William Vandenberghe
Dielectric, Magnetic, and Contact Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials

Wednesday 3 July 2024
Prof. Peng Zhang
Elastomer-based solid-state lithium metal battery

Friday 7 June 2024
Dr. Björn Pfund 
Picosecond Reactions of Excited Radical Ion Super_Reductants

Thursday 6 June 2024
Prof. Lars Borchardt
Mechanochemistry – Unconventional Syntheses in Ball Mills

Tuesday 28 May 2024
Dr Yann Mairesse
Influence of molecular chirality in tunnel-ionization and laser-induced electron diffraction

Monday 27 May 2024
Prof. Diana C. Leitao 
Designing magnetoresistive sensors with tuneable characteristics

Wednesday 15 May 2024
Prof. Markus Antonietti 
New porous organic materials for disruptive Electrocatalysis and Energy storage

Monday 22 April 2024
Prof. Xiyue Cheng
Atom Response Theory of the Non-linear Optical Materials and Its Applications

Thursday 4 April 2024
Prof. Olivier Pirali 
Tools for the unambiguous identification of new radical species and their precise spectroscopic characterization in the THz range

Tuesday 2 April 2024
Prof. Ingrid Barcelos & Raul Freitas 
Nano-optics of two-dimensional materials via synchrotron infrared ultramicroscopy

Wednesday 20 March 2024
Prof. Dr. Daniel B. WERZ
Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds

Monday 4 March 2024
Pr. Patrick CHEINET
Understanding divalent Rydberg atoms physics with MQDT, application to optical control of ytterbium

Friday 23 February 2024
Dr. Sabyasachi TIWARI
Quasidegenerate many-body perturbation theory of direct and phonon-assisted optical absorption and luminescence

Thursday 15 February 2024
Pr. Wim UBACH
Precision measurements of molecular hydrogen in search for new physics

Wednesday 7 February 2024
Dr. Sudhanshu SHUKLA
Metal Sulfides Driving Key Photoelectrochemical Reactions: Engineering Surfaces and Interfaces

Thursday 21 December 2023
Prof. Luc PATINY 
Using the browser for teaching and processing chemical data

Monday 18 December 2023
Dr. Mario RUBEN 
Electrical and Optical Addressing of Nuclear Spin States for Molecule-based Quantum Computing

Monday 11 December 2023
Dr. Alejandro GALLO
High Performance Coupled Cluster Theories for Solids

Monday 11 December 2023
Dr. Marcos José LEITE SANTOS 
Controlled synthesis of nanoparticles

Thursday 24 November 2023
Prof. Hugo DIL
Quantum phenomena in spin physics: from spin interference to the nature of time

Thursday 9 November 2023
Dr. Valentina ZHELYAZKOVA
Cold Chemistry with Rydberg Helium

Thursday 30 October 2023
Dr. Cyril AYMONIER
Circular chemistry in supercritical fluids: Synthesis, shaping and recycling of materials

Thursday 12 October 2023
Prof. Kevin LAM
Electrifying the Pharmaceutical Industry without the BANG !

Tuesday 3 October 2023
Prof. Manikoth SHAIJUMON
Materials Development and Design Strategies for Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion System

Friday 5 July 2023
Prof.  Mas SUBRAMANIAN
YInMn Blue 200 Years in the Making: Multiferroics to Artists’ Palette

Thursday 29 June 2023
Prof.  Stephan SCHLEMMER
MissIons: Missing Ions in Laboratory and Space

Friday 14 April 2023
Prof. Lutz H. GADE
Active Species and Mechanistic Pathways in Reduction Catalysis with 3d Transition Metal Pincer Complexes

Thursday 16 March 2023
Prof. Marc DE WERGIFOSSE
“Simplified quantum chemistry methods for large systems”

Thursday 16 February 2023
Prof. Flavio ABREU ARAUJO
“Spintronics-based neuromorphic computing” 

Tuesday 6 December 2022
Prof. Erwin REISNER
"Solar Panels for Light-to-Chemical Conversion"

Monday 21 November 2022
Prof. Ludovic TROIAN-GAUTIER
"Making the most of photons: controlling excited-state reactivity towards more efficient energy conversion"

Monday 24 October 2022
Prof. Samuel PONCÉ
"Electron-phonon coupling from first principles"

Friday 17 June 2022
Prof. Teruyuki KOMATSU
"Protein-Based Microtubes and Nanotubes as Ultrasmall Biomaterials"

Monday 13 June 2022
Prof. Piyasan PRASERTHDAM
"A comparative study on the process selection for CO2 conversion to methanol: thermocatalytic, electrocatalytic, or photocatalytic ? "

Monday 13 June 2022
Prof. Antoni LLOBET
"Hybrid molecular materials for solar fuels generation"

Wednesday 23 February 2022
Dr. Cornélia MEINERT
"The cosmic origin of biomolecular chirality"

11 January 2022
Dr. Julien ENG
"Shining light on the TADF mechanism: A complex balance"

11 January 2022
Dr. Marc DE WERGIFOSSE
"Simplified time-dependent density functional theory (sTD-DFT) for linear and nonlinear optical response properties, from the development to its application to large systems"

14 January 2022
Dr. Piero Antonio FERRARI RAMIREZ
"Uncovering the chemical and physical properties of matter at the cluster size regime, by combining precise quantum chemical calculations with highly controllable molecular beam experiments"

14 January 2022
Dr. Roberto SHIMMENTI
"Activity, selectivity, and stability: tracing new routes for catalysts design by using first-principles methods"

Thursday 4 November 2021
Prof. Raphaël LEVY
"Interactive seminar on practical dilemme in the life of a scientistist trying to do the right thing"

Tuesday 26 October 2021
Prof. Stéphane GORSSE
"Les alliages à haute entropie : petit voyage au centre..."

Tuesday 19 October 2021
Prof. Herre van der ZANT
"Two examples of Nanomechanics on the Nanoscale"

Friday 1 October 2021
Prof. G.H. CLEVER
"Multifunctional and Stimuli-responsive Coordination Cages"

Monday 20 September 2021
Dr. Matthieu GENEVRIEZ  
"Spectroscopy within a Rydberg-electron orbit: from molecular dications to planetary atoms"

Friday 23 april 2021 (online event)
Prof. I. ARENDS
"Application of Enzymes for Sustainable Chemistry"

Thursday 4 July 2019
Dr. E.W. MEIJER
"Functional supramolecular systems and materials"

Thursday 6 June 2019
Dr. Thomas DEVIC
"Metal Organic Frameworks built up from (poly)phenolate ligands: challenges and opportunities"

Wednesday 15 May 2019
Dr. Michael HIRSCHER
"Hydrogen Storage in Nanoporous Materials"

Tuesday 14 May 2019
Dr. Dominique ARCHAMBEAU
"Benefits of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Big Data in Chemical Industry: from concepts to practical examples"

Friday 3 May 2019
Prof. Jean-Marie LEHN
"Perspective in Chemistry : From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry"

Tuesday 30 April 2019
Prof. Joe SCHLENOFF
"Processing Polyelectrolyte Complexes With Salt"

Thursday 25 April 2019
Prof. Mansour SHAYEGAN
"Probing Exotic States of Interacting 2D Electron Systems"

Friday 30 November 2018
Dr. Rob HART
"Simply Complex : Precisely Manufactured Simple Molecules for Today's Applications"

Tuesday 23 October 2018
Prof. David MECERREYES
"Innovative Polymer Electrolytes for Electrochemical Devices"

Tuesday 25 September 2018
Dr. Gareth John CONDUIT
"Deep learning for materials design, drug discovery, and beyond"

Wednesday 12 September 2018
Prof. Dimitris VLASSOPOULOS
"Tunable supramolecular structures: Interactions and viscoelasticity"

Friday 1 June 2018
Prof. Michel Cloitre
"Microscopic design of soft colloidal materials"

Wednesday 25 April 2018
Prof. André Brack
"Astrobiology:from the origin of life on Earth to the search of extraterrestrial life"

Thursday 29 March 2018 
Dr. Filip Oosterlinck - DSM Research - KULeuven
"DSM - Bright Science, Brighter Living"

Tuesday 27 February 2018 
Prof. Yves GEERTS - ULB
"Directional crystallization of Molecular Semiconductors"

Thursday 14 December 2017 
Dr. Gabriella BARROZINO-CONSIGLIO - UCL - Institut IMCN
"Structure/reactivity relationship in asymmetric reactions with polar organo(bi)metallic reagents: synthesis and NMR analysis"

Friday 14 November 2017
Dr. P. CHEVALIER - Dr. F. De BUYL - Dr. F. GUBBELS - Dow Corning
"The funny world of Si28licones: Why they are useful everywhere, from automotive headlamps to skyscrapers' glazing?"

Thursday 5 October 2017
Dr. Julie GROLLIER, CNRS-THALES (Palaiseau - France)
"Nanodevices for Bio-inspired Computing"

23 June 2017
Prof. Bernold HASENKNOPF, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 6 (France), 
"Applications for functionalized polyoxometalates"

14 June 2017
Prof. Susanne SIEBENTRITT, University of Luxembourg - Laboratory for photovoltaics
"Thin film solar cells - defects and efficiencies"

5 May 2017
Prof. Antonino LICCIARDELLO, University of Catania (Sicile)
" ToF-SIMS: a tool for materials science and nanotechnology "
 

21 April 2017
Prof. Michel HERMAN, Faculté des Sciences - UCL (Bruxelles - Belgium)
"High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy : Trends and Tales"

27 March 2017
Prof. Ari M.P. KOSKINEN, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science - Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering (Finland) 
"Beyond Organic Synthesis"

21 February 2017
Prof. Tatjana PARAC-VOGT, KULeuven - Department of Chemistry
"Metal-oxo clusters as artificial enzymes"v

19 December 2016
Dr. Raphaël JANOT (Laboratory of Reactivity and Chemistry of Solids (LRCS), CNRS - University of Picardie Jules Verne - Amiens - France)
"Materials for hydrogen storage: an overview"

1 December 2016
Prof. Ovidiu ERSEN (Institut de Physique et Cimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg - France).
"Advanced TEM techniques : 3D and operando views of the materials at the nanoscale"

1 December 2016
Prof. Benoit P. PICHON (Institut de Physique et Cimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg - France).
"Design and Assembly Strategies of Magnetic Nanoparticules"

23 November 2016
Prof. Emmanuel PAUTHE (Université de Cergy Pontoise, Maison Internationale de la Recherche - Laboratoire ERRMECe - France)
"Proactive biomaterials: biomimetic interfacial properties and advanced delivery systems"

17 October 2016
Dr. Steven A. LOPEZ (Harvard University - Cambridge USA).
"Identification of Next-Generation Materials for Organic Solar Cells via a Collaborative Theory-Experimental approach"

23 September 2016
Prof. Pascale CHENEVIER (SyMMES, PHELIQS, INAC, CEA Grenoble - France)
"Novel Silicon nanowires mass synthesis"

15 September 2016
Dr. Jeff KENVIN (Micrometirics - USA) - WORKSHOP
"An Overview of porosity and area"