Mercator Seminars
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was not possible for the CRC 1411 Mercator fellows to perform research visits to Erlangen in 2020. In order to to nevertheless maintain a strong scientific exchange between the teams a series of intensive seminars was established in the Fall of 2020.
Prof. Sara Skrabalak, Indiana University (October 2020)
Prof. Sara Skrabalak is the James H. Rudy Professor at Indiana University (IU), USA. She develops general design criteria and strategies for the synthesis of new materials from particles with controlled size distributions, crystal shape, composition and overall architecture. The assessment of structure-property correlations and the development of scalable routes to nanomaterials play a central role in her work.
The seminars were organised in a block-lecture format and took place on zoom every Wednesday in October 2020 at 4 pm (CET).
Following each seminar session, the associated material (videos, slides etc) was be made available (see the links below). Please note that that this material is only accessible for CRC 1411 members at this course on FAU’s study-platform StudON. For access, please contact Monica Distaso.
| 7 October 2020 |
| A Tutorial on Nanoparticle Synthesis: Control of Particle Size, Shape, and Composition |
| 14 October 2020 |
| A Tutorial on the Applications of Metal Nanocrystals |
| 21 October 2020 |
| Multimetallic Nanocrystals by Design for Plasmonics and Catalysis |
| 28 October 2020 |
| Aerosol-Assisted Synthesis of Shape-Controlled Nanocrystals |
Prof. Ilja Siepmann, University of Minnesota (November 2020)
Prof. Ilja Siepmann holds the position of Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota (UMN), USA where he is the coordinator of the Nanoporous Materials Genome Center (NMGC). The focus of the center is to discover and explore microporous and mesoporous materials for separation and catalysis. Whithin this framework, Prof. Siepmann develops and applies particle-based simulations of complex chemical systems including the prediction of phase, sorption, chemical equilibria and thermophysical properties.
The seminars were organised in a block-lecture format and took place on Zoom in November and December 2020 according to the schedule below.
Following each seminar session, the associated material (videos, slides etc) was be made available (see the links below). Please note that that this material is only accessible for CRC 1411 members at this course on FAU’s study-platform StudON. For access, please contact Monica Distaso.
| 5 November 2020 |
| Obtaining Knowledge and Data for Separations from Molecular Simulation |
| 6 November 2020 (3 – 4 pm) |
| Speaker meets PhD candidates (Q&A session) |
| 12 November 2020 |
| Understanding Retention in Reversed-phase Liquid Chromatography and Size Exclusion Chromatography: Insights from Molecular Simulations (Part 1) |
| 19 November 2020 |
| Understanding Retention in Reversed-phase Liquid Chromatography and Size Exclusion Chromatography: Insights from Molecular Simulations (Part 2) |
| 26 November 2020 (3 – 4 pm) |
| Speaker meets PIs (Q&A session) |
| 3 December 2020 |
| Predictive Modeling of Nanoporous Materials: High-Throughput Screening, Machine Learning, and First Principles Simulations |