Venue

SP C0.05

Host

PhD lectures

Lecture 1

Title: Photocatalysis in living cells

Lecture 2

Title: Cycloparaphenylenes as Emitters for Circularly Polarized Luminescence

Invited speaker

Prof. Andrea Baldi (VU Amsterdam)

Title: Plasmonic Photochemistry: targeted heating with metal nanoparticles

Abstract 

Metal nanoparticles strongly scatter and absorb light thanks to light-driven oscillations of their free electrons called plasmon resonances. These resonances can be used to drive and detect chemical reactions at the nanoscale through several mechanisms: the generation of non-thermalized electrons and holes, the concentration of electromagnetic fields at the particle surface, and the conversion of light-energy into heat. In this talk, I will cover fundamental aspects of plasmonics and show two examples from our group’s work on how the spatial and temporal control of plasmonic photothermal effects can drive nanomaterial synthesis [1] and heterogeneous catalysis [2].
[1] Kamarudheen, ..., AB, Nature Communications (2020)
[2] AB & Askes, ACS Catalysis (2023)