The Leaders in Energy and The Environment (LD) Focus Topic is organized by young investigators within AVS to highlight cutting edge research related to energy and the environment. Within the scope of AVS 67’s theme of “Advances in Interfacial Science for Energy and The Environment,” this Focus Topic will solicit abstracts concerning next generation materials studied at the atomic scale with cutting edge technology. There will be three sessions that focus on understanding the catalytic properties of metal oxide interfaces, pushing the boundaries of energy transfer in materials, and advanced materials for electronic and environmental applications. To foster collaboration within AVS, these sections will be co-sponsored by a variety of Focus Topics and Divisions. In addition to numerous invited talks from scientific leaders in these areas, each session will also promote the work of young investigators by selecting one contributed abstract from a graduate student/postdoc to be highlighted as an invited talk. These sections aim to bring together a diverse set of researchers, each working in related fields to highlight the significant advances interfacial studies have provided in environmental and energy research.
LD1+HC+SS: Catalysis at the Metal Oxide Interface
- Melissa Hines, Cornell University
- Bruce D. Kay, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, “Fundamental Surface Science Studies of Small Molecule Adsorption and Reactivity on Model Oxide Catalysts”
- Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
LD2+NS: Pushing the Boundaries of Energy Transfer in Materials
- Nan Jiang, University of Illinois at Chicago, “Probing Molecule-Substrate Interactions at Angstrom Scale by Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy”
- Shaowei Li, University of California, San Diego
- Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University, “Electron Transfer at the Single-Molecule Level”
LD3+2D+NS+SS: Advanced Materials for Electronic and Environmental Applications
- Anibal Boscoboinik, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Jeffrey R. Guest, Argonne National Laboratory, “Atomic-Scale Imaging of Optically-Active Nanoscale Systems”
- Anna Regoutz, Imperial College London, UK, “HAXPES for Device Applications: From the Surface into the Bulk”
LD4: Leaders in Energy and the Environment Poster Session