The Gordon Research Seminar on Electrochemistry is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.
Topics such as electrocatalysis, energy storage, in situ spectroscopy, microelectrodes and several other exciting emerging areas will be the focus of this meeting.
| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Polymer Materials |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Bo Peng (University of Michigan)
"Electrochemically Modulated Release of Nitric Oxide from Polymeric Materials"
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| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Sensors |
| Discussion Leader: Julie Macpherson (University of Warwick) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Jacob Goran (University of Texas at Austin)
"Bioelectrochemistry with Carbon Nanotubes and Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanotubes"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | James Roberts (North Carolina State University)
"The Role of Hydroxyl Radical Generation in the Voltammetric Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Christopher Jacobs (University of Virginia)
"Carbon nanotube microelectrodes for sensitive detection of neurotransmitters"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Hong Liu (University of Texas at Austin)
"Origami Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensing Using Integral Battery and Electrochromic Display"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Surfaces, Microscopy and Spectroscopy |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Crooks (University of Texas at Austin) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Judith Jenkins (University of Arizona)
"Potential-modulated attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy (PM-ATR) for characterization of semiconductor nanocrystal thin films tethered to transparent conducting oxides"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Monica Moreno (University of Louisville)
"Electrochemically-Controlled Ethylene Binding Affinity of Surface-Immobilized Re-Thiolate Complexes" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Mary Louie (University of California, Berkeley)
"Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at Pt | CsHSO4 by Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Sabrina Peczonczyk (University of Michigan)
"Wet Chemical Functionalization and Characterization of Ga-Based III-V Semiconductor Surfaces"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Energy Storage Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Crooks (University of Texas at Austin) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Jing Xu (University of California, San Diego)
"Identifying Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Layered Nax[NiyMn1-y]O2 (0=x=1, 0=y=1) Cathode Materials in Na-ion Batteries: A Combination of Computational and Experimental Study"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Lisa Dudek (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Iron oxide aerogels as cheap and safe active materials for lithium-ion cathodes"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |