Reminder: BNC Virtual Faculty Seminar Series TODAY @ 12:00noon.  

The BNC Virtual Faculty Seminar Series is designed to provide faculty a platform to present an overview of their research and the opportunity for collaborative discussion with other BNC faculty and researchers across six colleges and 15 academic units.

Jianguo Mei

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

October 8^th, 2020 | 12:00pm

Join Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/93857631004

Title: Semiconducting Polymers: A Journey from Scientific Curiosity to Technology Commercialization

Abstract: Semiconducting polymers are carbon-rich materials with semiconductor properties. They can absorb and emit light, transport ion/electron currents, as well as undergo redox reactions. Thus, they have been found in organic solar cells, light-emitting diodes, field-effect transistors, and many other optoelectronic devices. In this 30 min's talk, I will briefly introduce our latest progress in melt-processable semiconductors, high-temperature semiconductors, photoacoustic imaging probes, biosensing, and the commercialization of R2R processed large scale thin film organic electrochromics. I will then emphasize the remaining problems and challenges we face and look for collaboration opportunities within the Birck community.    

Bio: Jianguo Mei is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue University. His areas of expertise include the design and synthesis of organic polymers, particularly semiconducting polymers, as well as their applications in organic electronics and electrochemical devices. He received the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (ONR YIP, 2016), NSF Career Award (2017), ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Academic Young Investigator Award (2019), and ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Young Investigator Award (2020). He is a co-founder of Ambilight Inc, which commercializes thin film electrochromics for smart windows.   

Upcoming BNC Virtual Faculty Seminars, Fall 2020:

Date	Faculty	Title
9/10/20	Ali Shakouri, Director of Birck Nanotechnology Center	Overview of SMART Industry Consortium
9/17/20	Luna Lu, Professor of Civil Engineering -  *Note time change*  (10am - 11am): Co-Hosted with ECE	Nanotechnology for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications
9/24/20	Alex Ma, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Superconducting circuits for quantum simulation and quantum information sciences
10/01/20	Hadiseh Alaeian, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering	atom-Nanophotonics at low dimensions
10/08/20	Jianguo Mei, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry	Semiconducting Polymers: A Journey from Scientific Curiosity to Technology Commercialization
10/15/20	Chen-Lung Hung, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Engineering atom-nanophotonics hybrid lattices
10/22/20	Chi Hwan Lee, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering	Sticker-Like Flexible Sensors for Wearable Healthcare Applications
10/29/20	Ryan Wagner, Research Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering	Atomic force microscopy as a tool for multiphysics nanoscale characterization
11/5/20	Arnab Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Co-design towards exotic spin-based systems and devices
11/12/20	Krishna Jayant, Professor of BME - *Note time change*  (10am - 11am): Co-Hosted with ECE
11/19/20

Spring 2021 Schedule:

Date	Faculty	Title
2/4/21
2/11/21	Letian Dou, Assistant Professor, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering	Organic-Perovskite Hybrid Quantum Wells, Heterostructure, and Optoelectronics
2/18/21
2/25/21
3/4/21
3/11/21
3/18/21	Reading Day
3/25/21
4/1/21
4/8/21
4/15/21
4/22/21
4/29/21	Dead Week
5/6/21	Finals Week

Thanks!

Jaime Turner
Lead Administrative Assistant to the Director | Birck Nanotechnology Center

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