Paul Fenter (CSE)
Paul Fenter, Senior Physicist and Group Leader for Interfacial Processes in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering, will present “Imaging Solid-Liquid Interfaces: From Structure to Reactivity” Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at 3 p.m. in the APS Bldg. 402 Auditorium.
Abstract: Reactions between solids and liquids are critical in many aspects of the use and generation of energy, and in the nature and disposition of the associated by-products. Such reactions remain, however, poorly understood because the “inner-space”at a solid-liquid interface is obscured by the liquid, masking the relevant structure-property relationships. The availability of high-brilliance hard X-ray sources over the past two decades has revolutionized our ability to probe — and ultimately image — the molecular-scale structures and reactions at these interfaces. Examples to be presented include ordering of the water, ions, and electrolytes at charged solid-liquid interfaces, as well as using interfaces to control and guide reactions at the electrode-electrolyte interface in energy storage systems.
His bio and an abstract of his talk can be found on the Advanced Photon Source website.
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