Fluctuations and Short-Lived Intermediates in Chemical Physics I

Presentations

• A maximum entropy principle for the equilibrium distribution of quantum state wavefunctions

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Adam Willard

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Adam Willard

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jacob Willson

  • Henrik Heelweg

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• Geometric Effects on the Transient Charging of Electric Double Layers in Nanopores

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: Rives, Henrique, Zuk and Gupta, in prep.​

  Presenters

  • Bryce Rives

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Bryce Rives

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Filipe Henrique

    • Princeton University

  • Pawel Zuk

  • Ankur Gupta

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Pore-size impacts on ionic conductivity within ion-exchange membranes

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Peter Romero

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Peter Romero

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Arkava Ganguly

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Wilson Smith

  • Derek Vigil-Fowler

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

  • Ankur Gupta

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• The role of ultrafast phonon-ion coupling in solid-state ion conductors

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  March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Scott Cushing

    • Caltech

  Authors

  • Scott Cushing

    • Caltech

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• Resolving Electric Fields and Ionic Motion at Electrochemical Interfaces with Vibrational Spectroscopy

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  March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: Vibrationally Resolved Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (VibREIS), B. Delibas, S. Sahu, J. Dawlaty, in preparation (2025)
  
  Direct Spectroscopic Observation of Ultraslow Ion Desolvation at an Interface, A. Maitra, A. Pennathur, E. Chiang, J. Dawlaty ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 7, 13, 5528–5536 (2024)
  
  Controlling Water Delivery to an Electrochemical Interface with Surfactants, A. Pennathur, C. Tseng, N. Salazar, J. Dawlaty, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 4, 2421–2429. (2023)
  
  Electrics Fields at Metal-Surfactant Interfaces: A Combined Vibrational Spectroscopy and Capacitance Study, S. Sarkar, A. Maitra, S. Banarjee, S. Thoi, J. Dawlaty, J. Phys. Chem. B. (2020)

  Presenters

  • Jahan Dawlaty

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Jahan Dawlaty

    • University of Southern California

  • Berk Delibas

  • Sumit Sahu

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• PAH-water cluster anions: Investigating water-hydrocarbon interactions through ML dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Publication: Water–Hydrocarbon Interactions in Anionic Pyrene Monohydrate, N. LeMessurier, H. Salzmann, R. Leversee, J.M. Weber, & J.D. Eaves, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2024

  Presenters

  • Natalie LeMessurier

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Natalie LeMessurier

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Eli Katz

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Rashmi Pant

  • Shannon Ganley

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Heinrich Salzmann

  • Laura McCaslin

  • J. Mathias Weber

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Joel Eaves

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Hole Polarons in Cadmium Chalcogenides as an Interfacial Phenomenon

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: Hole Polarons in Cadmium Chalcogenides as an Interfacial Phenomenon (planned).

  Presenters

  • Brian Nies

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  Authors

  • Brian Nies

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Alexander Staat

  • Joel Eaves

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Understanding conductance fluctuations in single-molecule break junctions: a statistical approach

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Publication: Planned submission to Journal of the American Chemical Society in early 2026.

  Presenters

  • Rohan Vaidya

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Rohan Vaidya

    • University of Chicago

  • Dylan Dyer

    • The University of Arizona

  • Oliver Monti

    • University of Arizona

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