Chemical Physics of Complex Materials and Environments

Presentations

• Temperature, Concentration, and Stoichiometry Effects on the Self-Assembly Mechanisms of Cubic-Symmetry MOFs: A Multiscale Simulation Study

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • KATHERINE ARDILA

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • KATHERINE ARDILA

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Diego Gomez-Gualdron

  • Alexander Pak

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• First-principles study of the tritium species diffusion across Ni-Zircaloy-4 getter interface

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Publication: (1) J. Phys. Chem. C 127(22023)12435-12443
  (2) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27(2025)481-489, & 7893-7904.

  Presenters

  • Yuhua Duan

    • National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

  Authors

  • Yuhua Duan

    • National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

  • Hari Paudel

    • The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

  • De Nyago Tafen

  • David Senor

  • Andrew Casella

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• Real-Time Phosphate Monitoring via Plant-derived Graphene Ink FET Sensors Integrated with Deep Learning

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Ghosh, R., Zhang, F., Jang, H.-J., Hui, J., Vittore, K., You, H., Vepa, R., Zhuang, W., Huang, X., Pu, H., Elam, J.W., Rowan, S.J., Lee, D., Ainsworth, E.A., Hersam, M.C., Chen, Y. and Chen, J. (2025), Real-Time Phosphate Monitoring via Plant-Derived Graphene Ink FET Sensors Integrated with Deep Learning. Energy Environ. Mater. e70144. https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.70144

  Presenters

  • Rapti Ghosh

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Rapti Ghosh

    • University of Chicago

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• Brownfield Soil Analysis with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Carlos Horcasitas

    • Ransom Everglades School

  Authors

  • Carlos Horcasitas

    • Ransom Everglades School

  • Emily Grace

    • Ransom Everglades School

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• Hydrogen defect stability and dynamics in Sillen Oxyhalids

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • ShinYoung Kang

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • ShinYoung Kang

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andrew Rowberg

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Shenli Zhang

    • San Jose State University

  • Joel Varley

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• ph-dependent focusing of diffusiophoretic particles, with and without an isoelectric point

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: E. Coleman and A. Gupta. "Diffusiophoresis in acid-base reaction fronts with and without an
  isoelectric point: When, why, and where the particles focus". In: Physical Review Fluids 10.10
  (2025), p. 103701.
  
  E. Coleman and A. Gupta. "A Pinch of Salt in a Pinch of Salt: Diffusiophoresis in Concentration
  Gradients of Three Ionic Species". In Review. 2025.

  Presenters

  • Ethan Coleman

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Ethan Coleman

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Ankur Gupta

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Ion-hydration-controlled large osmotic power with arrays of angstrom scale capillaries of 2D vermiculite.

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Aparna Rathi

    • Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

  Authors

  • Aparna Rathi

    • Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

  • Gopinadhan Kalon

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• Osmotic compression–driven zeolite formation: In situ monitoring of gel-to-crystal transition by ¹H NMR relaxometry

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: 1. Poulesquen et al., Aluminosilicate colloidal gels: from the early age to the precipitation of zeolites. Soft Matter, 2024,20, 5538-5552, doi:10.1039/D4SM00181H. (Published paper).
  2. Boulenouar et al, Dynamic NMR study of non-equilibrium colloidal gels. (Planned paper, Langmuir Journal)
  3. Poulesquen et al. Comprehensive Study of the Structure and Dynamics of Alkali Silicate Solutions: Effects of Concentration and Alkali Type (Planned article, Langmuir Journal)
  4. Samba et al. Zeolite Formation Driven by Osmotic Compression: In Situ Monitoring of the Gel-to-Crystal Transition via ¹H NMR Relaxometry (Planned paper, pnas).

  Presenters

  • Adilson SAMBA

    • Gustave-Eiffel University

  Authors

  • Adilson SAMBA

    • Gustave-Eiffel University

  • Rahima Sidi-Boulenouar

  • Benjamin Maillet

  • Arnaud Poulesquen

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• Adsorption of Cations on Aragonite Surface

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Jihoon Oh

    • California Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Jihoon Oh

    • California Institute of Technology

  • Felipe Carvalho

  • Decai Yu

  • Thomas Kalantar

  • Matthew Belowich

  • Zhen-Gang Wang

    • Caltech

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• Computational design of active oxygen sites on AgCu catalysts for selective epoxidation reactions

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Kendra Letchworth-Weaver

    • James Madison University

  Authors

  • Kendra Letchworth-Weaver

    • James Madison University

  • Sanjaya Senanayake

  • Ashleigh Baber

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• Soft matter materials for Cooling Applications

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: [1] Z. Kutnjak, B. Rozic, and R. Pirc. Electrocaloric Effect: Theory, Measurements, and Applications (Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) 2015, p. 1-19. [2] D. Črešnar et al, J. Phys. Energy 5: 045004, 2023. [3] A. Rešetič et al, Nat Comm 7: 13140, 2016.

  Presenters

  • Brigita Rožič

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  Authors

  • Brigita Rožič

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  • Dejvid Cresnar

  • Matic Morgan

  • Andraz Resetic

  • Marta Lavric

  • Bostjan Zalar

  • Samo Kralj

  • Zdravko Kutnjak

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  • Gregor Skacej

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