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SUMMARY:Engineering Synergy: Energy and Mass Transport in Hybrid Nanomater
 ials
DTSTART:20160714T160000
DTEND:20160714T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T212727Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Urban\, Facility Director at the Molecular Foundry and St
 aff Scientist in the Materials Science Division at Berkeley Labs\nBio: Jef
 f  Urban  a  Facility  Director at  the  Molecular  Foundry  and 
  Staff  Scientist  in  the\nMaterials  Science  Division  at  Berke
 ley  Labs.    He  is  currently  leading  programs  in\nthermoele
 ctrics  and  hydrogen  fuel  cells  and  and  co-leading  a  new
   water  initiative  as\nwell.    His  research  focuses  on  th
 e  materials  and  physics  of  mass\,  heat\,  and  charge\ntrans
 port in complex hybrid nanomaterials.  \nThe interface between hard (inor
 ganic) and soft (organic) condensed matter presents new and compelling res
 earch opportunities in the transport of energy and mass due to the dramati
 c contrasts in bond strength\, chemical interactions\, and transport modal
 ities between these constituents. Often\, however\, when inorganic and org
 anic materials are blended into composites\, performance suffers and new f
 ailure modes appear. Here\, I will discuss the design and understanding of
  transport properties in “hybrid” systems\, which show the surprisingl
 y pivotal role that nanoscale interfaces can play in dictating macroscale 
 transport properties. This talk will cover recent work in hybrid materials
  for applications in thermoelectric energy conversion\, chemical energy st
 orage\, and gas separations membranes.
LOCATION:EPFL Valais Wallis/Zeuzier conference room
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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