aspuru-list April 2009

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group picture next Wednesday 22nd at noon?

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group, Would people be available at noon on next Wednesday to get together and take a group picture (we could take 10 minutes if we are ALL sharp there)? I think everybody will be back from their travels. If not, correct me. Cesar and Ville will be back, and Mark and Kenta are here. I suggest to take a picture in the sense of a Solvay conference: http://quotationsbook.com/assets/shared/img/2256/Solvay_conference_1930.jpg http://www3.telus.net/ion_physics/HtimsKrik//gallery/550px-Solvay_conferenc… In any case, our group approaches that size :) If that is the case, we should come well dressed and then we can photoshop and add effects to make it look like an old picture. What do you guys think? We could use some folding chairs and take the picture in the inner courtyard, and/or the library for additional dramatic effect? This would really make a good company to Cesar's Boltzmann-like picture. Alan PS. I apologize for the e-mail to Leslie copied to the whole lab :) Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> wrote: > Leslie, > Awesome, We can try putting it on the website when I get back! That is > great. If you could have the thing work on mouse-over rather than click > (maybe changing the Java event?) that would be uber-cool. > > I will call for the beautiful set of group pictuers next Wednesday :) > > About the other questions I sent you, I wanted to tell you: I am happy with > going with the constant-volume boxes, but I want to know what is wrong with > the constant pressure runs. > > I hope all is fine, > Alan > > Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor > Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology > 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 > (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu > > > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Leslie Vogt <lvogt(a)fas.harvard.edu>wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Many thanks to those of you who participated in my homework adventure by >> posing by your (messy) desks ;) A link to the final result can be seen >> here: >> http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lvogt/<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Elvogt/> >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Leslie >> >> -- >> Leslie Vogt >> Aspuru-Guzik Group >> Chemistry and Chemical Biology >> Harvard University >> >> _____________________________________________ >> Aspuru-list mailing list >> Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu >> http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list >> >> >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group Map (ie Leslie's Homework result!)

by Leslie Vogt

Hi everyone, Many thanks to those of you who participated in my homework adventure by posing by your (messy) desks ;) A link to the final result can be seen here: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lvogt/ Thanks again, Leslie -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] meeting with Harry Atwater

by Semion K Saikin

Guys, Next Thursday, April 23, we have a chance to meet with Prof. Harry Atwater from Caltech. The area of his expertise include plasmonics, photonics, photovoltaic material, etc. If you are interested in joining the meeting but have some time restrictions for that day, please let me know by tomorrow (Thursday) morning. There are still several timeslots available. We can try to adjust the time of the meeting. Thank you, Semion

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] REMINDER. 5th Joint Theory Seminar, TOMORROW, April 16 at 3 pm in the Division Room

by Semion K Saikin

Dear All, This is a reminder that the 5th Joint Theory Seminar will be held TOMORROW, April 16 at 3 p.m. in the Division Room, M102. Mr. Matthew Barr of the Heller group will be presenting the talk: "Quantum Corrals: Acoustics at the Nanoscale?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT: The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope illuminated the world of surfaces at the nanoscale. One of the many interesting phenomena uncovered is the extraordinary coherence exhibited by tunneling surface electrons. When herded into a quantum corral by surface adatoms, the electronic resonances display features uncannily like textbook particles in a box. We review these developments and illustrate that if these atoms form walls, they must be leaky ones. Finally, drawing on the field of acoustics, we show that these losses can be accounted for in an intuitive way. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Semion ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] REMINDER: Today, 4:00pm - Lincoln Greenhill, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - IIC Colloquium - High Performance Computing as Linchpin in Next-Generation Radio Telescopes

by Pavlos Protopapas

IIC Colloquium - High Performance Computing as Linchpin in Next-Generation Radio Telescopes Today, April 15, 2009; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Lincoln Greenhill, Senior Research Fellow/Radio Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Abstract Frontier astronomy facilities in the next decade will pose serious and data-intensive science challenges. In a new paradigm for radio astronomy, high-performance computing will be front and center as a critical element of the interferometric arrays that will make tomographic maps of the early universe. Power-efficient green implementation will be an additional requirement for some projects. Computation using Blue Gene-class clusters, mass deployment of field-programmable gate arrays, and graphics processing units figure prominently in array plans and prototypes, though scaling to the very largest radio array now in development, planned for 2020, is an unsolved problem. Lessons learned and preliminary images from one of the first path-finding instruments will be presented. Bio Lincoln J. Greenhill is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, Radio Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a founding member of the IIC GPGPU effort. In the fall, he will be a Visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley. He is project scientist for the Murchison Wide-field Array telescope project and leads its real-time data processing group. His interests include star formation, black holes, cosmological dark energy, and the still incomplete historical record of the first billion years after the Big Bang. Pavlos Protopapas _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Today at 5 pm -- A View of Nuclear Power in the World’s Energy Future

by Center for the Environment

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Spring 2009 Richard Garwin IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center "A View of Nuclear Power in the World’s Energy Future" TODAY 5:00 pm Harvard University Science Center Lecture Hall D One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA About 15% of the world's electrical power now comes from nuclear fission. Should/will this be greatly increased or even eliminated? Some prescriptions are clear--that recycling plutonium from power reactors is at present an economic loss and an unnecessary security hazard. After a brief presentation of the economics, sustainability, safety, and security of nuclear power, Garwin supports an expansion of nuclear electricity, without future subsidy and based initially on plants with which the world has had much experience. This must be accompanied by a major increase in oversight of safety worldwide, and much improvement in the competence and efficiency of the regulatory system. The acquisition of nuclear weapons is not dependent on nuclear power, and nuclear power need not contribute to nuclear proliferation, but a growing and spreading nuclear power sector requires increased vigilance and resources in this regard. Richard L. Garwin received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1949. He joined IBM in 1952 at the Watson Laboratory in New York City. >From 1965-1966, he served as Director of Applied Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he still maintains an office. He holds 44 U.S. patents. He has taught at Columbia, Harvard and Cornell Universities, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, the Council on Foreign Relations, and many other organizations. From 1994 to 2001, he also chaired the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board at the Department of State. Garwin was previously awarded the Enrico Fermi Award by President Clinton and the Department of Energy for his many contributions to national security and arms control and for his achievements in nuclear and particle physics. Garwin received the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for the fields of science and engineering, in 2003. The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. Contact: Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425 ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list: http://harvard.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5… Our mailing address is: Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Our telephone: (617) 495-0368 Forward this email to a friend: http://forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=c69d2e3… Update your profile: http://harvard.list-manage.com/profile?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5bea9…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] TODAY: Excitonics Seminar - Prof. Keith Nelson - April 15th

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics (http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics) invites you to join us at the next seminar of the 2009 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other seminars. Title: Excitons, biexcitons, and higher-order correlations: Direct observations of ultrafast many-body dynamics Presenter: Prof. Keith A. Nelson Organization: Department of Chemistry, MIT Date: April 15, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: 36-428 Refreshments: Yes URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/nelson-041509.html Abstract Much is known about the ultrafast dynamics of excitons in semiconductors and organic molecular systems. Far less is understood about higher-order correlations that may lead to bound multi-exciton states, even though biexcitons and triexcitons play key roles in semiconductor optical gain and may play important roles in protection of photosynthetic species from degradation. We have developed multiple-quantum two-dimensional Fourier transform optical (2D FTOPT) spectroscopy methods, directly analogous to multiple-quantum nuclear magnetic resonance (2D FTNMR) techniques, that permit optical generation and direct observation of ultrafast many-body coherences including those involving biexcitons and triexcitons. The experiments require multiple, noncollinear light beams that intersect at the sample and whose fields remain fully phase coherent with each other even as pulses in selected beams are variably delayed. This has been achieved with the magic of spatiotemporal femtosecond pulse shaping, through which all the optical phases, delays, and spectral properties are controlled and the experiment is executed without the use of any delay stages or other moving elements that would normally disrupt phase stability. Many-body dynamics in GaAs quantum wells have been examined in detail, and organic systems are presently under study.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Sofia Kovalevskaja Award

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

For the postdocs out there :) Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <fip(a)aps.org> Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:40 PM Subject: Sofia Kovalevskaja Award To: alan(a)aspuru.com Message to the members of the American Physical Society Forum on International Physics. Authorized by Noemi Mirkin, Secretary/Treasurer. *********************************************************** Dear FIP members: I want to bring to your attention the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (new round will be announced in mid May): Support for Outstanding Junior Scholars to Conduct Innovative Research in Germany More Information: Applications and additional information about the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation can be found here : http://www.avh.de/en/ Overview of the Award The Sofja Kovalevskaja Award is open to highly acclaimed scholars and scientists from all countries and disciplines. Applicants must have completed a doctoral degree with distinction within the past six years and have published in prestigious international journals or academic presses. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly welcomes applications from qualified, female junior researchers. This award, granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is one of the most generously endowed research awards in Germany. Award Funding The funding - up to 1.65 million EUR per award - enables exceptionally promising junior scientists and scholars with outstanding research records to concentrate on high-level, innovative research in Germany, virtually without administrative constraints. The funds provided by the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award over five years allow recipients to: * Conduct independent research. * Finance a research team at a German university or research institution of their choice. * Cover their living expenses while in Germany. Application Information The next announcement for applications is planned for the first half of the year 2009 and the deadline for application will probably be in the beginning of 2010. The selection meeting is scheduled for early summer 2010. The Foundation plans to grant up to eight awards in 2010. Application forms (note if they are the current forms or not) and detailed information are available on the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation webpage http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/7360.html *************** To stop receiving email of this nature from APS, click on the link below. http://ultron.aps.org/cgi-bin/scrconf.pl?MID=61025338&UNIT=FIP&ACTION=-1

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Excitonics Seminar - Prof. Keith Nelson - April 15th

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Solar cooker

by Semion K Saikin

http://sunmatesolarpanels.com/content/view/8/9/

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