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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Invitation to contribute a book chapter - "Ultrafast Biomolecular Dynamics at the Nanoscale"

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, especially the people that work on photosynthesis, ultrafast and/or J-aggregates, Here is a very attractive invitation by Irene Burghardt to write a chapter in a textbook entitled "Ultrafast Biomolecular Dynamics at the Nanoscale". Chapters are usually quite a bit of work, but this one is 10-15 pages, and they even want some exercises. If any of you are interested in writing such a book chapter, write to me, as I need to decide if we can deliver by the deadline below, and what the chapter could/would be about, Cheers, Alan Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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 | http://about.me/aspuru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <irene.burghardt(a)ens.fr> Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:51 PM Subject: Invitation to contribute a book chapter - "Ultrafast Biomolecular Dynamics at the Nanoscale" To: alan(a)aspuru.com Dear Alán, We are writing to invite you to contribute a chapter to a review volume on the topic of "Ultrafast Biomolecular Dynamics at the Nanoscale", which we are editing with Pan Stanford Publishing. Please find attached an invitation letter with further details. The volume aims at highlighting new trends in experimental and theoretical approaches to interactions and transport in biomolecular assemblies. Some focus will be put on elementary energy and charge transfer processes, and the role of quantum coherence, correlations, and nonequilibrium phenomena. We would be greatly honored and delighted if you could contribute a book chapter. The tentative deadline for collecting the manuscripts is July 2011, and publication is planned for early 2012. Looking forward to hearing from you, Best wishes, Irene Stefan Haacke & Irene Burghardt, Volume Editors -- Dr. Irene Burghardt Departement de Chimie Ecole Normale Superieure 24 rue Lhomond F-75231 Paris cedex 05 phone : +33 1 44 32 33 38 fax : +33 1 44 32 33 97 mailto:Irene.Burghardt@ens.fr http://www.chimie.ens.fr/UMR8642/Quantique/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] (no subject)

by Semion Saikin

Dear eldorado users, I've a last set of jobs running on eldorado. After they are done, I suppose in several hours, I do not need the resource. Thank you a lot! Semion ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD 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] [qip] Tuesday seminar

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta On Monday Andrew Childs will speak and he will be around all day. He will not be here on Tuesday. On Tuesday there is a seminar at 11 which I want to attend and might be of interest to many of you. I suggest we not have our group meeting since it conflicts with this talk. The following Tuesday is in MIT's spring break so we will not meet then but we will meet after that. Best, Eddie Tuesday, March 15; 11am, Duboc Seminar Room (4-331) Hard Condensed Matter faculty candidate Tzu-Chieh Wei (University of British Columbia) “Valence-bond ground states of isotropic quantum antiferromagnetsfor universal quantum computation” The study of quantum spin systems dates back to the early twentieth century and has been an active research field. Quantum computation, on the other hand, is a relatively new research field, of less than three decades of age. In our work, we establish a new connection between the two fields, by showing that a ground state of an isotropic quantum antiferromagnetcan be used as a resource for universal quantum computation by measurement on the quantum state. Such measurement-based quantum computation utilizes an initial entangled resource state and proceeds with subsequent single-spin measurements only. However, there were not many known resource states and it was actually shown that they are a rarity.Recent quests for such computational resource states have turned to ground states of short-ranged, preferably two-body, interacting Hamiltonians. In particular, success has been obtained in the family of the Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) isotropic quantum magnet models, in which single quantum-bit operations were shown to be possible. However, single-qubitoperations are not enough, and it remained open whether any state in the AKLT family can indeed provide the full capability for universal quantum computation. In this talk, we shall demonstrate that the particular two-dimensional spin-3/2 AKLT state on the honeycomb lattice, known to be a quantum disordered ground state without Neel order, does enable universal quantum computation. Interestingly, this state was constructed not long after the notion of quantum computation started to develop. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics 6-300 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] (no subject)

by Semion Saikin

Dear group! Could you please do not send massive calculations to eldorado for the next few days? I need to finish some calculations by Tuesday. Thank you for understanding! Semion P.S. Special thanks to Sangwoo! ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD 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] ANNOUNCEMENT: Excitonics Seminar, Tues, Mar 15, 3 pm, 36-428

by Cathy Bourgeois

Please forward to your groups and post in your area ______________________________________ Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:00 PM RLE Conference Room: 36-428 PAUL E. BURROWS, Reata Research "HOW MANY SCIENTISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? - The challenge and potential of organic solid state lighting" Abstract: Many scientific papers and presentations in the field of organic electronic materials have kicked off with bold statements implying a route to low cost, large area manufacturing. Organic solid state lighting has recently become feasible due to dramatic improvements in the efficiency and operating lifetime of organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and, again, dramatic visions of efficient, large area organic lighting on plastic sheets akin to wallpaper fill the popular literature. These improvements have led to the widespread, if perhaps not yet profitable, exploitation of OLEDs in small area displays, particularly for handheld devices. Application to general lighting, however, presents unique challenges distinct from the displays industry. Organic solid state lighting indeed has advantages over other available technologies but simply applying display technology to lighting is probably not the way to go. This presentation will start from what is actually required to light a room, how much value a lighting product can command, and which problems therefore exist that still require research breakthroughs for their solution. Bio: Currently, Dr. Burrows consults on fundamental science, technology and policy for business and government in nanotechnology, molecular materials and energy through Reata Research in Chattaroy, Washington. His specialties include: organic materials and devices for SSL, thin film encapsulation, hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor integration, 3D electronic devices, thin film deposition techniques for organic molecules and salts, and production/analysis of ultra-high purity organic materials. From 2000 to 2008, Paul served as Laboratory Fellow for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he managed a $5 million budget for the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative and worked with DOE and Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance to define and build our national program in solid state lighting. Dr. Burrows has also led nanoscience research programs at numerous industry and academic institutions, including Princeton University, University of Southern California, and the Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics and Advanced Materials at the Riken Institute in Japan.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Energy Materials at Harvard: "Nanoporous Black Silicon by Liquid Etch: Optics, Photovoltaics and Photoeletrochemistry"

by Center for the Environment

Formed by Harvard faculty who work in materials science and energy technology, the Materials for Energy Group aims is to raise the visibility and the long-run vitality of materials research with energy applications at Harvard. Energy Materials at Harvard Spring 2011 "Nanoporous Black Silicon by Liquid Etch: Optics, Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemistry" Featuring Howard Branz, Principal Scientist in the National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory TODAY 4:00pm Maxwell Dworkin G115 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Howard Branz is a principal scientist with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's National Center for Photovoltaics, and a nationally and internationally renowned scientist with achievements in physics, materials science, and device engineering related to renewable energy. Branz has led NREL's amorphous silicon photovoltaic development for over 5 years and all of NREL's silicon research. About the Materials for Energy Group: Adapting current energy systems to reduce fossil fuel dependence and minimize impacts on climate, environment, and health is the grand challenge we face today. New materials are of crucial importance for meeting this goal. Materials are central to every energy technology, and advances in materials science can help raise energy efficiencies and resolve emissions problems. To reflect on the challenges and opportunities of energy materials, the Materials for Energy Group engages a multi-disciplinary set of physicists, materials scientists, environmental scientists, and chemists. Learn more about the mission of the Materials for Energy Group by visiting http://energy.harvard.edu/programs/energymaterials Contact: Brenda Hugot Program Administrator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu p. 617-496-1788 f. 617-496-0425 *|LIST:Future of Energy|* [2]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 2. http://harvard.us1.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 T: (617) 495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved. [3]Forward this email to a friend Links: 3. http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=473…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email March 10 - 24

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Friday, March 11: Come to the inaugural lecture in the new HUCE Energy Materials series featuring Howard Branz, Principal Scientist in the National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Wednesday, March 23: The Clean Energy and the Media Seminar series continues with a discussion on "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?" with Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York Times science reporter. Thursday, March 24: HUCE welcomes Jon Chase, Professor of Biology and director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, as the next speaker in the series on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change. Professor Chase works to address some of the most fundamental principles of community ecology. Calendar Listings: March 11, 2011 4:00pm Energy Materials at Harvard: "Nanoporous Black Silicon by Liquid Etch: Optics, Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemistry" Maxwell Dworkin G115 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Featuring Howard Branz, Principal Scientist in the National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Contact Name: Brenda Hugot bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu March 12, 2011 9:00am - 5:30pm Environmental Action 2011 Conference Bentley University Waltham, MA The conference will bring together community activists, organizers, and scientific experts to network, collaborate, and strategize about hot environmental issues. http://www.ace-ej.org/environmental_action_2011_conference_0 (617) 256-9834 2:00pm The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle Smashing through the Arctic Ocean with the crew of a Russian icebreaker, herding reindeer across the tundra with Lapps, and shadowing the Trans-Alaskan pipeline with truckers—author Sara Wheeler will discuss her adventures in the beautiful and brutal Arctic.Free with museum admission. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php March 14, 2011 12:00pm The Inconvenient Truth about the Causes of Global Warming Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Pratt conference room 60 Garden St Cambridge, MA The 20th Century has seen a notable temperature rise, generally attributed to the greenhouse effect of anthropogenic gases, and a future "business as usual" policy is generally believed to be catastrophic. Nir Shaviv, Hebrew University, Israel, will show, however, that the story is not that simple. March 14 – 18, 2011 Harvard University Spring Break March 15, 2011 6:30pm - 9:00pm The City of Cambridge: Retrofitting for the Future, Setting an Example for All UK Trade & Investment One Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142 MIT Enterprise Forum brings together leaders of the Cambridge community to discuss what Cambridge is doing in 2010, specifically their programs, plans, challenges and successes. We will focus on retrofits in the business sector, including hospitality, education, healthcare, housing, and universities. Registration required. Students $5. http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig/ Contact Name: Walter Frick wfrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org March 17, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name:Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu March 18, 2011 7:30am - 12:00pm EBC Climate Change Program: Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 Contact Name: Megan Curtis-Murphy mcurtismurphy(a)ebcne.org 617-505-1818 Nixon Peabody 100 Summer St. Boston, MA David Cash, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, will be the keynote speaker for this program. http://www.ebcne.org March 20, 2011 2:00pm HMNH Family Program and Booksigning HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Artist, author, and naturalist Clare Walker Leslie will talk about her travels to Africa, the Arctic, and other distant lands, as well as her work sketching in the HMNH galleries at "Drawing and Observing Nature: From Cambridge to Africa and Back." Her newest book, The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms will be available for purchase and signing. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php March 21, 2011 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Transforming U.S. Energy Technology Innovation." Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu March 23, 2011 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA Carlos Bustamante, Stanford University. Title TBD. Host: OEB Graduate Students. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 1:00pm - 2:30pm Clean Energy and the Media Seminar Bell Hall, Belfer Bldg., 5th Floor 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?”. Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York Times science reporter. Contact Name: Cristine Russell Cristine_Russell(a)hks.harvard.edu 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu March 24, 2011 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA Study with IOP fellow and Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th District Bob Inglis. discussing ENERGY and ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. Discuss the future of American energy and climate policy! Learn and exchange views on future energy legislation, conservation, and the economic possibilities of environmentalism. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2011-Study-…... 5:00pm - 6:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, & Global Change: Jon Chase Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge Jon Chase, Professor of Biology; Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Chase works to address some of the most fundamental principles of community ecology. Title TBA. --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] G0's visit tomorrow - poster session

by Stéphanie Valleau

Dear group, Thank you for giving us many nice pictures for the poster! If people are interested in advertising their work to the G0's, the poster session will be tomorrow *Friday 11th from **4:45pm - 6:00pm in Bauer Cafe. *I'm attaching the poster to this email so you can see what is on it. There will also be a second poster on Clean Energy. Best, Stephanie & Jarrod

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Group meeting by Leslie tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

When: Friday March 11, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Where: Cabot Division Room at the Mallinckrodt building What: Leslie will tell us about: *"Self-assembled monolayers are promising materials for fabricating organic electronics and sensors. These materials are typically attached to coinage metal surfaces via metal-sulfur bonds, but the electronic properties of the monolayers is primarily determined by the molecular composition. I will discuss the current work in the Whitesides group to characterize the properties of these materials and show how quantum chemistry may be able to help explain monolayer properties. In particular, I will discuss the effect of functional groups and chain length on the dipole moments (and therefore surface work functions) of alkanethiol SAMs. For select cases, I will show the effect of including a metal cluster to capture the metal-sulfur bond character and the effect of applied bias (as calculated using CheESE)."* -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Visit this Thursday by Jiwoong Park

by Sangwoo Shim

Dear group, Professor Jiwoong Park from Cornell will visit Harvard tomorrow (Thursday.) His research is on 1) the synthesis and the charaterization of single molecules and nanostructures. 2) the electrical and optoelectronic properties of such objects. His group webpage is here: http://www.chem.cornell.edu/jp275/The%20Park%20Lab%20at%20Cornell/Welcome.h… We have a timeslot to talk to him from 10:30-11:10 in tomorrow morning. Please come to the common area next to Alan's office. Best wishes, -S^2

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