Hi everyone,
Tomorrow our visitor, Prof. Hans Peter Lüthi from ETHZ, will give an
introductory talk about his research during our group meeting. See the
title and abstract of his talk below.
Best,
Felipe Herrera
*Title:* Assisting the Search for Novel Materials Using Computation:
Donor/Acceptor Functionalization of pi-conjugated Systems
*Abstract:
*For the rational design of molecular materials, having a notion of the
relationship between the (electronic) structure and the properties of
the target systems is essential. In this lecture, we will focus on the
response of pi-conjugated backbones to donor-acceptor functionalization,
and we will see what is driving the reactivity of hypervalent iodanes,
reagents used to functionalize aromatic species.
Some of this analysis maps rather complex information obtained from
quantum chemical calculations onto simple concepts, such as Lewis
structures or localized orbitals. This, however, allows for the
definition of simple molecular design rules, some of which were proven
useful in experiment.
Finally, the processing of large amounts of data obtained from quantum
chemical computations, a key issue in modern computer-aided modelling,
will be addressed.
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