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CATEGORIES:Academics,Natural & Applied Sciences Division,Chemistry and Bioc
 hemistry
DESCRIPTION:TITLE: “Unexplored Facets of Layered Materials: New Looks to Ol
 d Faces” ABSTRACT: The discovery and development of new materials tailored 
 to a specific function remain as one of the grand challenges for materials’
  scientists. To this end\, layered materials have been extensively studied 
 due to the sundry of properties that emerge from chemical and physical modi
 fications. Unfortunately\, little is still known of the fundamental require
 ments to generate pronounced and tailored alterations to the electronic str
 ucture upon dimensional reduction or functionalization of their active site
 s. Comprehensive nanoscale characterization is essential to understand how 
 the loss of 3D structural coherence and further modifications of the surfac
 e\, induced because of ion intercalation\, exfoliation to 2D sheets\, or fu
 nctionalization of the basal planes\, alter the electronic structure of the
 se materials which translates into physical properties. In this talk\, I wi
 ll discuss the use of layered VS2 structures as seed to nucleate VOOH nanos
 tars and the precise control of ligand modification on Fe-based layered dou
 ble hydroxides as novel catalysts. With these modifications\, we seek to un
 derstand changes in the capabilities of these materials to serve as polluti
 on remediation catalysts\, especially for emergent pollutants. BIO: Born an
 d raised in Puerto Rico\, Dr. Luis R. De Jesús Báez obtained his B.S. in ch
 emistry from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. From there\, he worked
  for Prof. Sarbajit Banerjee to pursue his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University wh
 ere he focused on mapping electronic structure inhomogeneities and modeling
  spectroscopic signatures of electrode materials. During his graduate studi
 es\, Luis obtained the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
 ship and the American Physical Society Robert S. Hyer Graduate Award. Addit
 ionally\, he was awarded the IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Che
 mists and the 2019 ACS-Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator A
 ward. He started his postdoctoral fellowship in 2018 as a Eberly College of
  Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania State University working under
  the supervision of Prof. Thomas E. Mallouk. He then moved in 2019 to the U
 niversity of Pennsylvania as a Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship following hi
 s postdoc advisor. His research interests involved the synthesis and functi
 onalization of 2D layered MXene materials. Luis is currently an assistant p
 rofessor in the department of chemistry of the University at Buffalo – SUNY
  exploring the relationship between strain and electronic structure modific
 ation in solids for developing novel electrodes for energy devices and cata
 lytic systems. He has been awarded the 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award\, Scial
 og: Negative Emission Science Fellowship\, SUNY-TAF award\, CMI-FIAR award\
 , and the NSF – AGEP Lighthouse Beacon Fellowship.
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LOCATION:A. Paul Schaap Science Center\, 1000
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SUMMARY:Chemistry + Biochemistry Seminar Series: Dr. Luis R. De Jesús Báez\
 , University at Buffalo
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