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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Rebekka Klausen (JHU)
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SUMMARY:Rebekka Klausen (JHU)
DESCRIPTION:<p>	Title: Conjugated Polymers Inspired by Crystalline Silicon</p><p>	<!--break--></p><p>	Synopsis:</p><p style="text-align:justify">	Daily life depends on the ubiquitous semiconductor silicon: computers, solar cells, and many more. Yet silicon synthesis relies on top-down, high-temperature approaches that yield only the most thermodynamically stable forms of silicon. Uncovering new structure-function space demands a different synthetic vision. This talk will describe the synthesis of molecular and polymeric silanes inspired by the complexity, selectivity, and elegance of target-oriented organic synthesis. Topics include the chemoselective polymerization of novel bifunctional silane monomers, selective preparation of linear and cyclic polycyclosilanes, and the stereocontrolled synthesis of cis- and trans-siladecalin. Approaches to the structural characterization of novel silane architectures will also be discussed.</p>
LOCATION:MIT Room 4-370
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20230118T211500Z
DTEND:20230118T221500Z
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