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Introduction Our research focuses on molecular structure and dynamics of surfaces and condensed phase interfaces. Two complementary aspects of our research program are (1) development of new surface-selective laser spectroscopy techniques and (2) application of these techniques to study molecular structure (e.g., conformation), organization (orientation, self-assembly, packing), and, most importantly, ultrafast dynamics. We are interested in systems important in life sciences, nano- and bio-technology, and material science.
Benderskii group, May 2007 Left to right: Alex, Champika, Fadel, Igor, Achani, Andrey, Himali. |
News JACS paper A full paper reporting our recent development of the ultrasensitive Heterodyne-detected Sum-Frequency Generation (HD-SFG) spectroscopy technique has just appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2271-2275).
JACS Communication A brief report of our recent work on molecular conformation at nanoparticle surfaces has appeared as a communication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006; 128 pp. 14244 - 14245). The expanded and more detailed follow-up paper has appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C as a contribution to the Kenneth B. Eisenthal festschrift (J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 8925-8933).
Journal Cover Our recent work has been featured on the cover of J. Phys. Chem. B (vol. 109, No. 33, Aug. 25, 2005)
Awards 2007 WSU Dissertation Fellowship - Himali 2007 Wilfried Heller Award in Physical Chemistry - Adib 2005 Nano@Wayne grant - in collaboration with Prof. Verani (Chemistry) and Prof. da Rocha (Chem. Eng.) 2005 WSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award - Alex 2005 Herbert K. Livingston Award for Excellence in Teaching - Himali 2005 Wilfried Heller Award in Physical Chemistry - Karl 2005 - 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2004 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Award (Type G)
Recent Presentations 4/26/07 CERC3 (The Chairmen of the European Research Councils' Chemistry Committees) Young Chemists Workshop, “Time-resolved methods for studies on chemical reactions" - invited talk (Alex) 4/10/07 Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 3/20/07 Wayne State University 2/19/07 Wayne State University, Department of Chemistry - Frontiers in Chemistry lecture (Alex) 2/13/07 University of California Irvine, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 2/12/07 University of California Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 2/1/07 University of Texas Austin, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 1/30/07 University of Houston, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 11/27/06 University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 11/16/06 University of South Florida, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 11/14/06 University of Florida, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 11/2/06 Temple University, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 10/25/06 University of Maryland - College Park, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 10/19/06 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) 10/4/06 WSU Graduate Research Symposium - talk (Champika) 9/10/06 ACS (San Francisco, CA) - 1 invited, 2 contributed talks (Alex) 8/27/06 6th International Conference on Low-Temperature Chemistry (Chernogolovka, Russia) - invited talk (Alex) 7/9/06 GRC Atomic and Molecular Interactions (Colby-Sawyer College, NH) - invited talk (Alex) 7/2/06 GRC Vibrational Spectroscopy (University of New England, ME) - poster (Champika) - poster (Alex) 3/26/06 ACS (Atlanta, GA) - invited talk (Alex) - poster (Himali) 3/13/06 APS (Baltimore, MD) - talk (Andrey) - talk (Alex) 2/28/06 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry - invited seminar (Alex) | |
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