Seminars
Seminars
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05 Jul 2023 Prof. Jeffrey D. Rimer: "New Paradigms for the Prevention of Pathological Crystallization" An efficient method to inhibit pathological crystallization is the identification of modifiers, which are (macro)molecules that reduce the rate of crystal growth. Here, I will discuss progress in understanding nonclassical pathways of crystallization and the design of effective modifiers as treatments of three human diseases: kidney stones, malaria, and atherosclerosis. One of the primary tools used to explore crystal growth mechanisms and modifier-crystal interfacial interactions is in situ atomic force microscopy, which we have coupled with microfluidics to assess modifier efficacy.
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29 Mar 2023 Prof. Avinoam Zadok: "Silicon photonic integrated filters for optical and microwave frequencies" The exponential growth of data communication makes photonic integration both a necessity and a reality. Optical communication is increasingly required over shorter links, and on ever larger scales. Silicon is the favored material platform for photonics integration, due to the promise of co-integration alongside electronics and unparalleled fabrication capabilities. One of the main tasks of silicon photonics is the filtering of ultra-broadband signals, that cannot be sampled and handled directly in the optical domain.
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05 Dec 2022 Prof. Harald Giessen: "3D printed microoptics: State of the art and future challenges" 3D printed microoptics: State of the art and future challenges
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23 Mar 2022 Prof. Nikolay Zheludev: “Picophotonics” Title: “Picophotonics” Abstract: Optical imaging and metrology of nanostructures exhibiting Brownian motion could be possible with resolution beyond thermal fluctuations and speed to resolve their dynamics. This opens the case for picophotonics (atomic scale photonics), the science of interactions of picometer-scale objects and events with light.
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26 Jan 2022 Prof. Peter Hommelhof: "Nanophotonics-based particle acceleration" It is well known for decades that light can impart momentum to charged particles in the vicinity of a third body. With nanostructured dielectric materials and ultrafast laser pulses, this momentum transfer can become highly efficient, demonstrated in 2013 in two proof-of-concept experiments. Since then, not only acceleration has been shown but also deflection and focusing based purely on optical nearfield forces. With these ingredients at hand, we are now at a point to build an on-chip particle accelerator.