ARO MURI: Tunable III-nitride Nanostructures for N≡N and C-H Bond Activation


The meeting will be hosted on Zoom in an invite only conference. The schedule is shown in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please contact Leigh Fletcher at fleigh@umich.edu if you would like more information, or to be given the virtual meeting link.


Meeting Schedule

October 5, 2021

10:00amWelcome
10:10–10:40am      Opening remarks and ARO perspective for this project
Hugh DeLong, Michael Gerhold, and Robert Mantz
10:40-11:00amProject overview, Zetian Mi, University of Michigan
11:00-11:20amFirst-principles calculations of dilute nitride semiconductors
Manos Kioupakis, University of Michigan
11:20-11:40amAtomistic calculations of photocatalytic mechanisms
Victor Batista, Yale University
11:40-12:00pmGaNX nanostructures by top-down MacEtch and bottom-up MOCVD epitaxy
Xiuling Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:00-1:00pmLunch break
1:00-1:20pmMolecular beam epitaxyof III-nitride nanostructures for artificial photosynthesis
Zetian Mi, University of Michigan
1:20-1:40pmAtomically dispersed catalysts, surface chemistry, and light-driven C-H bond activation
Phillip Christopher, University of California, Santa Barbara
1:40-2:00pmHot carrier dynamics in light-driven chemical reactions
Ted Norris, University of Michigan
2:00-2:10pmMBE growth and characterization of III-Nitride light absorbers and electrocatalysts 
Vijay Parameshwaran and Asher Leff, Army Research Lab
2:20–2:30pm Bimetallic nanocatalysts and novel photocatalytic reactions
Jonathan Boltersdorf, Army Research Lab
2:20-2:30pmBreak
2:30-3:15pmRound Table discussions
3:15-3:45pmProgram managers and government participants comment