Chemical Principles of Topological Semimetals
| Date/Time: | Monday, 29 Oct 2018 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | Phys 0003 |
| Phone: | 515-294-5441 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Abstract: Topological materials have opened a very intensively studied research year in the last decade. In this talk, I will argue that the rules and laws we know from inorganic chemistry are extremely useful to find and design new quantum materials. As chemists, we have an on often-underestimated predictive power of exotic physical properties. I will introduce how we can bridge the langue gap between chemistry and physics and how chemists can make an impact in the field of condensed matter physics. I will introduce several materials that we identified as topological semimetals based on these concepts.
Bio: Dr. Schoop received her Diploma in Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg University (2010) and PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University (2014). She then went on to work under Professor Bettina Lotsch for her postdoctoral work at the Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research (2015-2017). Dr. Schoop joined the Princeton University Department of Chemistry Faculty in 2017. The Schoop Lab is working on the interface between chemistry and physics, using chemical principles to find new materials with exotic physical properties.