Theory of photon- and electron-stimulated surface chemistry

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• Dr Reinhard Maurer, University of Warwick
• Thursday 15 November 2018, 14:15-15:15
• TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

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A fundamental understanding of molecular structure and chemical reactivity at complex interfaces is key to many technological applications ranging from single molecule electronics to functionalized surfaces and light- and electron-enhanced heterogeneous catalysis. Predictive ab-initio electronic structure methods enable to gain such understanding through an accurate description of interface structure, spectroscopy, and reactivity. On prototypical example systems such as the photo-induced isomerization of metal-adsorbed molecules, I will explain the computational techniques and methodological underpinnings that enable a computational interface characterization and description of surface spectroscopy measurements and our recent efforts to translate this description to larger length and time scales. I will furthermore present recently developed coupled electron-nuclear dynamics simulation methods that enable a direct simulation of electron- and light-driven chemical transformations at surfaces.

This talk is part of the Theory of Condensed Matter series.

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