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RSC Desktop Seminar Series

¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº is organising a series of Desktop Seminars with premier research institutes in India including Indian Institute Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs). Each seminar will feature a journal published by the RSC and discuss research targeted on subject areas related to it.

RSC - IIT Desktop Seminar with Journal of Materials ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº A

The fourth event in the RSC Desktop Seminar Series is jointly organised by Journal of Materials ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº A and IIT Guwahati. This virtual event will have scientific talks by renowned researchers including the board members of Journal of Materials ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº A, B & C talking about their exciting science at sessions focused on recent trends in Materials ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº and Energy Applications. The seminar will bring together scientists in a stimulating and friendly environment that will facilitate sharing of knowledge and foster collaborations in times of limited travel. You will also have the opportunity to speak to the team behind the journal and learn more about the RSC products.

Program Schedule

Day 1: October 27, 2021 (Wednesday, 15:00 - 18:00 IST / 10.30 - 13.30 BST)
Organisational Chair:
Dr Parameswar K Iyer, IIT Guwahati, India

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM: Welcome Address – Prof Parameswar Iyer, IIT Guwahati
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM: Inaugural Address – Prof TG Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM: Introduction to JMC-A – Dr Michaela Muehlberg, Executive Editor, JMC-A

Session I: (3:20 PM)
Chair: Prof KS Narayan, JNCASR Bangalore

3:25 PM - 3:55 PM: Prof Angshuman Nag, IISER Pune, India
Optical Properties of Layered Hybrid Perovskites: Nano @ Bulk
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Prof Mohammad Qureshi, IIT Guwahati, India
Surface Engineering of Functional Metal Oxides for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
4:30 PM - 4:35 PM:Break

Session II: (4:35 PM)
Chair: Prof J N Moorthy, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM: Prof CN Tharamani, IIT Ropar, India
Design of non-noble catalyst for energy conversion elicited by micro-electrochemical approach
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM: Prof Natalie Stingelin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Cool plastics for a greener world
5.45 PM: Closing Remarks

Day 2: October 28, 2021 (Thursday, 15:00 - 18:00 IST / 10.30 - 13.30 BST)
Organisational Chair:
Dr Aparna Ganguly, ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº, India

Session III: (3:00 PM)
Chair: Prof R Murugavel, IIT Bombay

3:05 PM - 3:35 PM: Prof Yun Jeong Hwang, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Understanding Stable and Selective Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction Reaction to CO Production
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM: Prof Mohamed Eddaoudi, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
MOF ¾ÅÖÝÓ°Ôº: MOF Design Strategies to Applications
4:10 PM - 4:15 PM: Break

Session IV: (4:15 PM)
Chair: Prof Gautam De, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM: Prof Vivek Polshettiwar, TIFR Mumbai, India
Hot-Electron Mediated NanoCatalysis
4:55 PM - 5:25 PM: Prof Anders Hagfeldt, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells with record efficiencies
5.30PM: Closing Remarks