Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Hassel and Marianne Ledbetter MatSE Colloquium - "Adventures with Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS)"

Mar 9, 2026   4:00 pm  
100 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 W. Green Street
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Materials Science and Engineering Department
Speaker
David Waldeck, University of Pittsburgh
Contact
Bailey Peters
E-Mail
bnpeters@illinois.edu
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Since Louis Pasteur, chemists have been fascinated by chirality, however its connection with electron spin was not realized until the 21st century. I will discuss chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS), which refers to the fact that charge polarization and charge transfer in chiral molecules (and materials) is accompanied by spin polarization and spin transfer. After I introduce some of key works on CISS as background, I will describe some of our recent studies that investigate applications of CISS in chemistry and materials.

For a recent review article see B. P. Bloom et al., Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Chem. Rev. 124 (2024) 1950

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