Graduate Program in Physics at UFSC, Florianópolis

THE PHYSICS GRADUATE PROGRAM invites everyone to the seminar: 

  Copper-based molecular machines 

Dr. Fabien Durola

CRPP, University of Bordeaux – França

Abstract:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”. Always Involving interlocked molecules such as catenanes and rotaxanes, the molecular machines developped by the group of Jean-Pierre Sauvage during the last 25 years are all based on the dynamic coordinating properties of transition metals, and mainly copper. From the first twisting catenane to the molecular press, this presentation will focus on the evolution of these copper-based molecular machines.

PS. From 2003 to 2008 Dr. Durola worked in Jean-Pierre’s group.

Date: 02/December/2016 – (friday) – Place: Auditório do Departamento de Química- Time: 10:00am