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Prof Peter Skabara is the Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and the Deputy-Editor-in-Chief and Chair of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C. He is the author of over 180 papers, focusing on the synthesis and application of new materials for organic electronics. Prof Skabara is the recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder, which was gained for his research into monodisperse macromolecular conjugated materials for photonic applications.
Twisted and other non-conventional conjugated architectures: switching functionality from charge transport to photonic applications
Prof Peter Skabara
Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow
Abstract:
Keywords: Conjugated macromolecules, electron donors, oligofluorene, oligothiophene, charge transport
Summary: The synthesis and properties of some complex star-shaped conjugated architectures will be reported.
We have synthesised a series of well-defined, monodisperse oligothiophenes bearing a bridging, fused tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) unit and the much lesser known tetrathiocin heterocycle. The materials exhibit complex redox chemistry for longer conjugated analogues and they can be oxidised up to the octacation within a relatively narrow potential
window. The methodology used to construct the end-capped oligothiophene chains has enabled us to explore a new range of Ge centred cruciform structures, in which the central bridging atom of the molecule provides a tetrahedral geometry. Whilst these materials are candidates for applications requiring good charge transport properties, we have also been investigating oligofluorene star-shaped structures for photonics and sensor applications and we report several series of new materials with multifunctional architectures. In this presentation we report on the synthesis, self-assembly and properties of these monodisperse macromolecules.
Date: September 27, 2018 – (thursday) – Place: Sala 114 – Sala de reuniões do Departamento de Física – Time: 10:15 a.m.
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Chemistry in the world of physics. How to unify the knowledge and get sensible results
Prof. Przemyslaw Data
Salesian University of Technology, Poland
Date: September 24, 2018 – (monday) – Place: Sala 212 – Auditório do Departamento de Física – Time: 10:15 a.m.
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Quinto Encontrinho sobre Física de Hádrons
Abstract:
9:00 – 9:20 – Kauan Marquez (D)– Transição de fases e conversão estelar
9:20 – 9:30 – Maylon Morais (IC)– Estrelas de neutrons e o gás ideal
9:30 – 9:50 – Tadeu Pires (IC)– Equações de Estado
9:50 – 10:15 – Luiza Spanamberg (IC)+ Betânia Backes (IC) – Ordem de magnitude da física que descreve estrelas de nêutrons
Intervalo
10:30- 10:50 – Carline Biesdorf (M)– Transição de fases e o diagrama da QCD
10:50- 11:10 – Clésio Evangelista (D)– Da TOV a gravidade modificada
11:10 -11:30 – César Vasquez Flores (PD) – Estrelas compactas na era das ondas gravitacionais
Com a participação especial de Isabella Marzola (M) e ajuda de Karina Buss (E) e Beatriz Nattrodt (E)
PD= pós-doutorando / D= doutorando / M=mestranda / IC= alunos de iniciação científica / E = alunos de extensão
Date: September 18, 2018 – (tuesday) – Place: Sala 114 – Sala de reuniões do Departamento de Física – Time: Das 9 horas às 11h30min
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Stochastic oscillations, power law avalanches and dragon kings in quasi-critical systems
Prof. Dr. Osame Kinouchi
Departamento de Física – FFCLRP – USP
Abstract:
In the last decade, several models with network adaptive mechanisms (link deletion-creation, dynamic synapses, dynamic gains) have been proposed as examples of self-organized criticality (SOC) to explain neuronal avalanches. However, all these systems present stochastic oscillations hovering around the critical region that are incompatible with standard SOC and has been called self-organized quasi-criticality (SOqC). Here we make a linear stability analysis of the mean field fixed points of a SOqC model of discrete time stochastic spiking neurons. Firing rate adaptation, produced by dynamic neuronal gains, tunes the system toward the critical region. We find that the fixed points correspond to barely stable spirals that turn out indifferent at criticality where a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation occurs. This near indifference means that finite-size fluctuations can excite stochastic oscillations and avalanches, producing a mechanism for the emergence of dragon king events. The coexistence of these different types of neuronal activity is an experimental prediction that differs from standard SOC models.
Date: September 18, 2018 – (friday) – Place: Sala 212 – Auditório do Departamento de Física – Time: 10:15 a.m.
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Qualifying Examination for Doctoral Thesis
Igor Dornelles Schoeller Siciliani
Aplicações de Mecânica Estatística em Econofísica, Mineração de Textos e Neurociência
Defense Committee:
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Henrique Romano Tragtenberg – (president) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Osame Kinouchi Filho – (external member) – USP
Prof. Dr. Lucas Nicolao – (local member) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Eraldo Sérgio Barobosa da Silva – (local member) – UFSC/CMN
Date: September 13, 2018 – thursday – Time: 2 p.m. – Place: Auditório Airton Silva – (piso térreo do Departamento de Matemática)
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Defence of M.Sc. dissertation
Thomas Zerrenner Flórido
ANALYSIS OF EMISSION LINES IN GALAXIES: THE DIFFUSED IONIZED GAS IN MaNGA
Defense Commitee
Profª. Drª. Natalia Vale Asari – (president) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Rogemar André Riffel – (external member) – UFSM
Prof. Dr. Abilio Mateus Junior – (local member) – UFSC/FSC
Date: September 12, 2018 – wednesday – Time: 2:00 p.m. – Place: Sala 202 – Departamento de Matemática
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Defence of M.Sc. dissertation
Mateus Tomazini Kinasz
Defense Commitee
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Henrique Romano Tragtenberg – (president) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Nuno Miguel Melo Crokidakis Peregrino – (external member) – UFF
Prof. Dr. Nilton da Silva Branco – (local member) – UFSC/FSC
Date: September 11, 2018 – tuesday – Time: 2:00 p.m. – Place: Sala PG-1 – Departamento de Química (subsolo)
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Defence of M.Sc. dissertation
Laura Antonia Barth Martinez
Phase transition in a layered neuronal network
Defense Commitee
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Henrique Romano Tragtenberg – (president) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Marco Aurélio Pires Idiart – (external member) – UFRGS
Prof. Dr. Germano Heinzelmann – (local member) – UFSC/FSC
Date: September 5, 2018 – wednesday – Time: 9:00 a.m. – Place: Sala 114 – Sala de Reuniões do Departamento de Física
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Classical and quantum bounds on multi-system equality
Ernesto F. Galvão – UFF
Abstract:
I will describe how we can use logic to impose constraints on the probability of the conjunction (AND) of n propositions. This is an example of logical coherence inequalities that were first investigated by George Boole (1854). By taking each proposition to be about the equality of two systems, we obtain a logical coherence condition for the joint equality of multiple systems. I will then show that quantum mechanics violates this condition, and obtain bounds for the quantum violation. This enables us to bound the value of unmeasured two-state overlaps, with applications in quantum optics and quantum information.
This is joint work with Daniel Brod.
Date: August 31, 2018 – (friday) – Place: Sala 212 – Auditório do Departamento de Física – Time: 10:15 a.m.
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Defence of M.Sc. dissertation
Eduardo Lucas Lorenzon
SIMULAÇÃO DE MONTE CARLO PARA A TRANSIÇÃO DE FASE DE UMA LIGA DE FERRO E PLATINA
Defense Commitee
Prof. Dr. Lucas Nicolao – (president) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Evy Augusto Salcedo Torres – (external member) – UFSC/FSC
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Henrique Romano Tragtenberg – (local member) – UFSC/FSC
Date: August 28, 2018 – tuesday – Time: 10:00 a.m. – Place: Sala 114 – Sala de Reuniões do Departamento de Física