The Advanced Photon Source
a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility

APS Colloquium 2015

The monthly APS Colloquium series is intended for the benefit of the Advanced Photon Source and Argonne community by bringing distinguished scientists in all disciplines to lecture on topics of general interest. Objectives include the cross-fertilization of research initiatives at various institutions and the identification of possible uses of the Advanced Photon Source.

High Temperature Superconductivity: Taming Serendipity - December 2, 2015

Laura H. Greene, National High Field Magnet Laboratory and Florida State University

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Probing Catalysis in Real Time - November 19, 2015

Anders Nilsson, Stockholm University, SLAC, and Stanford University

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Bragg Selection Rules for a Nanoparticle Diffraction Experiment - November 4, 2015

I. Cevdet Noyan, Columbia University

Presenter elected not to publish his presentation.

Poster (pdf)

Bioinorganic Spectroscopy: Activating Metal Sites for Biological Electron Transfer - October 7, 2015

Edward I. Solomon, Stanford University

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Dynamics and Reactivity of Complex Interfacial Systems - June 3, 2015

Steven J. Sibener, The University of Chicago

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Atom Trap, Krypton-81, and Global Groundwater - May 6, 2015

Zheng-Tian Lu, Argonne National Laboratory and The University of Chicago

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

New Approaches to Structural Biology with an XFEL - April 1, 2015

John C. H. Spence, NSF's BioXFEL Science and Technology Center

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Molecules to Materials: Functional Structures for Solar Energy Conversion - March 4, 2015

Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

The Dance of the Blue Planet - February 4, 2015

Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)

Genomics Materials Design: From CALPHAD to Flight - January 7, 2015

Gregory B. Olson, Northwestern University

Video (MP4), Poster (pdf)