When the Antimatter Matters in our “Life”
Khash
Ghandi
Department
of
Chemistry
University
of
Guelph
Wednesday,
October
9,
2019
2:30
p.m.
Main
Link
Room
(EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Coffee
and
treats
will
be
served.
All
are
welcome
to
attend
this
weekly
seminar
series.
Abstract:
After
a
brief
outline
of
my
group’s
research
fields,
I
will
focus
on
a
subset
of
our
experimental
and
theoretical
works.
This
part
of
our
research
is
based
on
using
positive
muons
along
with
other
complementary
probes
to
investigate
subjects
important
in
“life”,
including
energy,
environment,
and
health.
The
positive
muon
is
an
elementary
antimatter
particle
(lepton)
with
2.2
ms
lifetime
and
with
0.11
u
mass.
The
muon
is
produced
~100%
spin
polarized
due
to
parity
violation
and
the
(detected)
positron
(anti-electron)
from
its
decay
is
subsequently
emitted
preferentially
along
the
muon-spin
direction
due
to
parity
violation.
This
parity
violation
makes
muons
very
sensitive
probes
of
transient
chemistry
and
electronic
and
magnetic
properties
of
material.
When
used
in
combination
with
other
complementary
probes,
they
provide
insights
related
to
many
applications.
A
few
of
these
applications
will
be
discussed
in
this
seminar.
Upcoming (GWC)2 Wednesday Afternoon Research Seminars – Fall 2019
Date | Speaker | Title |
16 October |
Shirley
Tang University of Waterloo | Nanocarbon-Bio Hybrid Materials: Chemistry and Applications |
30 October |
Jonathan
Baugh University of Waterloo | Nanostructure Devices for Quantum Information |
6 November |
Tadeusz
Gorecki University of Waterloo | The Comprehensive Landscape: from GCxGC to LCxLC (and back) |
13 November |
Adrian
Schwan University of Guelph | Unveiling the Potential of Sulfenic Acid Anions: Reactions, Synthesis and Computation |
20 November |
France-Isabelle
Auzanneau University of Guelph | Mapping the Epitopes of Anti-polymeric Lewis X Monoclonal Antibodies with Synthesis and Immunochemistry |
27 November |
Subha
Kalyaanamoorthy University of Waterloo | Applications of Computational Modeling in Chemical Biology |