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Award Dinner The 101st Presentation of the Willard Gibbs Medal Friday, May 18, 2012 |
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Medal Awardee: Prof. Mark A. Ratner |
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“From Rectifying to Energy: Some Reflections” |
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Date: Friday, May 18, 2012
Location: Casa Royale
783 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016
847-297-6640
Cost for the dinner: $40 per person, $20 for students, unemployed and retirees. You must be a member of the ACS Chicago Section to qualify for the discounted rate.Registration is now closed for the 2012 Gibbs Award Banquet. We are sorry that we can accept no more reservations.
Dinner reservations are required and should be received in the Section Office via phone (847-391-9091), email (chicagoacs@ameritech.net), or web.PLEASE HONOR YOUR RESERVATIONS. The Section must pay for all food orders. No-shows will be billed. Seating will be available for those who wish to attend only the meeting.6:00 PM Reception with hors d'œuvres and 2 complimentary drinks
7:00 PM Dinner
8:30 PM ACS Event Introduction
8:45 PM Gibbs Award Lecture
The History of the Willard Gibbs Award
For principal achievements in
The Citation:
- Molecular Electronics ·
- Single-Molecule Aspects of Molecular Electronics ·
- Electron Transfer Mechanisms ·
- Quantum Dynamics
with substantial enhancement of our knowledge of the behavior of single molecules under transport conditions, as well as the dynamical properties of molecular systems.
Introducing Professor Ratner: Prof. Tobin Marks, Northwestern University
Presentation of the medal: Bill Carroll, Chair, Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society
Gibbs Acceptance Address: “From Rectifying to Energy: Some Reflections”
Abstract:
The power of chemical science to transform our understandings of the world, and of the world itself, are remarkable. The talk will describe some of the excitement that I have been privileged to participate in, starting from some rudimentary ideas about how current moves through molecules, and finishing (so far!) with a discussion of some of the ways that theory and experiment can come together to help us develop photovoltaic devices, devices that can lead to control of our energy future using molecules in an intelligent and interesting way.
The tour will feature some significant people, from Willard Gibbs on to 2012.
Biography:
Mark A. Ratner is a materials chemist, whose work focuses on the interplay between molecular structure and molecular properties. This includes such aspects as molecular electronics, molecular optoelectronics, molecular systems design and biomolecular behavior, as well quantum and classical methodologies for understanding and predicting molecular structure and response. The major focus of his research for the last three decades has been the understanding of charge transfer and charge transport processes based on molecular structures, ranging from nonadiabatic intramolecular behavior to aspects of molecular devices, including photovoltaics, conductive polymers, molecular transport junctions and molecular switches.
His professional history involves undergraduate work at Harvard, graduate work at Northwestern, postdoctoral work at Aarhus and Munich, and faculty positions at New York University and Northwestern. He is now Dumas University Professor at NU and Co-Director of the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN). He has very active international collaborations, particularly in Denmark, Israel and the Netherlands. He has been awarded the Feynman Prize, the Langmuir Award of the American Chemical Society, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and an annual canoe trip which puts all things back into perspective.
Parking: Free
Dinner:
- Cream of Asparagus Soup
- Signature Salad Pre-Dressed with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing
- a choice of
- Prime New York Strip Steak OR
- Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce OR
- Eggplant Parmigiana
- Duchesse Potatoes
- Green Beans Almandine
- Warmed Apple Cobbler à la mode with Caramel Sauce
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