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Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Connor Bischak University of Utah Leveraging Structural Dynamics in Emerging Semiconductors
Thursday, November 6,
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Speaker(s): Professor Connor Bischak University of Utah
The Department of Chemistry is excited to host Professor Connor Bischak University of Utah on Thursday November 6, 2025, for a departmental seminar.
Static semiconductors, like silicon, powered the first century of semiconductor technology, but emerging frontiers now demand dynamic, adaptable semiconductors. For example, bioelectronics, neuromorphic computing, and reconfigurable photonics require semiconductors that adapt to their environment or change their optical properties on demand. In this talk, I will show how our group probes and then controls structural dynamics in two families of emerging semiconductor materials, conjugated polymer mixed conductors and hybrid metal halides. First, I will show how tuning polymer morphology and ion chemistry dictates how ionic and electronic charge carriers move through conjugated polymer mixed conductors using nanoscale imaging, in situ spectroscopies, and high-throughput robotic platforms driven by machine learning. In the second half, I will discuss how we control solid-solid phase transitions in two-dimensional metal halide perovskites and use them to dynamically modulate the chiroptical properties of these materials. Together, these studies illustrate how careful control of structural dynamics unlocks new design principles and device opportunities.
To learn more about Prof. research, please visit: https://www.bischaklab.com/connor
Seminar hosted by: Prof Ivan A. Moreno-Hernandez
Static semiconductors, like silicon, powered the first century of semiconductor technology, but emerging frontiers now demand dynamic, adaptable semiconductors. For example, bioelectronics, neuromorphic computing, and reconfigurable photonics require semiconductors that adapt to their environment or change their optical properties on demand. In this talk, I will show how our group probes and then controls structural dynamics in two families of emerging semiconductor materials, conjugated polymer mixed conductors and hybrid metal halides. First, I will show how tuning polymer morphology and ion chemistry dictates how ionic and electronic charge carriers move through conjugated polymer mixed conductors using nanoscale imaging, in situ spectroscopies, and high-throughput robotic platforms driven by machine learning. In the second half, I will discuss how we control solid-solid phase transitions in two-dimensional metal halide perovskites and use them to dynamically modulate the chiroptical properties of these materials. Together, these studies illustrate how careful control of structural dynamics unlocks new design principles and device opportunities.
To learn more about Prof. research, please visit: https://www.bischaklab.com/connor
Seminar hosted by: Prof Ivan A. Moreno-Hernandez
