Time & Address: 1:30pm, Wednesday, May 15th; 教11-413
Speaker：Li (Emily) Liu
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Department (MANE), Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS), and Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Title:The Integration of Scattering Experiments and Simulations in Energy and Medical Applications
Abstract:
We look into methodology development based on neutron and X-ray scattering techniques to “visualize” the complex phenomena. This visualization must integrate scattering experimental analysis, simulation, and theory to provide real space images of such phenomena. And their potential use in exploring energy, medical materials/imaging, and engineering processes is highly promising.
The purpose of this research is to develop the bridges among neutron and X-ray scattering experiments, their associated data analysis through liquid theory, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The group utilized small-angle neutron scattering, quasi-elastic neutron scattering, inelastic neutron scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering, as well as MD simulations to probe the structural and dynamical response of materials at nano-scale and the intra-molecular water. These results shed light on the integration of scattering experiments, liquid theories, and MD simulations to characterize complex materials, especially liquids and glasses. And their potential use in exploring energy and medical materials is highly promising.
