Seminars

2020

  • AVS 67 Virtual Showcase - November 9th 2020
    Ryan Hannagan Traum Talk: "First Principles Guided Design of a RhCu Single-Atom Alloy Catalyst for Selective Dehydrogenation Reactions"
  • AVS 67 Virtual Showcase - October 27th - 29th 2020
    Ryan Hannagan Invited Talk: "First Principles Guided Design of a RhCu Single-Atom Alloy Catalyst for Selective Dehydrogenation Reactions"
  • Binghamton University - February 5th 2020
    Charlie Sykes Invited Talk: "Single-Atom Alloy Heterogeneous Catalysts: Born in Vacuum, Tested in Reactors, and Understood in Silico"
  • International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (Virtual) - September 8th 2020
    Charlie Sykes Invited Talk: "Single-Atom Alloy Heterogeneous Catalysts: Born in Vacuum, Tested in Reactors, and Understood in Silico"

2019

  • AVS 66 Columbus International Symposium & Exhibition - Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio October 20th - 25th 2019
    Dipna Patel Traum Poster: "Surface Reactivity of PtAg and PdAg: From Single-Atom Alloys to Supported Nanoparticles"
  • AVS 66 Columbus International Symposium & Exhibition - Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio October 20th - 25th 2019
    Dipna Patel Talk: "Surface Reactivity of PtAg and PdAg: From Single-Atom Alloys to Supported Nanoparticles"
  • AVS 66 Columbus International Symposium & Exhibition - Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio October 20th - 25th 2019
    Charlie Sykes Invited Talk: "Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts: Born in a Vacuum, Tested in Reactors, and Understood In Silico"
  • College of the Holy Cross Seminar - College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA September 27th 2019
    Dipna Patel Invited Talk: "Designing Heterogeneous Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts from First Principles and Surface Science"
  • ACS San Diego Fall 2019 - San Diego Convention Center August 25th - 29th 2019
    Charlie Sykes Invited Talk: "Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts, Part II: coming of age and transition into a fiery reactor"
  • ACS San Diego Fall 2019 - San Diego Convention Center August 25th - 29th 2019
    Dipna Patel Talk: "Atomic-Scale Characterization and Reactivity of PtAg Surface Alloys"
  • ACS San Diego Fall 2019 - San Diego Convention Center August 25th - 29th 2019
    Paul Kress Talk: "NiAu single-atom alloy for selective C-C coupling"
  • ACS San Diego Fall 2019 - San Diego Convention Center August 25th - 29th 2019
    Laura Cramer Talk: "Oxygen dissociation on the Ag/Cu(111) near surface alloy"
  • 2019 Dynamics at Surfaces (GRS) - Salve Regina University RI July 27th - 28th 2019
    Alex Schilling Poster: "Elucidating the Mechanism of CO Oxidation on Supported Rh Atoms"
  • 2019 Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors (GRC) - Holderness School NH June 9th - 14th 2019
    Tedros Balema Poster: "Atomic-Scale Studies of Two New Molecular Rotors, from Controlling Single Molecule Rotation to Complex Switching Dynamics in 2D Arrays"
  • 2019 Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors (GRS) - Holderness School NH June 8th - 9th 2019
    Tedros Balema Poster: "Atomic-Scale Studies of Two New Molecular Rotors, from Controlling Single Molecule Rotation to Complex Switching Dynamics in 2D Arrays"
  • 2019 Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Simmons University Boston MA May 4th 2019
    Laura Cramer Poster: "Oxygen dissociation on the Ag/Cu(111) near surface alloy"
  • 21st annual JCF Frühjahrssymposium & 2nd EYCheM Bremen - Germany March 20th - 23rd 2019
    Laura Cramer Poster: "Oxygen dissociation on the Ag/Cu(111) near surface alloy"
  • GRC 2019 - Ventura Beach CA, February 16th - 17th 2019
    Ryan Hannagan Poster: "Rhodium Copper for Selective C-H Activation at the Single Atom Limit"
  • GRC 2019 - Ventura Beach CA, February 16th - 17th 2019
    Paul Kress Poster: "NiAu Single-Atom Alloys for Selective C-C Coupling"
  • GRS 2019 - Ventura Beach CA, February 16th - 17th 2019
    Ryan Hannagan Poster: "Rhodium Copper for Selective C-H Activation at the Single Atom Limit"
  • GRS 2019 - Ventura Beach CA, February 16th - 17th 2019
    Paul Kress Poster: "NiAu Single-Atom Alloys for Selective C-C Coupling"
  • GRS 2019 - Ventura Beach CA, February 16th - 17th 2019
    Ryan Hannagan Talk: "Rhodium Copper for Selective C-H Activation at the Single Atom Limit"

2018

  • UMass Lowell Undergraduate Seminar - The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell MA November 16th 2019
    Invited Student Talk (Ryan Hannagan): "Research at Tufts: Sykes Group"
  • 65th AVS 2018 - Longbeach CA , October 21st - 26th 2018
    Student Talk (Alex Schilling): "Probing Oxide Supported Single Rh Atoms as Model Catalysts for CO Oxidation"
  • 65th AVS 2018 - Longbeach CA , October 21st - 26th 2018
    Student Talk (Dipna Patel): "Surface Structure and Reactivity of NiCu Single-Atom Alloys"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Sykes Talk: "Designing Heterogeneous Alloy Catalysts from First Principles and Surface Science"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Post-Doc Talk (Amanda Larson): "Molecular Level Characterization of 1:1 Chiral Docking on Cu(111)"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Benjamin Coughlin): "Cell Cycle Effects in Gold Nanoparticle Radiosensitization"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Benjamin Coughlin): "Gold Nanoparticle Radiosensitization of Synchronized Cell Populations"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Dipna Patel): "Surface Structure and Reactivity of Ni-Cu single-Atom Alloys"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Alex Schilling): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Ryan Hannagan): "Rhodium Copper for Selective C-H Activation at the Single-Atom Limit"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Paul Kress): "PtCu Single Atom Alloys for Selective CH Activation"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Laura Cramer): "New Method for Quantifying Low-Energy Electron Emission from Clinically Relevant Nanoparticles"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Talk (Laura Cramer): "An Atom-Scale Study of Oxygen Dissociation on Ag on Cu(111)"
  • ACS Boston 2018 - Boston MA, August 19th - 23rd 2018
    Student Sci-Mix Poster (Laura Cramer): "New Method for Quantifying Low-Energy Electron Emission from Clinically Relevant Nanoparticles"
  • 2nd International Conference on Ionizing Processes - Annapolis, MD July 22nd - 27th 2018
    Student Talk (Benjamin Coughlin): "Self-sustaining Low Energy Electron Sources for Targeted Subcellular Damage"
  • PEC 2018 - Durham, NH June 26th - 28th 2018
    Post-Doc Talk (Amanda Larson): "Molecular Level Characterization of 1:1 Chiral Docking on Cu(111)"
  • PEC 2018 - Durham, NH June 26th - 28th 2018
    Student Talk (Laura Cramer): "New Method for Quantifying Low-Energy Electron Emission from Clinically Relevant Nanoparticles"
  • PEC 2018 - Durham, NH June 26th - 28th 2018
    Student Poster (Tedros Balema): "Atomic-Scale Studies of Two New Molecular Rotors, from Controlling Single Molecule Rotation to Complex Rotor Dynamics in 2D Arrays"
  • Gordon Research Conference/Seminar on Noble Metal Nanoparticles - South Hadley, MA June 16th - 22nd 2018
    Student Poster (Benjamin Coughlin): "Biological and Cell Cycle Effects of Gold Nanoparticle Radiosensitization"

2017

  • Energy Frontier Research Center - Harvard MA, December 8th 2017
    Sykes Talk: "Single Atom Alloys for Efficient and Cost-effective Catalysis"
  • New England Catalysis Society Meeting - Worcester MA, December 8th 2017
    Student Talk (Alex Schilling): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • New England Catalysis Society Meeting - Worcester MA, December 8th 2017
    Student Talk (Matt Uhlman): "Pd-Au Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Hydrogenation of Hexyne"
  • American Vacuum Society 64th International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS) - Tampa Florida, October 29th - November 3rd 2017
    Sykes Talk: "Single Atom Alloys for Efficient and Cost-Effective Catalysis"
  • American Vacuum Society 64th International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS) - Tampa Florida, October 29th - November 3rd 2017
    Student Talk (Dipna Patel): "Surface Structure and Reactivity of Ni/Cu Surface Alloys"
  • American Vacuum Society 64th International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS) - Tampa Florida, October 29th - November 3rd 2017
    Post-Doc Talk (Amanda Larson): "Imaging the Molecular Origins of Symmetry Breaking on Well-Defined Surfaces"
  • Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium (BRIC) - Tufts University, 28th October 2017
    Student Talk (Matt Uhlman): "Catalysis, Molecular Machines, Radioactivity, and Chirality"
  • 254th ACS National Meeting - Washington, DC 20th - 24th August 2017
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "Atomic-Scale Insight into Single Atom Catalysis"
  • 254th ACS National Meeting - Washington, DC 20th - 24th August 2017
    Collaborator Talk (Prof. Jean-Sabin McEwen): "Elucidating the Chemical Nature of a Pt Single Site Catalyst Supported on the '29' Cu Surface Oxide for Low Temperature CO Oxidation"
  • Gordon Research Conference - Dynamics at Surfaces - Salve Regina University, July 31st - August 4th 2017
    Student Poster (Alex Schilling): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • Gordon Research Seminar - Dynamics at Surfaces - Salve Regina University, 29th-30th July 2017
    Student Talk (Alex Schilling): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • First New England Energy Research Forum - Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), 28th June 2017
    Student Talk (Dipna Patel): "Atomic-Scale Characterization of Pt/Ag Surface Alloys"
  • First New England Energy Research Forum - Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), 28th June 2017
    Student Talk (Laura Cramer): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • 2017 Physical Electronics Conference - Portland State University (PSU), 27th - 29th June 2017
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Lucca, Italy 6th-11th February 2017
    Student Poster (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Lowering the Barrier to C-H Activation using Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Lucca, Italy 6th-11th February 2017
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "An Atomic-Scale Picture of CO Oxidation on Single Pt Atoms"
  • Gordon Research Seminar on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Lucca, Italy 4-5th February 2017
    Student Poster (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Lowering the Barrier to C-H Activation using Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • Gordon Research Seminar on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Lucca, Italy 4-5th February 2017
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "An Atomic-Scale Picture of CO Oxidation on Single Pt Atoms"

2016

  • American Vacuum Society 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition - Nashville, TN 6th-11th November 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Lowering the barrier to C-H Activation Using Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • American Vacuum Society 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition - Nashville, TN 6th-11th November 2016
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "The Impact of Structure on the Catalytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • American Vacuum Society 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition - Nashville, TN 6th-11th November 2016
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "The Impact of Structure on the Catalytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • Telluride Science Research Center Conference on Molecular Rotors, Motors, and Switches - Telluride, CO 17th-22nd July 2016
    Post-Doc Talk (Natalie Wasio): "Self-Assembled Crystals That Perform Molecular Rotor-Based Computations"
  • 90th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - Cambridge, MA 5th-8th June 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Lowering the Barrier to C-H Activation using Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • 90th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - Cambridge, MA 5th-8th June 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "The Impact of Structure on the Catlytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 18th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 16th April 2016
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "The Impact of Structure on the Catlytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition - San Diego, CA 13th-17th March 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Highly Selective Formic Acid Decomposition"
  • 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition - San Diego, CA 13th-17th March 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Lowering the Barrier to C-H Activation Using Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition - San Diego, CA 13th-17th March 2016
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Structure and Catalytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 18th Annual JCF-Frühjahrssymposium - Kiel, Germany 16th-19th March 2016
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "The Impact of Structure on the Catlytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"

2015

  • Invited Seminar at Saint Michael's College - Cholchester VT November 13th 2015
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "Introduction to Surface Science – The Structure and Catalytic Behavior of Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • American Vacuum Society 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition - San Jose CA 18th-23rd October 2015
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Highly Selective Formic Acid Decomposition"
  • American Vacuum Society 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition - San Jose CA 18th-23rd October 2015
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Pd-Au Single Atom Alloys for Activation of Diatomic Molecules"
  • 250th ACS National Meeting - Boston MA 16th-20th August 2015
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 250th ACS National Meeting - Boston MA 16th-20th August 2015
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Hydrogenation of Butadiene"
  • 250th ACS National Meeting - Boston MA 16th-20th August 2015
    Post-Doc Talk (Natalie Wasio): "Single Molecule Dynamics of a New Class of Altitudinal Molecular Rotors"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Newport, RI 9th-14th August 2015
    Sykes Talk: "An Atomic Picture of Nuclear Decay in Stable 2-D Radioactive Films"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Newport, RI 9th-14th August 2015
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • ACS 89th Colloids and Surfaces Science Symposium - Pittsburg, PA 17th June 2015
    Student Talk (Melissa Liriano): "Enantioselective Adsorption and Self-Assembly of Chiral Modifiers: R- and S-2-Butanol on Au(111)"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors - Easton, MA 7th-12th June 2015
    Post-Doc Poster (Natalie Wasio): "Chemically Assembled and Electrically Driven Molecular Rotors"
  • New England American Vacuum Society Meeting - Lowell, MA 1st June 2015
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Highly Selective Formic Acid Decomposition"
  • New England American Vacuum Society Meeting - Lowell, MA 1st June 2015
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • New England Catalysis Society Meeting - Worcester, MA 29th May 2015
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Pd-Au Single Atom Alloys for Activation of Diatomic Molecules"
  • New England Catalysis Society Meeting - Worcester, MA 29th May 2015
    Student Talk (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • Joint NanoWorcester and AVS New England Meeting - Worcester, MA 29th April 2015
    Student Poster (Melissa Liriano): "Hydrogen-Bonded Self-Assembly and Enantiospecificity of Common Chiral Modifiers: R- and S-2-Butanol on Au(111)"
  • Joint NanoWorcester and AVS New England Meeting - Worcester, MA 29th April 2015
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogentation of Butadiene"
  • Joint NanoWorcester and AVS New England Meeting - Worcester, MA 29th April 2015
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 17th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 18th April 2015
    Student Poster (Andrew Therrien): "CO Oxidation and Water Activation by Cu2O Supported Pt Atoms"
  • 17th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 18th April 2015
    Student Talk (Jilei Liu): "Platinum-Copper Single Atom Alloys for Selective Hydrogentation Reactions"
  • 17th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 18th April 2015
    Student Talk (Melissa Liriano): "Enantioselective Adsorption and Self-Assembly of Chiral Modifiers: R- and S-2-Butanol on Au(111)"
  • 2015 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit - San Francisco, CA 7th April 2015
    Student Talk (Felicia Luccci): "Pd-Au Single Atom Alloys for Activating Diatomic Molecules"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Ventura, CA 11th Febuary 2015
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Highly Selective Formic Acid Decomposition"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Ventura, CA 11th Febuary 2015
    Student Poster (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Highly Selective Formic Acid Decomposition"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Ventura, CA 11th Febuary 2015
    Student Poster (Melissa Liriano): "Hydrogen-Bonded Self-Assembly and Enantiospecificity of Common Chiral Modifiers: R- and S-2-Butanol on Au(111)"
  • New England Catalysis Society - Cambridge, MA 16th January 2015
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogentation of Butadiene"
  • New England Catalysis Society - Cambridge, MA 16th January 2015
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Controlling Hydrogen Dissociation, Spillover and Storage using the Molecular Cork Effect"

2014

  • AVS 61st International Symposium & Exhibition - Baltimore, MD 12th November 2014
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogentation of Butadiene"
  • 2014 AlChE Annual Meeting, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division - Atlanta, GA 19th November 2014
    Student Talk (Jilei Liu): "Platinum-Copper and Palladium-Gold Single Atom Alloys for Selective Hydrogenation Reactions"
  • 2014 International Conference on Nanotechnology - Vail, CO 21st July 2014
    Student Poster (Colin Murphy): "Electrically Driven Azimuthal and Altitudinal Molecular Rotors and Motors using STM"
  • 2014 International Conference on Nanotechnology - Vail, CO 21st July 2014
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogenation of Butadiene"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Nanotechnology - New London, NH 22nd-27th June 2014
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogenation of Butadiene"
  • 43rd Annual AVS New England Chapter Symposium - UMass Lowell, MA 16th June 2014
    Sykes Talk: "Atomically Precise Two-Dimensional Radioactive Films"
  • 43rd Annual AVS New England Chapter Symposium - UMass Lowell, MA 16th June 2014
    Student Talk (Melissa Lirano): “Hydrogen Bond Driven Molecular Self-Assembly on Surfaces ”
  • 43rd Annual AVS New England Chapter Symposium - UMass Lowell, MA 16th June 2014
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): “Controlling Hydrogen Dissociation, Spillover and Storage using the Molecular Cork Effect”
  • Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 12th April 2014
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "H2 Activation and Spillover on Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 12th April 2014
    Student Talk (Matthew Marcinkowski): “Controlling Hydrogen Dissociation, Spillover and Storage using the Molecular Cork Effect”
  • Tufts Graduate Student Research Symposium - Medford, MA 11th April 2014
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): “Hydrogen Activity via a Single Atom”
  • 16th Annual JCF-Fruhjajrssymposium - Jena, Germany 26th-29th March 2014
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "H2 Activation and Spillover on Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys"

2013

  • Tufts Collaborates! Symposium - School of Dental Medicine in Boston, MA 19th December 2013
    Sykes Talk: "Single Atom Alloys as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations"
  • 2013 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 6th December 2013
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Atomic Scale Morphology and Reactivity of Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Surface Alloys"
  • 60th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Long Beach, CA 28th October-1st November 2013
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): “Surface Explosion: Autocatalytic Desorption of Tartaric Acid” [Morton Traum Finalist]
  • 60th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Long Beach, CA 28th October-1st November 2013
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): “Imaging a Surface Explosion: Autocatalytic Desorption of Tartaric Acid from Cu(110)”
  • 60th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Long Beach, CA 28th October-1st November 2013
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): “Exploring Ullmann Coupling on Cu(111) and Co/Cu(111) Surfaces ”
  • Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - New Haven, CT 23rd 26th October 2013
    Student Talk (Colin Murphy): "Dipole-Driven Assembly and Dynamics of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine on Cu(111) and Au(111) Studied by STM and TPD"
  • Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - New Haven, CT 23rd 26th October 2013
    Student Talk (Felicia Lucci): "Atomic Scale Morphology and Reactivity of Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys"
  • 3rd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 28th September 2013
    Sykes Talk: "An Atomic Scale View of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces"
  • 3rd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 28th September 2013
    Student Poster (Melissa Liriano): "Chirally Modified Surfaces for Asymmetric Hydrogenation: R-2-butanol on Au(111)"
  • 3rd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 28th September 2013
    Student Poster (Colin Murphy): "Dipole Driven Assembly and Dynamics of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine on Cu(111) and Au(111) Studied by STM and TPD"
  • 3rd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 28th September 2013
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): "Atomic Scale Morphology of Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Single Atoms Alloys"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Newport, RI 11th-16th August 2013
    Student Poster (Colin Murphy): "Dipole Driven Assembly and Dynamics of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine on Cu(111) and Au(111) Studied by STM and TPD"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Newport, RI 11th-16th August 2013
    Student Poster (Matthew Marcinkowski): "Controlling Hydrogen Dissociation, Spillover and Storage using the Molecular Cork Effect"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Newport, RI 11th-16th August 2013
    Student Poster (Felicia Lucci): Atomic Scale Morphology of Catalytically Relevant Pt-Cu Surface Alloys
  • 87th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium - Riverside, CA 24th-26th June 2013
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "Imaging a Surface Explosion: Autocatalytic Desorption of Tartaric Acid from Cu(110)"
  • 87th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium - Riverside, CA 24th 26th June 2013
    Student Poster (Emily Lewis): "Determination of the Crystallographic Stacking at the Technologically Important Cobalt-Copper Interface"
  • 87th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium - Riverside, CA 24th 26th June 2013
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Exploring Ullmann Coupling on Cu(111) and Co/Cu(111) Surfaces"
  • 73nd Physical Electronics Conference - Raleigh, NC 18th-21st June 2013
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): Hydrogen-Bonded Interactions between Reactant Molecules on Model Catalyst Surfaces
  • Tufts Talks 2013: 17th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium - Medford, MA 8th May 2013
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "Surface Explosion: Autocatalytic Desorption of Tartaric Acid"
  • Tufts Talks 2013: 17th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium - Medford, MA 8th May 2013
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): Nanoscale Investigation of a Model Synthetic Fuel Catalyst

2012

  • 59th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, FL 28th October-2nd November 2012v
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "An Atomic-Scale Study of the Adsorption, Assembly and Reactivity of Methanol on Cu, O/Cu and Pd/Cu Alloy Surfaces"
  • 59th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, FL 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Toward a Molecular Level Understanding of CO and H2 Dissociation on Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • 59th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, FL 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Sykes Talk: 2012 AVS Peter Mark Award Lecture: Effects of Chirality in Electron Tunneling, Molecular Excitation and Rotation
  • 59th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, FL 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Quantum Tunneling Driven Assembly and Diffusion of Hydrogen and Deuterium on Cu(111)"
  • 59th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Tampa, FL 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Student Talk (Colin Murphy): Structure, Dynamics and Mechanism of a Single-Molecule Electric Motor
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, PA 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Student Talk (Matt Boucher): "Atomic-Scale Insights into the Reactivity of Catalytically Important Pd/Cu Alloys"
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, PA 28th October-2nd November 2012
    Talk by student of collaborator (A. de Alwis) about Sykes Group data: "Structure Sensitivity of Oxygen Adsorption on Surface Structure Spread Single Crystals"
  • 244th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Philadelphia, PA 19th-23rd August 2012
    Student Talk (Colin Murphy): "Dynamics and Mechanism of a Molecular Motor Driven by a Chiral Electrode"
  • 86th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium - Baltimore, MD 10th-13th June 2012
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Robust and Enantiospecific Molecular Self-Assembly on Metal Surfaces"
  • 86th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium - Baltimore, MD 10th-13th June 2012
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "An Atomic-Scale Study of the Adsorption, Assembly and Reactivity of Methanol with Model Cu, O/Cu, and Pd/Cu Alloy Surfaces with STM, TPD, and XPS"
  • 14th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 28th April 2012
    Student Poster (Allister McGuire): Hydrogen Bonding in Thioether Self-Assembly
  • 14th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 28th April 2012
    Student Poster (Colin Murphy): "Dynamics of Rotation of a Single Molecule Electric Motor"
  • 14th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 28th April 2012
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Towards a Molecular Level Understanding of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Model Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • Material Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition - San Francisco, CA 9th-13th April 2012
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Towards a Molecular-Level Understanding of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Model Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting - San Diego, CA 25th-26th March 2012
    Group Member Talk (Georgios Kyriakou): "Isolated Metal Atom Geometries: A Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations"
  • Tufts Energy Conference - Medford, MA 20th April 2012
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "An Atomic-Scale Study of the Adsorption, Assembly and Reactivity of Methanol with Model Cu, O/Cu, and Pd/Cu Alloy Surfaces with STM, TPR, and XPS"
  • 14th Annual JCF-Frühjajrssymposium - Rostock, Germany 18th-21st March 2012
    Student Poster (Colin Murphy): "Dynamics of Rotation of a Single Molecule Electric Motor"
  • 14th Annual JCF-Frühjajrssymposium - Rostock, Germany 18th-21st March 2012
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Towards a Molecular Understanding of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Model Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • 2nd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 17th March 2012
    Student Poster/Elevator Speech (Timothy Lawton): "An Atomic-Scale Study of the Reactivity of Methanol with Model Cu, O/Cu and Pd/Cu Alloy Model Surfaces via STM, XPS and TPR"
  • 2nd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium - Worcester, MA 17th March 2012
    Student Poster/Elevator Speech (April Jewell): "Determining the Effect of Head Group Chemistry on Surface Self-Assembly"
  • Seminar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) - Worcester, MA 29th February 2012
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "Observation of a Single-Molecule Electric Motor and the Reactivity of Pd/Cu Alloys via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"
  • March Meeting of the American Physical Society - Boston, MA 27th February-2nd March 2012
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Towards a Molecular Understanding of CO and H2 Adsorption and Dissociation on Cobalt Nonparticles

2011

  • Chirality 2011 - Liverpool, UK 10-13th July 2011
    Sykes Talk: Viewing and Inducing Symmetry Breaking at the Single Molecule Level
  • Chirality at Nanoscale - Liverpool, UK 9-10th July 2011
    Sykes Talk Spontaneous Transmission of Chirality through Multiple Lengths Scales
  • Graduate Women in Science AW Chapter "Award Winning Science and Winter Social" Meeting - Boston, MA 6th December 2011
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Robust and Enantiospecific Molecular Self-Assembly on Metal Surfaces"
  • 242nd American Chemical Society National Meeting - Denver, CO 27th August-1st September 2011
    Student Poster (Allister McGuire): "Chemically Tuning the Properties of Molecular Rotors and Motors"
  • Tufts Chemistry Department Undergraduate Research Poster Session - Boston, MA 1st August 2011
    Student Poster (Allister McGuire): "Chemically Tuning the Properties of Molecular Rotors"
  • 10th International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces - Hong Kong, China 1st-5th August 2011
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Robust and Enantiospecific Molecular Self-Assembly on Metal Surfaces"
  • 71st Physical Electronics Conference - Albany, NY 14th-17th June 2011
    Student Poster (April Jewell): "Determining the Effect of Head Group Chemistry on Surface Self-Assembly"
  • 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting - Detroit, MI 5th-10th June 2011
    Collaborator Talk "Structure Sensitivity on Surface Structure Spread Single Crystals (S4Cs)"
  • New England Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Meeting - Burlington, MA 6th June 2011
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): "Towards a Molecular Level Understanding of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • New England Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Meeting - Burlington, MA 6th June 2011
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "An STM and XPS Investigation of the Interaction of Methanol with Bare and Oxidized Cu(111) Model Catalysts"
  • Tufts University: A Research Day on Sustainability - Medford, MA 3rd May 2011
    Student Poster (Emily Lewis): "Towards Understanding the Fischer-Tropsch Reaction on Model Cobalt Nanoparticles"
  • 13th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 30th April 2011
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "Atomic-Scale Studies of a Curved Single Crystal"
  • 15th Annual Tufts University Graduate Research Symposium - Medford, MA 7th April 2011
    Student Talk (Emily Lewis): Towards Understanding Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Model Cobalt Nanoparticles
  • 13th JCF Frühjahrssymposium (Spring Symposium) - Erlangen, Germany 22nd-22th March 2011
    Student Poster (April Jewell): "Determining the Effect of Head Group Chemistry on Surface Self-Assembly"
  • 13th JCF Frühjahrssymposium (Spring Symposium) - Erlangen, Germany 22nd-22th March 2011
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "Structure Sensitive Surface Chemistry"
  • Gordon Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Ventura, CA 6th-11th February 2011
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "Structure Sensitive Surface Chemistry"
  • Gordon Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces - Ventura, CA 6th-11th February 2011
    Student Poster (Emily Lewis): An Atomic-Scale View of Cobalt Chemistry in Alloys

2010

  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibition - Boston, MA 28th November-2nd December 2010
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Transmission of Molecular Chirality through Multiple Length Scales"
  • Tulsa University Seminar - Tulsa, Oklahoma November 2010
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Seeing Atoms & Molecules"
  • 57th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Albuquerque, NM 18th-22nd October 2010
    Sykes Talk: "An Atomic-Scale View of Metal Alloy Surface Chemistry"
  • 57th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Albuquerque, NM 18th-22nd October 2010
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction by Tuning Adsorbate Chemistry"
  • 57th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Albuquerque, NM 18th-22nd October 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Controlling Rotation at the Single-Molecule Level: Turning Rotors into Motors"
  • 17th International Microscopy Congress - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th-24th September 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Diffusion on Pd Alloys"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Mirror Symmetry Breaking at the Single Molecule Level"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Student Poster (Emily Lewis): "An Atomic-Scale View of Cobalt Chemistry in Alloys"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Student Poster (April Jewell): "Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction by Tuning Adsorbate Chemistry"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Engineering and Atomic-Scale Characterization of Bimetallic Pd Alloys for Hydrogen Dissociation"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
     Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Transmission of Molecular Chirality through Multiple Length Scales"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "Atomic-Scale Studies of Chiral Metal Surfaces"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Invited talk by Sykes: "Catalyzing the Catalyst: Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Individual Isolated Palladium Atoms"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Invited talk by Sykes: "Molecular Rotors, Motors and Chirality"
  • 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 22nd-26th August 2010
    Invited talk by Sykes: "Atomic-Scale View of Metal Alloy Surface Chemistry"
  • Gordon Conference on Catalysis - New London, NH 27th June-2nd July 2010
    Student Poster (Emily Lewis): "An Atomic-Scale View of Cobalt Chemistry in Alloys"
  • Gordon Conference on Catalysis - New London, NH 27th June-2nd July 2010
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "Atomic-Scale Studies on a Curved Cu(111) Crystal"
  • Gordon Conference on Catalysis - New London, NH 27th June-2nd July 2010
    Student Poster (Erin Iski): "Induced Surface Chirality from Single Molecules to Complex 2D Chiral Architectures"
  • Gordon Conference on Catalysis - New London, NH 27th June-2nd July 2010
    Student Poster (Ashleigh Baber): "Engineering and Atomic-Scale Characterization of Bimetallic Pd Alloys for Hydrogen Dissociation"
  • 70th Physical Electronics Conference - Milwaukee, WI 15th-18th June 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Understanding and Controlling Single-Molecule Rotation"
  • New England Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Meeting - Burlington, MA 7th June 2010
    Student Talk (Timothy Lawton): "Atomic-Scale Studies of Chiral Metal Surfaces"
  • New England Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Meeting - Burlington, MA 7th June 2010
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction by Tuning Adsorbate Chemistry"
  • New England Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Meeting - Burlington, MA 7th June 2010
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Engineering and Atomic-Scale Characterization of Bimetallic Pd Alloys"
  • 37th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Potsdam, NY 2nd-5th June 2010
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction: Trimethylphosphine on Au(111)"
  • 37th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Potsdam, NY 2nd-5th June 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Understanding and Controlling Rotational Motion at the Single-Molecule Level"
  • 37th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society - Potsdam, NY 2nd-5th June 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Pd-Alloyed Surfaces"
  • 12th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 10th April 2010
    Student Poster (Timothy Lawton): "Atomic-Scale Studies on a Curved Cu(111) Crystal"
  • 12th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Boston, MA 10th April 2010
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Gently Lifting Gold’s Herringbone Reconstruction: Trimethylphosphine on Au(111)"
  • Material Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition - San Francisco, CA 5th-9th April 2010
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "A Novel Trimer Packing Motif in the Two-Dimensional Nanocrystals of the Drug Molecule Carbamazepine on Au(111) and Cu(111) Substrates"
  • Material Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition - San Francisco, CA 5th-9th April 2010
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Investigation and Control of Single-Molecule Rotors"
  • The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition - Seattle, WA 15th-19th February 2010
    Student Poster (Heather Tierney): "Surface Studies of Pd/Cu and Pd/Au Alloys: Composition, Electronic Structure, and Interaction with Hydrogen" 
  • The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition - Seattle, WA 15th-19th February 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Diffusion on Pd Alloys"
  • Assumption College seminar - Worcester, MA January 2010
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Single-molecule surface chemistry and nanoscience"

2009

  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 30th November-4th December 2009
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Controlling Every Step of Self-Assembly with Surface Structure, Composition and Temperature"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 30th November-4th December 2009
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "A UHV STM Study of Molecular Association and Surface Composition in the Pharmaceutical Carbamazepine"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 30th November-4th December 2009
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Engineering Pd Islands Supported on Au{111} for Hydrogen Dissociation and Storage"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 30th November-4th December 2009
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Pd Alloys"
  • 56th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - San Jose, CA 13th-18th November 2009
    Invited talk by Sykes"Single-Molecule Chirality, Catalysis and Rotation"
  • Beckman Foundation Annual Meeting - Newport Beach, CA 28-29th August 2009
    Sykes Poster:"Single-Molecule Approaches to Self-Assembly, Chirality and Catalysis"
  • 42nd IUPAC Congress - Glasgow, Scotland, UK 1st-7th August 2009
    Sykes Talk: "Observing, Quantifying and Controlling Rotation at the Single-Molecule Level"
  • 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - New York, NY 14th-19th June 2009
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-Stable and Atomically-Flat Surfaces"
  • 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - New York, NY 14th-19th June 2009
    Student Talk (Darin Bellisario): "A Novel Approach to Self-Assembly with Thioethers"
  • 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - New York, NY 14th-19th June 2009
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors"
  • 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium - New York, NY 14th-19th June 2009
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Monitoring and Inducing Symmetry Breaking at the Single-Molecule Limit"
  • 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT 22nd-26th March 2009
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Resolving the Electronic Properties of Catalytically Important Pd/Au Alloys at the Sub-Nanometer Level"
  • 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT 22nd-26th March 2009
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Monitoring Rotation and Powering Molecular Rotors Electrically"
  • 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT 22nd-26th March 2009
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Thermal and Mechanical Activation of Single-Molecule Thioether Rotors"
  • 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Salt Lake City, UT 22nd-26th March 2009
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Diffusion on Pd Alloys"

2008

  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors and Motors"
  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Student Talk (April Jewell): "Tuning the Reactivity and Selectivity of Chiral Kink Sites on Surfaces through Alloying"
  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-Stable and Atomically-Flat Surfaces"
  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Diffusion on Pd Alloys"
  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Student Talk (Darin Bellisario): "Temperature Effects on the Formation of Thioether Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)"
  • 55th American Vacuum Society International Symposium & Exhibition - Boston, MA 19th-24th October 2008
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Resolving the Electronic Properties of Catalytically Important Pd/Au Alloys at the Sub-Nanometer Level"
  • Beckman Foundation Annual Meeting - Newport Beach, CA 29th-30th August 2008
    Sykes Poster:"Single-Molecule Self-Assembly, Chirality and Catalysis"
  • 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Philadelphia, PA 17th-21st August 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors"
  • 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Philadelphia, PA 17th-21st August 2008
    Sykes Talk: "Novel Approaches to Self-Assembly Using Thioethers"
  • International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology - Keystone, CO 20th-25th July 2008
    Session Chair (Sykes): "Electron Flow through Molecules"
  • International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology - Keystone, CO 20th-25th July 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors"
  • International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology - Keystone, CO 20th-25th July 2008
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-Stable and Atomically-Flat Surfaces"
  • International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology - Keystone, CO 20th-25th July 2008
    Student Talk (Heather Tierney): "Novel Energetic Pathways to Hydrogen Spillover on Pd Alloys"
  • International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology - Keystone, CO 20th-25th July 2008
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Resolving the Electronic Properties of Catalytically Important Pd/Au Alloys at the Sub-Nanometer Level"
  • Nanoscale Spectroscopy and Nanotechnology (NSS5-SPSTM2) Conference - Ohio State University, OH 15th-19th July 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors"
  • 68th Physical Electronics Conference - Riverside, CA 22nd-25th June 2008
    Student Poster (April Jewell): "Novel Approaches to Self-Assembly Using Thioethers"
  • 68th Physical Electronics Conference - Riverside, CA 22nd-25th June 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Analysis of Thioether Rotors"
  • 68th Physical Electronics Conference - Riverside, CA 22nd-25th June 2008
    Student Poster (Erin Iski): "AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-stable and Atomically-Flat Surfaces"
  • 30th Annual Symposium on Applied Surface Analysis - Pennsylvania State University 11th-13th June 2008
    Sykes Talk: "A Quantitative Single-Molecule Approach to Understanding Surface-Bound Molecular Rotation"
  • 10th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 19th April 2008
    Student Poster (Ashleigh Baber): "Single Molecule Rotors"
  • 10th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 19th April 2008
    Student Talk (Darin Bellisario): "Temperature Effects on the Formation of Dialkyl Sulfide Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)"
  • 10th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Medford, MA 19th April 2008
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-stable and Atomically-Flat Surfaces"
  • Tufts University Undergraduate Research Conference - Medford, MA 4th April 2008
    Student Talk (Darin Bellisario): "Novel Methods for Molecular Self-Assembly with Thioethers"
  • Randolph-Macon Woman’s College seminar - Lynchburg, VA February 2008
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Seeing Atoms and Molecules"

2007

  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 24th-29th November 2007
    Student Poster (Heather Tierney): "Palladium/Gold and Palladium/Copper Surfaces; Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 24th-29th November 2007
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Atomic-Scale Studies of Surfaces under Electrochemical Control"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 24th-29th November 2007
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "A Single-Molecule Investigation of Ferroelectrics in a Simple Organic Monolayer System"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 24th-29th November 2007
    Session Chair (Sykes): "Scanning Probe Studies at the Limits of Resolution"
  • Materials Research Society Fall Meeting & Exhibition - Boston, MA 24th-29th November 2007
    Sykes Talk: "Hydrogen and Water on Palladium/Gold and Palladium/Copper Surfaces; Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics"
  • 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 19th-23rd August 2007
    Student Poster (Collaborator Prof. Feng Wang’s Student): "Density Functional Theory Study of the Au(111) Surface Activation by Benzene"
  • 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 19th-23rd August 2007
    Student Poster (Heather Tierney): "Imaging, Spectroscopy and Manipulation of Water on Au(111), from Single Molecules to Nanoscale Ice Crystals"
  • 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 19th-23rd August 2007
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Ferroelectric Texture in a Simple Organic Monolayer System"
  • 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 19th-23rd August 2007
    Student Poster (Erin Iski): "Electrochemical Imaging of Surfaces and Adsorbates at the Atomic-Scale"
  • 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting - Boston, MA 19th-23rd August 2007
    Sykes Talk: "Hydrogen and Water on Palladium/Gold and Palladium/Copper Surfaces; Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Andover, NH 12th-17th August 2007
    Sykes Poster: "Single-Molecule Studies of Ferroelectric Self-Assembly and Surface Restructuring"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces - Andover, NH 12th-17th August 2007
    Student Poster (Ashleigh Baber): "Imaging, Spectroscopy and Manipulation of Small Molecules on Au(111), Cu(111), Pd/Au and Pd/Cu alloys"
  • 9th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Cambridge, MA 21st April 2007
    Student Talk (Ashleigh Baber): "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Dramatic Surface Activity of Au{111} at Low Temperatures Due to the Effect of Styrene Adsorption"
  • 9th Annual Northeast Student Chemistry Research Conference - Cambridge, MA 21st April 2007
    Student Poster (Erin Iski): "Incorporation of STM into the P-Chem lab at Tufts and beyond"
  • 3rd International Seminar on Teaching Nanoscience with Scanning Probe Microscopy - Chicago, IL 28th March 2007
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Introduction to Molecular Conductance: Utilizing a Nanosurf® EasyScan 2 Scanning Tunneling Microscope in the Undergraduate Laboratory"
  • 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting - Chicago, IL 25th-29th March 2007
    Student Talk (Erin Iski): "Incorporation of STM into the Undergraduate Curriculum Using a Coadsorbed Self-Assembled Monolayer System"
  • 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting - Chicago, IL 25th-29th March 2007
    Student Poster (Ashleigh Baber): "Extraordinary Atomic Mobility of Au{111} at 80 Kelvin: Effect of Styrene Adsorption"
  • Tufts University Undergraduate Research Conference - Medford, MA 9th March 2007
    Student Talk (Stephen Jensen): "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Molecular Self-Assembly of Thioethers"

2006

  • 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting - San Francisco, CA 10th-14th September 2006
    Session Chair (Sykes): "Dynamics of Atoms and Molecules"
  • 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting - San Francisco, CA 10th-14th September 2006
    Oral Presentation by Sykes: "Surface-Molecule and Molecule-Surface Interactions; Styrene on Au{111}"
  • Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry at Interfaces - Biddeford, ME 9th-14th July 2006
    Sykes Poster: "Atomic-Scale Surface Structure and Dynamics"
  • Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society Spring Meeting 2006
    Talk by student of collaborator (Layton Baker) about Sykes Group data: "Investigation of the Atomic and Electronic Structure of Naturally Chiral Surfaces"
  • March Meeting of the American Physical Society - Baltimore, MD 13th-17th March 2006
    Session Chair (Sykes): "Challenges and Issues in Nanowire Nanodevices"
  • March Meeting of the American Physical Society - Baltimore, MD 13th-17th March 2006
    Oral Presentation by Sykes: "Observation and Manipulation of Subsurface Hydride in Pd{111}"

2005

  • Nanoscale Science and Engineering Conference - UNC Charlotte 24th-25th October 2005
    Sykes Poster: "Understanding and Manipulating Surface Chemistry at the Atomic Scale"