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SUMMARY:Quantum Mimicry: a New Frontier of Inorganic Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry, A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20230530T160000
UID:2026-10-11-14-03-28@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20261011T140328
Description:Abstract: My group is a physical inorganic chemistry group devo
 ted to understanding how to control spin (unpaired electrons and magneti
 c nuclei) with synthetic\, molecular inorganic chemistry. Broadly\, our ef
 forts are largely fundamental\, exploring how different functional groups\
 , counterions\, etc\, all manipulate magnetic properties\, much like a syn
 thetic chemist would tune a molecule to target a desired reactivity. In th
 is talk\, I will provide a broad overview of these efforts\, then focus on
  a larger goal of ours\, which is a experimental realization of concept we
  call “quantum mimicry.” For this goal\, we ask the fundamental quest
 ion: “What are the molecular design criteria to realize an electron that
  will act (magnetically) like a nucleus\, or a nucleus that will magnetica
 lly act like an electron?” We will present the results of our experiment
 s to answer that question. The targets for our exploration of this new typ
 e of mimicry are transformative molecular imaging probes to convey physi
 ological signatures that conventional (though incredibly powerful) 1H mag
 netic resonance imaging (MRI) is blind to. The importance of our results i
 n this context will also be described. \n\nBio: Joe was born in Staunton
 \, Virginia and decided to pursue physical sciences following an enthusias
 tic viewing of the film Jurassic Park. Joe obtained his undergraduate degr
 ee in chemistry from Virginia Tech in 2007\, kicking off a career focused 
 on spin. Joe obtained his PhD at the University of California\, Berkeley\,
  under the direction of Prof. Jeffrey R. Long\, studying how coordination 
 environments of transition metals can be used to generate powerful magneti
 c moments\, and performed postdoctoral studies with Prof. Danna E. Freedma
 n\, then at Northwestern University\, creating design principles for metal
  complexes to serve as quantum bits - the units of information in a quantu
 m computer. At Colorado State University\, Joe and his coworkers deploy sy
 nthetic chemistry to command the quantum properties of magnetic molecules.
  In the long term\, this knowledge will be vital for new applications in d
 isparate fields spanning from reaction discovery to biomedical imaging. 4:
 00 pm
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