BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news700@chemie.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251016T160603 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251104T170000 SUMMARY:Light-driven Chemistry in the First Transition Series: Challenges a nd Opportunities (Camille & Henry Dreyfus Lecture 2025) DESCRIPTION:There has been considerable renewed interest in the photophysic al properties of first-row transition metal complexes\, driven in part by a long-standing desire to shift to earth-abundant materials for a variety of photolytic applications. A significant challenge to achieving this goa l is the fundamental difference in the excited-state properties of first- row metal complexes as compared to their second- and third-row congeners subsequent to light absorption. Our group has been working on understandi ng the origins of this difference in an effort to develop design principl es that will assist in overcoming these intrinsic challenges and develop n ew paradigms for the creation of photo-active first-row chromophores for applications in solar energy conversion strategies as well as photoredox catalysis. This presentation will provide a brief survey of the work we h ave been engaged in over the past several years employing a combination of synthetic chemistry and ultrafast spectroscopy.\\r\\nCamille & Henry Drey fus LectureshipIn memory of the Dreyfus brothers\, the Camille and Henry D reyfus Foundation Inc. has established the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Lecture ship at the University of Basel [https://chemie.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/ver anstaltungen/dreyfus-lectureship/]. The annual Lectureship brings a leadin g chemist from the United States to the Basel campus to deliver a series o f talks\, and to meet with faculty and students in order to enhance the re lationship between Swiss and U.S. science. X-ALT-DESC:

There has been considerable renewed interest in the photophys ical properties of first-row transition metal complexes\, driven in part b y a long-standing desire to shift to earth-abundant \;materials for a variety of photolytic applications. A significant challenge to achieving t his goal \;is the fundamental difference in the excited-state properti es of first-row metal complexes \;as compared to their second- and thi rd-row congeners subsequent to light absorption. Our \;group has been working on understanding the origins of this difference in an effort to de velop \;design principles that will assist in overcoming these intrins ic challenges and develop new \;paradigms for the creation of photo-ac tive first-row chromophores for applications in solar \;energy convers ion strategies as well as photoredox catalysis. This presentation will pro vide \;a brief survey of the work we have been engaged in over the pas t several years employing a combination of synthetic chemistry and ultrafa st spectroscopy.

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Camille &\; Henry Dreyfus Lectureship< /strong>
In memory of the Dreyfus brothers\, the Camille and Henry Dr eyfus Foundation Inc. has established the Camil le &\; Henry Dreyfus Lectureship at the University of Basel. The an nual Lectureship brings a leading chemist from the United States to the Ba sel campus to deliver a series of talks\, and to meet with faculty and stu dents in order to enhance the relationship between Swiss and U.S. science.

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