{"163191":{"#nid":"163191","#data":{"type":"event","title":"COPE Seminar Series: Dr. Geoffrey Hutchison","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003E\u201cRational Design of Molecular Materials: Molecular Springs, Solar Cells \u0026amp; More\u201d\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresent social and economic demands on energy sources are driving fundamental science and engineering research into alternative energy technologies. Our research focuses on combined experimental and efficient computational exploration of organic photovoltaics and piezoelectrics. We seek to find optimum or nearly-optimum materials properties through a combination of inverse design, genetic algorithms, and automated electronic structure calculations, combined with experimental synthesis and verification. With polymer solar cells, we have used a multi-objective genetic algorithm to uncover new design rules for highly-efficient targets. We also explore the charge transport in realistic, imperfect organic semiconductors to find design rules connecting nanoscale morphology with predicted current-voltage response. In piezoelectric materials, we have pioneered a new approach, using conformational distortions of individual molecules in an applied electric field to drive a \u201cbottom-up\u201d distortion, with greater piezo response than many conventional inorganics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EAbout Professor Hutchison\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeoff grew up in upstate New York and attended Williams College for undergrad. His Ph.D. is from Northwestern University, where he worked on rational design of transparent and conducting polymers. His postdoctoral research at Cornell University focused on single-molecule wires and novel cathodes for lithium-ion batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhile the seminar is free, we do ask you to please\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/1013101\/COPE-Seminar-Series-Geoffrey-Hutchison\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERSVP here\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Geoffrey Hutchison from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh lectures on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERational Design of Molecular Materials: Molecular Springs, Solar Cells \u0026amp; More\u201d.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Rational Design of Molecular Materials: Molecular Springs, Solar Cells \u0026 More\u201d"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2012-10-18 09:17:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:00:47","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-10-29T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-10-29T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-10-29T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-10-29 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-10-29 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-10-29 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"149761":{"id":"149761","type":"image","title":"Geoffrey Hutchison","body":null,"created":"1449178763","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:39:23","changed":"1475894784","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:24","alt":"Geoffrey Hutchison","file":{"fid":"195155","name":"hutchison.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hutchison_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hutchison_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":54200,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hutchison_0.jpg?itok=fNlSh60N"}}},"media_ids":["149761"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chem.pitt.edu\/people\/faculty\/geoffrey-hutchison","title":"Geoffrey Hutchison - Faculty Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/1013101\/COPE-Seminar-Series-Geoffrey-Hutchison","title":"Seminar RSVP"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"41871","name":"cope seminar"},{"id":"41881","name":"geoffrey hutchison"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"41891","name":"molecular design"},{"id":"5917","name":"organic electronics"},{"id":"167411","name":"solar cells"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESharon Lawrence\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-4040\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}