CMCC Mechanochemistry Discussions Seminar Series
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
Hunter College at The City University of New York
Prediction of Mechanosusceptible Reactions Using Molecular Distortions
October 23, 2025
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EPFL (Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne), Switzerland
Mechanochemistry of Solvent-Swollen Surface-Grafted Polymer Brushes, and Polymer Networks
November 20, 2025
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2025 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
University of Ottawa, Canada
Crushing It: Probing Mechanochemistry with Solid-State NMR
August 21, 2025
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University of Bologna, Italy
Probing Mechanochemical Reactions at Sliding Interfaces by Ab Initio and Machine Learning Simulations for the Design of Lubricants
July 17, 2025
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Texas A&M University
Identifying Mechanochemically Accelerated Reactions Through High-Throughput Screening, Machine Learning Models, and
Simplified Physical Models
April 17, 2025
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University of Delaware
Illuminating Interfacial Mechanics: Utilizing Mechanophores to Quantify Stress in Polymer Composites
February 20, 2025
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RWTH Aachen University
Mechanochemistry: An Enabling Technique for Organic Synthesis, Catalysis and More
January 16, 2025
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2024 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
University of North Texas
Compressive Mechanochemistry of Molecular Compounds
November 21, 2024
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Utrecht University, Netherlands
Mechano-Catalytic Depolymerization of Plastic Waste
October 17, 2024
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Pennsylvania State University
How does Mechanics Govern Chemistry?—“Catalysis” by Force?
September 19, 2024
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Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Mechanochemistry: New Opportunity for Polymer Synthesis and Chemical Recycling
July 18, 2024
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University of Bremen, Germany
From Molecules to Functional Polymers: Multiscale Models in Mechanochemistry
June 20, 2024
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University of Washington
Masquerading Soft Materials via Anomalous Mechanochemical Transformations
May 16, 2024
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University of Central Florida
Direct Observations of Media Impacts During Mechanochemical Processes
April 18, 2024
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University of Auburn
Unbreakable Bonds: The Role of Catch-Bonds in Pathogenic Bacterial Infections
January 18, 2024
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Old Dominion University
Toward a Better Understanding of Liquid Additive Effects and Their Possible Mechanistic Roles: Three
Types of Mechanochemical Reactions
February 15, 2024
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2023 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, University of Tennessee
Catalytic Mechanopolymerization
November 16, 2023
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French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Montpellier, France
Fundamentals of Lignocellulosic Biomass Mechanical Deconstruction and Application to
Mechanochemistry
October 19, 2023
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Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin, Germany
Humboldt Universiy of Berlin, Germany
Understanding Mechanochemical Reactions: Real-Time Insights and
Collaborative Research
September 21, 2023
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University of Birmingham, UK
A Dynamical View of the Mechanochemical Reactivity of Solids
August 17, 2023
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University of Montpellier, France
Looking into Reaction Mechanisms in Ball Milling Using 17 O NMR. . . and More
June 15, 2023
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University of Manchester, UK
Controlling Reactivity Under Tension
May 18, 2023
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The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
The Max Mousseron Institute for Biomolecules (IBMM)
University of Montpellier, France
Synthetic Mechanochemistry: Saving on Solvent, and More!
April 20, 2023
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University of Pennsylvania
The Stress-Controlled Mechanochemical Reactor: A Novel Tool to Determine Which Stress Components Drive Mechanochemistry
March 23, 2023
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Molecular Design Strategies for Mechanochemically Active Polymers
February 23, 2023
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Arizona State University
Thermodynamic Stability of MOFs Made by Mechanochemistry
January 19, 2023
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2022 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
University of Antioquia, Colombia
Finding the Link between Polymer and Small Molecule Mechanochemistry
December 15, 2022
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Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Spain
Pericyclic Reactions Under Pressure Studied by the Extreme Pressure-Polarizable Continuum Model (XP-PCM)
November 17, 2022
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
The Structural Disorder—Magnetism Relationships in Mechanochemically Synthesized Complex Nanooxides
October 20, 2022
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Genentech
Mechanochemical Synthesis and Scale up of Pharmaceutically Relevant Cocrystals
August 18, 2022
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Texas Tech University
Mechanochemistry as a Tool for Facilitating Crystallization and Synthesis of Multi-component Solids
July 21, 2022
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Texas A&M University
Quantitative Mechanochemistry at Sliding Interfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy
June 16, 2022
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Vanderbilt University
Organometallic Chemistry with a Hammer: Adventures in Mechanochemical Synthesis
May 19, 2022
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McGill University, Canada
Mechanochemical and Aging Techniques Towards the Functionalization of Polymers and the Transformation of Biomass into
Functional Materials
April 21, 2022
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Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Molecular Control of Mechanoresponsive Bioinspired Hydrogels
March 17, 2022
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Hokkaido University, Japan
Mechanochemical Organic Synthesis: Revisiting Cross-Couplings, Grignard Reagents, and Redox Reactions
February 17, 2022
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Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Mechanochemistry for Current Energy and Environmental Demands : Thermoelectrics and Waste Treatment
January 20, 2022
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2021 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Russian Academy of Sciences & Novosibirsk State University
A Mechanochemical Process: Do we always know what we do not know?
December 16, 2021
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Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mechanochemistry: from Basics to Commercialization
November 18, 2021
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bismuth Under Pressure
October 21, 2021
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University of Bradford, UK
Developments in Large Scale Mechanochemical Synthesis
September 16, 2021
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University of Pennsylvania
Developing First-Principles Methods to Study Force- and Stress-enabled Mechanochemistry
July 15, 2021
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Main Group Mechanochemistry: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Society
June 17, 2021
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University of Montpellier, France
Medicinal Mechanochemistry Makes Greener the Synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
May 20, 2021
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University of Cambridge
Stochastic Sampling of Material Structure Space
April 15, 2021
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Stanford University
New Materials at High Pressure
March 18, 2021
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Duke University
Principles and Applications of Covalent Polymer Mechanochemistry
February 18, 2021
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State University of New York at Buffalo
Theoretical Predictions of Superconducting and Superhard Materials
January 21, 2021
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2020 SEMINAR SPEAKERS
University of Cincinnati
Developing Selective Reactions Under Mechanochemical Conditions
December 17, 2020
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The City University of New York
Quantitative Studies of Bond Formation Under Applied Force: The Mystery of Two Pericyclic Reactions
November 19, 2020
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McGill University
Mechanochemistry: Chemists' Re-discovery of the Book of Stones
October 15, 2020
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