Unusual Graphite, Technology in a Pencil Tip: Frontiers of Science and Engineering Lecture Series

Lecture/Seminar - Natural Sciences | November 17 | 10-11 a.m. |  Castle Air Museum

Location: 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater, CA 95301

Sponsor: School of Natural Sciences

Learn about “Unusual Graphite: Technology in a Pencil Tip” when Professor Vincent Tung offers the final lecture in the fall portion of the Frontiers in Science lecture series at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Castle Air Museum, 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater.

Tung, with the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced, will talk about carbon-based photovoltaics comprised of n-type fullerenes and p-type single-walled carbon nanotubes, and how they can be stabilized and enhanced for light-harvesting, storage and light-to-energy conversion.

For more information, contact Professor Michael Scheibner at mscheibner@ucmerced.edu.

The next lecture is scheduled for Feb. 16, 2013, with a topic to be announced.

Event Contact: Michael Scheibner, mscheibner@ucmerced.edu, 209-228-4873