(Correspondents Xiaomei Tong and Yue Deng) Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes of Bowling Green State University visited the University at the invitation of the School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology on March 18, 2019. At 9:00 a.m., Professor Yang Rusen,the Vice Dean of the School, Associate Professor Shi Jianzhang,the SchoolAffairs Assistant,theAssociate Professor Tong Xiaomei, Liaison Teacher of the School and other personnel had a discussion with Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes at Room 119. On behalf of the School, Yang Rusen extended the warmest welcome to Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes. During the discussion, both sides conducted an active communication and exchange on the future cooperation.

Discussion

Subsequently, Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes presented a report entitled “Photons, Radicals, Bubbles and Beer: Using Photochemistry and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Understand the Universe” for teachers and students of the School at the seminar presided over by Yang Rushen. Some teachers and graduate students of the School participated in this seminar.

Seminar

Malcolm D. E. Forbes

Presentation by Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes

Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes explained the application of steady state electron paramagnetic resonance (SSEPR) and time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) to study the physicochemical properties of free radicals in simple terms. First of all, he introduced the study on drying and curing of architectural coatings and physical properties of non-Newtonian fluids at the molecular level by use of stable nitrous oxide spin probe. Next, he described the study on chemical reaction mechanism of beer stinking under illumination by utilizing of TREPR, and the chemical reactivity obtained by spin trapping technique. Finally, two important applications of TREPR in polymer chain kinetics were introduced: 1) a study on free radicals in the main acrylic polymer chain by the relationship between polymer structure and temperature function; 2) interaction of long-range radical triplets in acrylic polymers. The research by Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes was interesting, scientific and practical. His wonderful and vivid report presentation was welcomed by teachers and students with loud applause. The teachers and students who heard the report said that they had benefited a lot.

At 15:00 p.m., Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes conducted a recruitment talk of the Institute of Photochemistry of Bowling Green State University in Conference Room 119, which was presided over by Yang Rushen. At the meeting, Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes introduced the teaching resources and scientific research achievements of the Institute of Photochemistry, then explained in detail on how to apply for the graduate program of the Institute of Photochemistry. It is reported that the Institute of Photochemistry of Bowling Green State University is the only research institution that confers a doctorate in optical science in the world.

Recruitment talk

Malcolm D. E. Forbes

Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes exchanged ideas with students kindly

Profile of Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes:

Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes received a double degree in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1983 and received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1988. From 1988 to 1990, he was engaged in research at California Institute of Technology. He worked in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 and was promoted to be a professor in 1999. From 2011 to 2014, he served as program officer in the Chemistry Department of the National Science Foundation of the United States. In 2015, he acted as professor of chemistry at Bowling Green State University and director of the Institute of Photochemistry. He has made great achievements in photochemistry and enjoys a high reputation in the world. His has won a number of awards and honors by virtue of diligent researches: the National Science Foundation Young Researcher Award (1993-1998), the Japan Association Foreign Scholarship for Promoting Science (1998-1999), the 2000 Sir Harold Thomson Senior Scholar Award (2007-2008), and the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Kyoto University (2018). He was co-chairman of the Conference on Electron Donor - Receptor Interactions in 2008 and was co-chairman of the Conference on Photochemical Research in 2015. From 2014 to 2016, he also was president of the American Photochemical Society. He published 115 professional articles and presented more than 170 reports at invitation.