{"93341":{"#nid":"93341","#data":{"type":"event","title":"(08-1111) Prof. Garnet Chan, Cornell University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Garnet Chan, Cornell University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStrongly interacting electrons in chemistry\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPhysical Chemistry Seminar Series\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMolecular orbital theory is the basis of our understanding of electronic structure in molecules. However, the main assumption, that electron interactions have only a small part  to play in the electronic structure, breaks down in much of chemistry.  The much richer quantum landscape of strongly interacting electrons remains to be explored.  Using systems ranging from small transition metal species to light-harvesting pigments as examples, I will describe how some key\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ntechniques that we are developing - canonical transformations, renormalisation groups, and quantum tensor networks - are contributing to a new understanding of strongly interacting electrons in chemistry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.sherrill@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EProf. David Sherrill\u003C\/a\u003E (404-894-4037).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Prof. Garnet Chan, Cornell University\n\nStrongly interacting electrons in chemistry\n\nPhysical Chemistry Seminar Series","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Garnet Chan, Cornell University"}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2008-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:57:24","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2008-11-11T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2008-11-11T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2008-11-11T15:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2008-11-11 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2008-11-11 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2008-11-11 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chem.cornell.edu\/faculty\/index.asp?fac=60","title":"Professor Garnet Chan"}],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"}],"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":"\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley Tomes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=st81\u0022\u003EContact Shirley Tomes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0591\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}