The Goeppert Mayer Gauge

We head to the very far end of the electromagnetic spectrum to tackle one of Dugan's favorite subjects, nuclear resonance spectroscopies.  No, not nuclear magnetic resonance - we're talking about gam…

Prof. Nate DeYonker from the University of Memphis takes us out of this world and into the vast expanse of space as we talk all things astrochemistry. Get ready to hear about molecules that seem like…

We're finally back, and this time we're talking everything thermal! After some brief updates, we dive into blackbody radiation, Planck's law, and selective emitters. Then Jay explains how to use thes…

We're celebrating Dugan's recent JACS paper on copper-catalyzed photocycloaddition reactions by doing a Back 2 Basics episode on photocycloadditons that is really just an episode on that paper with a…

This month is more Back 2 Basics as we discuss the famous Stern-Gerlach experiment. In addition to the classic version, we contemplate thought experiments, photonic analogs, spin pedagogy, cigar smok…

New season, new format - we broadcast in-person from a hot tub in Atlanta during the Fall 2021 ACS Meeting!  We have been planning to review "Sit Resist" by Laura Stevenson basically since we started…

In this episode, we talk about ways in which light-matter interactions are revolutionizing surgery.  We are joined by Christie Lin,  VP of Research at OnLume - a startup based in Madison WI dedicated…

We're unbelievably honored and excited to have the legendary Prof. Katja Lindenberg on the show to take us through her life in physics and physical chemistry. We talk to Prof. Lindenberg about her ea…

We are joined by Prof. Lea Nienhaus from Florida State University to learn about photon upconversion with perosvkites, a strategy for increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic energy conversion among…

It's Season 2 of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge! We kick things off with an introduction to transient absorption spectroscopy and discuss what it is, why it's useful, and how it's done before getting a bit…

We talk with Jeamme Chia about her scholarly writing about Maria Goeppert Mayer's time at Sarah Lawrence College and the Manhattan project.

What better way to celebrate the end of 2020 than by talking about it for 80 minutes? We take a break from science talk and (mostly) leave aside the bad stuff from the year to focus on what music, TV…

In this episode, we discuss surface plasmon resonance biosensors and their potential application to COVID testing.  A companion Jupyter notebook that allows the simulation of sensitivity of a SPR-bas…

In this episode of the Goeppert Mayer Gauge, we learn why Kanye would fund development of organinc materials that emit short wave infrared radiation (SWIR) and why Elon Musk would not.

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In this low-energy episode, we talk about the terahertz gap, different ways to generate and detect terahertz pulses, and why people go to the trouble anyway.  This episode we also try something new -…

What does it sound like when you stick a molecule between two mirrors? Modal jazz, apparently! Jay guides Dugan through the world of polaritonic chemistry, where coupling between molecules and cavity…

In this special warm-up episode, we try to figure out what exactly this podcast will be. One thing's for certain: we have a lot to say about light, and not all of it is good! We then go back to our c…

It may be our first episode, but we aren't afraid to start out with the hard stuff - hard X-rays, that is. We discuss what X-rays are, what they might sound like, and why Dugan is so fond of using th…