Prof. Dr. Ayusman Sen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Inorganic Molecular Chemistry
KeywordsNanomaterialien, Katalyse, Nanomotoren, Aktive Materie, Mikroschwimmer

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityUniversity Park
InstitutionPennsylvania State University (PennState)
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Siegfried DietrichTheorie inhomogener kondensierter Materie, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2019

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Sen is a materials chemist and a pioneer in the field of synthetic chemical motors. He has shown that catalytically-active microparticles, in the presence of respective reactants, generate forces and move autonomously in solution. Such chemical motors have become widely used model systems in active matter research. During his stay in Germany, he will study emergent phenomena, collective effects and enzymatically-powered chemical motors.