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		<title>Xinfeng runs the Pittsburgh Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Hoffmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to graduate student, Xinfeng Quan, who ran the Pittsburgh Marathon on May 12, 2013.  He completed the race in 3 hours and 34 minutes, for an average of 8:11 minutes/mile. Well done, Xinfeng!]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Andrey Sharapov Defends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many congratulations to Dr. Andrey Sharapov! Andrey defended his dissertation &#8220;Fast Treatment Of Pi-Stacking Using Density Functional Theory&#8221; in physics on April 8th. His dissertation involved the use of the Harris approximation in DFT for predicting pi stacking geometries in &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/05/dr-andrey-sharapov-defends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Efficient Computational Screening of Organic Polymer Photovoltaics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ilana Y Kanal , Steven G Owens , Jonathon S Bechtel , and Geoffrey R Hutchison. &#8220;Efficient Computational Screening of Organic Polymer Photovoltaics&#8221; The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2013 (Just Accepted Perspective) Online. There has been an increasing interest in rational, computationally driven &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/04/efficient-computational-screening-of-organic-polymer-photovoltaics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Piezoelectric Effects of Applied Electric Fields on Hydrogen-Bond Interactions: First-Principles Electronic Structure Investigation of Weak Electrostatic Interactions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Hoffmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith A. Werling, Geoffrey R Hutchison, and Daniel S Lambrecht. &#8220;Piezoelectric Effects of Applied Electric Fields on Hydrogen-Bond Interactions: First-Principles Electronic Structure Investigation of Weak Electrostatic Interactions&#8221; The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2013 (Just Accepted Manuscript) Online. The supplemental &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/04/piezoelectric-effects-of-applied-electric-fields-on-hydrogen-bond-interactions-first-principles-electronic-structure-investigation-of-weak-electrostatic-interactions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conjugated Sequenced Oligomers Paper Featured on Cover of Macromolecules</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our recent paper is currently featured on the cover of Macromolecules. Cover description: Nature refines the properties of biopolymers, not only by composition but also by orchestration of monomer sequence. Although sequence must necessarily affect the optoelectronic properties of conjugated &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/02/conjugated-sequenced-oligomers-paper-featured-on-cover-of-macromolecules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Hundred Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Ten Hundred Words of Science: Explaining Complex Science in Plain English. We make tiny things which make power from the sun and other tiny things which make power from moving. Both can help power the world. We think hard &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/02/ten-hundred-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Hartmann Joins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paula Hoffmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Spring, the Hutchison Group welcomes its newest member, Michael Hartmann. Michael will be under dual advising for his graduate career, with Dr. Hutchison and Dr. Jill Millstone. Coming to Pittsburgh after receiving his Bachelor&#8217;s degree from University of Maryland, &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/02/michael-hartmann-joins-the-group/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sequence Matters: Modulating Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Oligomers via Tailored Sequence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organic Solar Cells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benjamin N. Norris, Shaopeng Zhang, Casey M. Campbell, Jeffrey T. Auletta, Percy Calvo-Marzal, Geoffrey R. Hutchison, Tara Y. Meyer. &#8220;Modulating Electronic and Optical Properties of Conjugated Oligomers via Tailored Sequence&#8221; Macromolecules 2013 46(4) 1384–1392. Online. The supplemental info is available &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2013/02/sequence-matters-modulating-electronic-and-optical-properties-of-conjugated-oligomers-via-tailored-sequence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Monte Carlo Simulations of Charge Transport in 2D Organic Photovoltaics</title>
		<link>http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2012/12/monte-carlo-simulations-of-charge-transport-in-2d-organic-photovoltaics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=monte-carlo-simulations-of-charge-transport-in-2d-organic-photovoltaics</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charge Transport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam G. Gagorik, Jacob W. Mohin, Tomasz Kowalewski, and Geoffrey R. Hutchison. &#8220;Monte Carlo Simulations of Charge Transport in 2D Organic Photovoltaics&#8221; J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013 4(1) 36-42. Online. The supplemental info is available here: Gagorik SI. A Monte &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2012/12/monte-carlo-simulations-of-charge-transport-in-2d-organic-photovoltaics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Coupling between Two Amine Redox Sites through the 5,5′-Positions of Metal-Chelating 2,2′-Bipyridines</title>
		<link>http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2012/09/electronic-coupling-between-two-amine-redox-sites-through-the-55%e2%80%b2-positions-of-metal-chelating-22%e2%80%b2-bipyridines/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=electronic-coupling-between-two-amine-redox-sites-through-the-55%25e2%2580%25b2-positions-of-metal-chelating-22%25e2%2580%25b2-bipyridines</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Hutchison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nie, H.-J., Chen, X., Yao, C.-J., Zhong, Y.-W., Hutchison, G. R. and Yao, J. &#8220;Electronic Coupling between Two Amine Redox Sites through the 5,5′-Positions of Metal-Chelating 2,2′-Bipyridines.&#8221; Chem. Eur. J. 2012 18(45) pp. 14497–14509. Online. The supplemental info is available &#8230; <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/2012/09/electronic-coupling-between-two-amine-redox-sites-through-the-55%e2%80%b2-positions-of-metal-chelating-22%e2%80%b2-bipyridines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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