Congratulations to all of the Winners of the PHYS Poster Awards at the 2024 Spring ACS meeting in New Orleans, LA!

After evaluating many excellent poster contributions during the in-person PHYS Poster Session at the ACS Spring Meeting in New Orleans, the judges singled out 14 posters for exemplary work. We congratulate all who took part in the event!

Extracting Dynamics from Ultrafast Spectra using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
Extracting Dynamics from Ultrafast Spectra using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
Cong Xu, University of Texas – Austin
Microplastics as ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere
Microplastics as ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere
Heidi L. Busse, Pennsylvania State University
Alternative Dust Grain Formation: Pathways of Formation from Alane and Ammonia
Alternative Dust Grain Formation: Pathways of Formation from Alane and Ammonia
Zachary Palmer, University of Mississippi
Understanding Electron Transport in Metalloproteins
Understanding Electron Transport in Metalloproteins
Jitong Ren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ambient STM Visualization of Self-Assembled Cyclopentadienylmolybdenum(II) Tricarbonyl Dimers
Ambient STM Visualization of Self-Assembled Cyclopentadienylmolybdenum(II) Tricarbonyl Dimers
Yen-Chen Chen, University of Houston
Conformational Studies of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in the Presence of its Helicity
Conformational Studies of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in the Presence of its Helicity
Ailinh A. Tran & Ybinh C. Tran, Lamar University
Exploring molecular polaritons in the gas phase
Exploring molecular polaritons in the gas phase
Jane C. Nelson, Princeton University
SO3C7: The Quintuple Emitter
SO3C7: The Quintuple Emitter
Nicholas A. Kruse, University of Mississippi
Analysis of the b 4∑- - a 4П Transition of O2+, Dioxygen Cation
Analysis of the b 4∑- - a 4П Transition of O2+, Dioxygen Cation
Nyla Woods, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Relief of Excited-State Anti-Aromaticity Drives Photobasicity
Relief of Excited-State Anti-Aromaticity Drives Photobasicity
Tanner Megna, California State University Fullerton
Low-Frequency Spectra of Hydrated Ionic Liquids: Concentration Dependence
Low-Frequency Spectra of Hydrated Ionic Liquids: Concentration Dependence
Maharoof Koyakkat, Chiba University
Excitation dynamics in porphyrin nanorings
Excitation dynamics in porphyrin nanorings
Kennet J. Rueda Espinosa, University of Delaware
Towards the Photoisomerization of Stilbene as Platform for Polariton Chemistry
Towards the Photoisomerization of Stilbene as Platform for Polariton Chemistry
Alexander McKillop, Princeton University
Computationally exploring the photochemistry of model brown carbon chromophores
Computationally exploring the photochemistry of model brown carbon chromophores
Hayden Harkins, California State University Fullerton