BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Saikat Bera\, University of Virginia - Department of Physics\n\ n
Thermal quenching is the process of rapidly cooling or heating a mater ial. It has been practiced since ancient times to obtain desirable mechani cal properties in materials\, especially metals. The dynamics in play duri ng quenching fall in the regime of non-equilibrium dynamics and is a subje ct of interest as most processes in nature happen out of equilibrium. A cu rious phenomenon during out of equilibrium processes is the so called Mpem ba effect. The Mpemba effect is a phenomenon where a system prepared at a hot temperature (Thot) &ldquo\;overtak es&rdquo\; an identical system prepared at a warm temperature (Twarm) and cools down faster to be in equilibrium with a cold environment (Thot >\; T warm >\; Tenvironment). My project involves studying the dynamics and beha vior of linear chemical reaction networks during this kind of out of equil ibrium process. Chemical reaction networks are a good model to study vario us biochemical processes\, which are integral to the study of biochemical pathways and thus the functioning of cells. I am especially searching for the existence of a Mpemba like behavior in these kinds of systems and tryi ng to characterize their behavior and dependence on the different paramete rs of the linear chemical reaction network. In this seminar I will be deta iling on the methods used to study the out of equilibrium dynamics of line ar chemical reaction networks and will be presenting the preliminary resul ts which indicates the existence of Mpemba like behavior. This understandi ng will eventually lead to the optimization of chemical production for ind ustrial application and characterization of biochemical pathways.
\n DTSTART:20210422T193000Z LOCATION:Online\, Room via Zoom SUMMARY:The anomalous thermal relaxations in linear chemical reactions END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR