The Goeppert Mayer Gauge
*The* podcast about light-matter interaction! Jay and Dugan host this monthly podcast about chemistry and physics with a focus on the variety of ways in which scientists study and take advantage of interactions between light and matter.
Episodes
18 episodes
Episode 18: Nuclear resonance (Mössbauer) spectroscopies
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 gamma ray transitions between nuclear confi...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:07:38
Episode 17: Astrochemistry with Prof. Nate DeYonker
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 they shouldn't exist, spectra from extraterr...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:03:41
Episode 16: Thermal Radiation
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 these concepts to design incandescent lightbulbs ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:11:57
Episode 15: Photocycloaddition
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 little bit of Woodward Hoffmann rules thrown...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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54:44
Episode 14: The Stern-Gerlach Experiment
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 smoke, Nobel Prizes, interpretations of quantum m...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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53:22
Episode 13: Sit Resist
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 podcasting in Fall 2020, and we finally...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:18:22
Episode 12: Fluorescence Guided Surgery with Dr. Christie Lin
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 to improving patient outcomes thro...
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54:59
Episode 11: Statistical Mechanics with Prof. Katja Lindenberg
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 early life and education, her transition from m...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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51:03
Episode 10: Perovskites and photon upconversion with Prof. Lea Nienhaus
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 other applications that her group has pionee...
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52:44
Episode 9: Transient Absorption
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 philosophical on how best to think about the...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:04:01
Episode 8: Interview with Jeamme Chia on Maria Goeppert Mayer
We talk with Jeamme Chia about her scholarly writing about Maria Goeppert Mayer's time at Sarah Lawrence College and the Manhattan project.
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1:05:43
Episode 7: 2020 Recap
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, podcasts, and youtube channels kept us sane...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:21:02
Episode 6: Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
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-based sensor can be found on our webpage: h...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:14
Episode 5: Short Wave Infrared with Professor Justin Caram
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.We have our very first guest, Prof. Justin Caram fro...
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1:00:54
Episode 4: Terahertz
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 - providing supplemental content using Ju...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:02:58
Episode 3: Polaritonic Chemistry
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 modes can have some astonishing effects on t...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:04:01
Episode 2: The Gordon Moore Gauge #1 (Dirty)
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 college radio roots and review Sonic Youth's 1...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:07:42