Workshop 6

Nanoscale heterostructures

Wed. May 7, afternoon
Thu. May 8, morning
Lecture Hall

Organizers: Elena Shevchenko (CNM), Yugang Sun (CNM), Dmitri Talapin (University of Chicago)

To agenda > Updated 4/10/2008

Assembling several materials into one tiny piece of matter is an attractive way to design systems possessing diverse physical and chemical properties at the nanoscale. Multicomponent materials at the nanoscale can be generated by either self-assembly of different types of materials or incorporation of several constituents into one single building block. These various approaches allow one to obtain, for example, periodic multicomponent nanoparticle superlattices that are isostructural to ionic or atomic compounds, inorganic-organic heterostructures, and multicomponent nanoparticles in dumbbell and core-shell arrangements. Further, biological species such as viruses and DNA oligonucleootides can direct the formation of hybrid organic-inorganic structures. The goals of our workshop are to discuss the perspectives of the different synthetic platforms towards rational design of novel materials and to initiate collaborative activities between researches with expertise in synthesis and characterization of the biochemical and physical properties of such unique materials.

Agenda

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Thursday, May 8, 2008