Northwestern University MRSEC Annual Meeting @ Northwestern University
| August 28, 2008 |
Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Annual Meeting
August 28, 2008. Pancoe-ENH Pavilion, Abbott Auditorium
2200 Camus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
To register, e-mail mrc@northwestern.edu.
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Director’s Overview
Session I: Synergistic Linear and Nonlinear Phenomena in Multifunctional Oxide Ceramic Systems
9:30 a.m. Vinayak Dravid (Session Chair)
Patterning and Microscopy of Multifunctional Oxides
9:50 a.m. Bruce Wessels
Ferroic and Multiferroic Oxide Heterostructures and their Properties
10:02 a.m. Donald Ellis
Theory and Modeling of Complex Oxides: Recent Progress, Future Perspectives
10:14 a.m. Thomas Mason
Progress and Promise of ZITO-Based (Zn-In-Sn-O) Transparent Conductors and Semiconductors
10:26 a.m. break
10:46 a.m. Kenneth Shull (Session Chair)
Design Principles for the Synthesis of Self-Healing Hydrogels with High Mechanical Toughness
11:06 a.m. Linda Broadbelt
Predicting the Topology of Copolymers Using Mechanistic Modeling
11:18 a.m. SonBinh Nguyen
Surface Properties of Functionalized Polymers
11:30 a.m. Samuel Stupp
Self-Assembly of Biomolecular Structures
11:42 a.m. Lunch break
NU-MRSEC Faculty and Industrial Guests: Norris Center, Big Ten room
Registration Required
Session III: Molecular Plasmonics: Fundamentals, New Tools, and Devices
1:12 p.m. Richard Van Duyne (Session Chair)
Molecular Plasmonics: Overview of IRG3, Exploring the Plasmonic Periodic Table, Plasmon Microscopy, and Plasmon Switches
1:32 p.m. Chad Mirkin
Surface Plasmon Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis
1:44 p.m. Teri Odom
Screening Plasmonic Materials using Nanopyramidal Gratings
1:56 p.m. George Schatz
Electrodynamics of Silver and Gold Nanostructures
2:08 p.m. R. P. H. Chang
Materials Processing for Plasmonic Studies
2:20 p.m. break
Session IV: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoelectronic Materials from Molecules to Printable Thin Films
2:40 p.m. Tobin Marks (Session Chair)
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoelectronic Materials from Molecules to Printable Thin Films
3:00 p.m. Mark Ratner
Single-Molecule Transport: Spectroscopic Aspects and Raman Behavior
3:12 p.m. Lincoln Lauhon
The Influence of Interfaces on Charge Carrier Transport in Nanostructured Materials
3:24 p.m. Tamar Seideman
Current-Driven Dynamics in Molecular-Scale Electronics
3:36 p.m. Mark Hersam
Fabrication and Characterization of Hybrid Nanoelectronic Materials
3:48 p.m. break
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Poster Session, Pancoe Second Floor Café
Poster Titles:
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Multifunctional Oxides
Evan Stampler, Cathleen Hoel and Kenneth Poeppelmeier
Studies of Sputter Deposited Oxide Semiconductor Thin Films
Blake L. Stevens, David J. Cohen and Scott A. Barnett
Elecronic Structure of TCO’s and Multiferroics
Jung-Hwan Song, Giancarlo Trimarchi and Arthur Freeman
Engineering Enabling Materials for Next-Generation Nano-Optoelectronic Devices
Fei Yi, Boyang Liu, Xiangyu Li, Zhenyu Hou and Seng-Tiong Ho
Advances in Nanostructured and Nanoscale Polymeric Materials: Nanocomposites, Blends, Copolymers, and Ultrathin Films
Soyoung Kim, Connie Roth, Katsuyuki Wakabayashi, Jun’ichi Masuda, Cynthia Pierre, Perla Rittigstein, T. Ramanathan, L. Catherine Brinson, Robert Sandoval, Michelle Mok, Wesley Burghardt, SonBinh Nguyen and John M. Torkelson
Shear Induced Alignment of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Dispersions via Small Angle X-ray Scattering and Optical Microscopy
Saswati Pujari, Wesley R. Burghardt, Sameer S. Rahatekar, Alan H. Windled, and Krzysztof K. Koziold
X-ray Computed Tomography of Porous Alumina Produced by Thermoreversible Gelcasting
N.O. Shanti, S.R. Stock, J.L. Fife and K.T. Faber
Self -Organization of Macroions in Aqueous Media
Pedro Gonzalez-Mozuelos, Dongsheng Zhang, Prateek Kumar Jha, Min Sun Yeom and Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Particle Transportation over Oscillating Periodical Optical Potential
Weiqiang Mu, Lan Luan and John Ketterson
TEM Study of Ag Nanoparticles with Applications in LSPR and SMSERS
Yingmin Wang, Leif J. Sherry, Jon P. Cadman, Jon A. Dieringer, Jon A. Dieringer,Richard P. Van Duyne, George C. Schatz and Laurence D. Marks
New Isotope-Edited Chromophores for Single Molecule SERS
Jon Dieringer, Kristin Wustholz, Sam Kleinman, Eric M. Phillips, Karl A. Scheidt and Richard P. Van Duyne
X-Ray Characterization of Hybrid Nanoelectronic Materials
Jonathan Emery, Young-Geun Ha, Antonio Facchetti, Mark Hersam, Tobin Marks and Michael Bedzyk
Light-Directed Assembly of Nanostructured Materials
Rafal Klajn, Paul Wesson, Kyle Bishop and Bartosz Grzybowski
Nanoporous Biodegradable Elastomers for Delivery of Macromolecules
Ryan A. Hoshi, Saloni Behl and Guillermo A. Ameer
Structure and Dynamics of the Bacterial Chromosome
Nastaran Hadizadeh, Janet R Cranfield, Calin Guet, Philippe Cluzel, Reid C. Johnson and John F. Marko
Kinetic Studies of Metabolic Reaction Networks
Joo Sang Lee and Adilson E. Motter
To learn more about NU-MRSEC: visit the Center website, and read our Research Highlights.
To Register, contact: mrc@northwestern.edu, 847-491-3606, 2145 Sheridan Rd. Tech K111, Evanston IL 60208
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