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NU-MRSEC Annual Meeting 2008
August 28, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Pancoe–ENH Life Sciences Pavilion
Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL
| 9:00 a.m. |
Monica Olvera de la Cruz |
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Director’s Overview |
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| Session I: Synergistic Linear and Nonlinear Phenomena in Multifunctional Oxide Ceramic Systems |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Vinayak Dravid (Session Chair) |
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Patterning and Microscopy of Multifunctional Oxides |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Bruce Wessels |
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Ferroic and Multiferroic Oxide Heterostructures and their Properties |
| 10:02 a.m. |
Donald Ellis |
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Theory and Modeling of Complex Oxides: Recent Progress, Future Perspectives |
| 10:14 a.m. |
Thomas Mason |
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Progress and Promise of ZITO-Based (Zn-In-Sn-O) Transparent Conductors and Semiconductors |
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| 10:26 a.m. |
break |
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| Session II: Novel Processing Methods for Nanostructured Polymer Blends, Composites and Supramolecular Structures |
| 10:46 a.m. |
Kenneth Shull (Session Chair) |
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Design Principles for the Synthesis of Self-Healing Hydrogels with High Mechanical Toughness |
| 11:06 a.m. |
Linda Broadbelt |
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Predicting the Topology of Copolymers Using Mechanistic Modeling |
| 11:18 a.m. |
SonBinh Nguyen |
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Surface Properties of Functionalized Polymers |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Samuel Stupp |
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Self-Assembly of Biomolecular Structures |
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| 11:42 a.m. |
Lunch break |
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NU-MRSEC Faculty and Industrial Guests: Norris Center, Big Ten room |
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| Session III: Molecular Plasmonics: Fundamentals, New Tools, and Devices |
| 1:12 p.m. |
Richard Van Duyne (Session Chair) |
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Molecular Plasmonics: Overview of IRG3, Exploring the Plasmonic Periodic Table, Plasmon Microscopy, and Plasmon Switches |
| 1:32 p.m. |
Chad Mirkin |
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Surface Plasmon Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis |
| 1:44 p.m. |
Teri Odom |
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Screening Plasmonic Materials using Nanopyramidal Gratings |
| 1:56 p.m. |
George Schatz |
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Electrodynamics of Silver and Gold Nanostructures |
| 2:08 p.m. |
R. P. H. Chang |
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Materials Processing for Plasmonic Studies |
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| 2:20 p.m. |
break |
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| Session IV: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoelectronic Materials from Molecules to Printable Thin Films |
| 2:40 p.m. |
Tobin Marks (Session Chair) |
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Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanoelectronic Materials from Molecules to Printable Thin Films |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Mark Ratner |
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Single-Molecule Transport: Spectroscopic Aspects and Raman Behavior |
| 3:12 p.m. |
Tamar Seideman |
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Current-Driven Dynamics in Molecular-Scale Electronics |
| 3:24 p.m. |
Mark Hersam |
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Fabrication and Characterization of Hybrid Nanoelectronic Materials |
| 3:36 p.m. |
Lincoln Lauhon |
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The Influence of Interfaces on Charge Carrier Transport in Nanostructured Materials |
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| 3:48 p.m. |
break |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Poster Session |
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Pancoe Second Floor Café |
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View poster titles |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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