Structure-property relationships in organic electrets

PHYS 150

George M. Whitesides, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Electrets are materials with permanent surface electrostatic charge. This talk will discuss methods of making ionic electrets, demonstrate their use in self-assembly, and speculate on relationships between structure and properties in broader classes of organic polymers.
 

Emergence of Function in Molecular Assemblies
1:20 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- 159, Oral

Division of Physical Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007