PHYSSunday, August 19, 2007

1:20 PM-5:00 PM BCEC -- 157B, Oral
Emergence of Function in Molecular Assemblies
Nanoparticle Self-Assembly
Organizers:Deborah Evans
Nadrian C. Seeman
Official:Rigoberto Hernandez
1:20 PMModeling the fluid-driven behavior of micro- and nano-particles near heterogeneous surfaces
Anna C. Balazs
2:00 PMBuilding function from the top-down and the bottom up
Ralph G. Nuzzo
2:40 PMWhat emerges in the diffusional behavior in nonequilibrium colloidal suspensions?
Alexander Popov, Rigoberto Hernandez
3:00 PMIntermission
3:20 PMMetal-rich gold-thiolate clusters: Co-emergence of the metallic state and monolayer ordering
Robert L Whetten
4:00 PMBuilding up collective properties in simple liquid crystals
Claudio Zannoni
4:40 PMEffects of “overpacking” on the phase behavior of microgel assemblies
Ashlee N St. John, Victor Breedveld, L. Andrew Lyon

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