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Weiss Group Meetings Self-Assembly & Molecular Devices Multi-Group Meetings
We place single molecules and larger groups into precisely controlled environments on surfaces. The monolayer matrices and the inserted molecules can be designed so as to interact directly, to give stability or other properties to supramolecular assemblies. New families of molecules are being developed to yield even greater control and are enabling determination of the key design parameters of both the molecules and assemblies. This, in turn, is enabling controlled chemical patterning from the sub-nanometer to the centimeter scales. At the same time, a suite of tools is being developed to give unprecendented information on the structures and properties of these assemblies.
Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
P. S. Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
P. S. Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Eyes of the 21st Century: Precise and Hierarchical Control of Chemical Functionality from the Wafer Scale Down to Single Molecules and Supramolecular Complexes
P. S. Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
P. S. Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Designing, Measuring and Controlling Molecular- and Supramolecular-Scale Properties for Molecular Devices
P. S. Weiss, California NanoSystems Institute and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
We study motion in single synthetic molecules and assemblies driven by electric fields, light, electrochemical potentials, or chemical interactions. We control the motions of individual molecules and determine the underlying phenomena responsible for motion or actuation, as well as the related factors that limit motion. Each of these measurements requires specialized nanoscale analysis tools. We also use new acquisition and analysis tools to acquire and to mine statistically significant functional data sets on driven motion. We are thereby able to vary molecular designs, environmental conditions, measurement conditions, and other aspects in order to understand and to optimize driven motion. We assemble these systems to understand concerted operation, in analogy to hierarchical assemblies of biomolecular motors enabling motion in living systems. We address how concerted nanoscale motions can be used to drive motion at larger scales in synthetic systems. The nanoscale details provide surprising and useful insights into the limitations of and opportunities for cooperative motion.
American Chemical Society & Affiliated Meetings -- the Next 10 Years.
Next ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, Sunday 6 - Thursday 10 April 2008.
American Physical Society
& Affiliated Meetings this year or future years, the main (March) meeting is in March (surprise!) each year.
Next APS March meeting, 16-20 March 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
American Vacuum Society National
Symposium is in October or November each year.
Next AVS Meeting, November 2009, San San Jose, CA, USA.
AVS-related Meetings.
Faraday Discussions of the Chemical Society
The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Meeting
Foundations of Nanoscience Meetings are held in Snowbird, Utah every April.
Next meeting: April 2010, Snowbird, Utah.
Materials Research Society Meetings.
Fall in Boston. Spring in San Francisco.
Physical Electronics Conference
58th Annual Physical Electronics Conference held in 1998 at Penn State.
PittCon Meetings
PittCon
Next meeting: Chicago, IL, USA, March 2009.
STM/NANO Meetings
Most recent meeting: STM '08 and Nano 10, 20-25 July 2008, Keystone, CO.
Scientific Programme at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
The Foresight Conferences on Molecular Nanotechnology.
Engineering Foundation Conferences
Chemical and Engineering News' List of Meetings
American Physical Society's List of Meetings
European Physics Society's List of Meetings
Materials Research Society's List of Meetings
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23 November 2009