[CCoE Notice] Seminar: Evaporative Self-Assembly as a Powerful Tool for Creating Functional Superstructures

[Thayer, Natalie H]

Center for Integrated Bio and Nano Systems
Houston Chapter of IEEE Nanotechnology Council and Houston Chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society

Friday, September 25, 2015
12:30 p.m. (Refreshments served at 12:00 pm)
Room: W122 Eng. Bldg. 2

Evaporative Self-Assembly as a Powerful Tool for Creating Functional Superstructures
Eugene R. Zubarev
Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Rice University, Houston, TX

Abstract:   Spontaneous assembly of colloidal nanostructures is often viewed as a bottom-up alternative to lithographic techniques when it comes to creating materials with novel collective properties. The intensive research in the past 10-15 years has brought numerous examples of functional superlattices, 3D colloidal crystals, and designed patterns of nanostructures.  However, the majority of self-assembly methods suffer from poor reproducibility and limited scale, which often precludes the formation of macroscopically large structures and functional devices.  This presentation will focus on the evaporative self-assembly of anisotropic gold nanocrystals and the underlying mechanisms of their colloidal crystallization. In addition, template-assisted evaporative assembly of nanowires, polymers, and collagen fibers into macroscopically-large hexagonal patterns will be discussed.

Bio of Dr. Zubarev:  Eugene Zubarev received his PhD in chemistry from Russian Academy of Sciences in 1997. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in the group of Samuel Stupp before starting his independent career in 2002 at Iowa State University as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He moved to Rice University in 2005 where he is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering. His research interests include synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals, amphiphilic block copolymers, molecular self-assembly, and biomedical applications of nanomaterials.

Web page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~zubarev/<https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=673345a0c58e4dddabe0d6e973f7591d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.owlnet.rice.edu%2f%7ezubarev%2f>

Contact Prof. Jiming Bao (jbao at UH.EDU<https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=673345a0c58e4dddabe0d6e973f7591d&URL=mailto%3ajbao%40UH.EDU>) if you would like to arrange for a time to meet with Dr. Zubarev.


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