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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Center for Integrated Bio and Nano Systems</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Houston Chapter of IEEE Nanotechnology Council and Houston Chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#1F4E79'>Friday, </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>September 25</span><span style='color:#1F4E79'>, 201</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>5</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#1F4E79'>1</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>2</span><span style='color:#1F4E79'>:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>3</span><span style='color:#1F4E79'>0 p.m. (Refreshments served at 12:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>0</span><span style='color:#1F4E79'>0</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> pm</span><span style='color:#1F4E79'>)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#1F4E79'>Room: </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>W122 Eng. Bldg. 2</span></b><span class=xapple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#002E7A'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;text-transform:uppercase'>Evaporative Self-Assembly as a Powerful Tool for Creating Functional Superstructures</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Eugene R. Zubarev<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Rice University, Houston, TX <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Abstract:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 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.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bio of Dr. Zubarev</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002E7A'>: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web page: <a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=673345a0c58e4dddabe0d6e973f7591d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.owlnet.rice.edu%2f%7ezubarev%2f" target="_blank">http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~zubarev/</a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002E7A'>Contact Prof. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jiming Bao </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002E7A'>(</span><a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=673345a0c58e4dddabe0d6e973f7591d&URL=mailto%3ajbao%40UH.EDU"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>jbao@UH.EDU</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>) </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002E7A'>if you would like to arrange for a time to </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>meet with Dr. Zubarev</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002E7A'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>