Workshop Nanostructures

Thursday 31 May

Welcome address

Antonella Di Trapani (EUROCORES Programme Coordinator ESF)

Paolo Samori’ (Chair of the SONS Workshop Scientific Committee)

Session 1:

Chair:

Biological Chemistry

Richard Bushby

Giovanni Marletta (University of Catania, Italy)

Invited Lecture- Self-Assembling Processes at Biological Surfaces and Interfaces

Giampaolo Zuccheri (University of Bologna, Italy)

BIONICS- The programmed self-assembly of DNA as a tool for controlling the structure  and function of matter on the Nanoscale.

Christian  Dittrich (University of Basel, Switzerland)

BIOSONS- Purpose and adaptability: induced self-assembly of a biological peptide motif

Duncan Sutherland (iNANO, University of Aurhus, Denmark)

NANOSMAP- Utilising colloidal templates to nanopattern macromolecules over large areas for biological applications

Session 2:

Chair:

Synthetic Chemistry

Pavel Kratochvil

John E. Anthony (University of Kentucky, USA)

Invited Lecture- Tuning aromatic p-p interactions for improved film morphology and device performance.

Uta Schlickum (EPFL, Switzerland)

FUN-SMARTs I- Supramolecular engineering with linear dicarbonitrile molecules on Ag(111): 2-D chiral kagome lattice and tuneable nanoporous metal-organic networks

Bertrand Donnio (CNRS, Strasbourg, France)

LC-NANOP-Liquid Crystalline self-organization of [Mn12O12(RCO2)16(H2O)4] clusters derivatives

Carsten Tschierscke (University Halle, Germany)

SCALES- Complexity across length scales in soft matter.

Session 3:

Chair:

Physical Chemistry

Jean-Francois Legrand

Hans-Jorg Schneider (University of Saarbrücken, DE)

Invited Lecture-Molecular Recognition in Chemomechanical Polymers

Gunter Reiter (CNRS, Mulhouse, France)

SONS-AMPHI-Long-time evolution of order on a hierarchy of lenghtscales in self-organized monolayers.

Peter Stepanek  (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic)

AMPHI- Thermoresponsive polymeric systems

Charl Faul (University of Bristol, UK)

SISAM-Alignment Strategies for H-bonded and Ionically self-assembled nanostructured materials

Karen Edler (University of Bath, UK)

SPENSA- Surfactant-polyelectrolytes nanostructures self-assembly.

Poster session- in display for the whole duration of the workshop (each author should be in attendance)

- Social Dinner at Maison Kammerzell, 16 Place de la Cathédrale, Strasbourg

- Presentation of best poster awards

Session 5:

Chair:

 Devices I

Manuel Vazquez

Franz Himpsel (University of Wisconsin Madison, UK)

Invited Lecture- Self- Assembled Nanostructures at Silicon Surfaces: From Low-Dimensional Electrons to the Limits of Data Storage’

Safia Ouazi (Ecole Polytecnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

SANMAG- Magnetic Properties of core-shell FeCo nanostructures at surfaces

Nicolas Agrait (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)

SASMEC- Single-atom and single molecule electronic components

Dmitri D. Vvedensky (Imperial College, London, UK

SALDSON- Step ordering in semiconductor quantum nanostructures grown on patterned substrates

Session 6:

Chair:

Devices II

Josef Gyulai

Franco Ciacalli (University College London, UK)

SUPRAMATES- Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Materials for new Functional Structures

Saif Haque (Imperial College London, UK)

SOHYD- Electron Transfer in self-organized nanostructured molecular solar cells

Christian Muller (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)

NETSOMA- Multi-component semiconducting polymer systems with low crustallization-induced percolation threshold

Anton Kiriy (Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden, Germany)

NEDSPE- Nanoscale electronic devices via templating supramolecular polyelectrolytes

Nian Lin (Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany)

FUN-SMARTs II- Low-dimensional supramolecular nanostructures by design

Session 7:

Chair:

Devices III

Gareth Redmond

Alessandro Fortunelli (IPCF, CNR, Pisa, Italy)

SSA-TMN- Nucleation and growth of deposited metal nanoclusters

Dag Hanstorp (Goteborg University, Sweden)

SPANAS- System for Photonic Adjustment of nanoscale aggregated structures

Jose  E. Ortega (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)

MOL-VIC- One-dimensional supramolecular self-assembly on vicinal surfaces

Peter Reece (University of St. Andrews, UK)

NOMSAN- Novel optical methods for self-assembled nanostructures

- Dinner
- Scientific Committee, Management Committee,  Review Panel members and Invited Speakers only

Restaurant La Table de Christophe, 28 rue des Juifs, Strasbourg