April 17 – 19, 2013
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
University of Pennsylvania
3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Michael E. Cates, University of Edinburgh
2013 LRSM Burstein Lecturer
April 17, 2013, 3:30pm
Paul S. Clegg, University of Edinburgh
Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Christos N. Likos, University of Vienna
Wilson C. K. Poon, University of Edinburgh
Jean-Christoph Loudet, CNRS/University of Bordeaux
Primoz Ziherl, University of Ljubljana
MRSEC Speakers:
- Paulo Arratia
- John Crocker
- Dan Hammer
- Andrea Liu
- Tom Lubensky
- Chris Murray
- Zahra Fakhraai
more to come
Agenda:
April 17 | location | ||
10:45am | Opening remarks | Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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10:50 | Chris Murray, Chemistry & Materials Science and Engineering, Penn Chemical design of nanocrystal based periodic and aperiodic metamaterials [ abstract ] |
Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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11:40 | Lei Zhang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Penn Using Shape Anisotropy to Toughen Disordered Particle Packings [ abstract ] |
Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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12:00pm | Lunch | LRSM – Reading Room | |
1:20 | Dan Hammer, Bioengineering & Chem and Biomolecular Eng, Penn Designer vesicles from synthetic surfactants ‐ block‐co‐polymers and recombinant proteins [ abstract ] |
Levin Hall Wu & Chen Aud. |
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2:00 | Erika Eiser, Physics, Cambridge Designing Disorder [ abstract ] |
Levin Hall Wu & Chen Aud. |
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3:30 | Michael E. Cates, University of Edinburgh The Physics of Cellular Motility [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Auditorium | |
4:30 | Reception & Poster Session | LRSM – Reading Room | |
April 18 | |||
8:50am | Christos Likos, Physics, Universitat Wien Hierarchical self-‐assembly of associating soft patchy particles [ abstract ] |
Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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9:35 | Andrea Liu, Physics, Penn Mechanical Wavefronts in Developing Embryos [ abstract ] |
Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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10:05 | Joonwoo Jeong, Physics, Penn Spherical Droplets of Chromonic Liquid Crystals [ abstract ] |
Singh Nanotechnology Center |
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10:25 | Coffee | LRSM – Reading Room | |
10:40 | Paul Clegg, Physics, University of Edinburgh Post-processing bijels: all binary fluids are not born equal [ abstract ] |
Levin Hall Wu & Chen Aud. |
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12:00pm | Lunch break | ||
1:30 | Wilson Poon, Physics, University of Edinburgh Bacteria as Active Colloids [ abstract ] |
Meyerson Hall, B1 | |
2:45 | John Crocker, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Penn Interactions, directed assembly and transformations of colloids using DNA handshaking [ abstract ] |
Meyerson Hall, B1 | |
3:15 | Paulo Arratia, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, Penn Swimming & Self-Propulsion in Complex Fluids [ abstract ] |
Meyerson Hall, B1 | |
4:00 | Individual meetings | ||
April 19 | |||
9:00am | JC Loudet, CNRS Radiation pressure makes ellipsoidal particles tumble [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Auditorium | |
9:45 | Mohamed Amine Gharbi, CBE/MSE/Physics, Penn Microbullet Assembly in Confined Nematic Liquid Crystal [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Auditorium | |
10:05 | Tom Lubensky, Physics, Penn Two- and Three-dimensional Lattice Models for Fiber Networks with Maximum Coordination of Four [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Auditorium | |
10:40 | Coffee break | LRSM – Reading Room | |
11:00 | Primoz Ziherl, Physics, University of Ljubljana Mosaic Two-lengthscale Quasicrystals [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Reading Room | |
11:45 | Zahra Fakhraai, Chemistry, Penn Liquid-Like Behavior of Glassy Surfaces [ abstract ] |
LRSM – Reading Room | |
12:15pm | Concluding remarks and lunch | LRSM – Reading Room |