January 2023
Prof. Sara Bals “3D Characterization of Nanomaterials under Relevant Conditions by Electron Tomography”
Prof. Sara Bals Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) and NANOlab Center of Exellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2020, Belgium Abstract Electron tomography enables one to measure the morphology and composition of nanostructures in three dimensions (3D), even at atomic resolution. However, an emerging challenge is to fully understand the connection between the 3D structure and properties under realistic conditions, including high temperatures as well as in the presence of liquids and gases. Our recent experiments demonstrate the progress…
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Prof. Mark Lautens “Catalysis and Multicatalysis as a Route to Carbocycles and Heterocyles”
Prof. Mark Lautens University of Toronto, Canada https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/chemistry/staff/ML/mark.php
Find out more »Prof. Hagan Bayley “The Remarkable Science of Nanopores: from Gene Sequencing to Organ Repair”
Prof. Hagan Bayley University of Oxford Hagan Bayley is the Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford. His research lies at the interface between chemistry and biology. Using protein chemistry, organic chemistry, and biophysics, his lab explores the folding, assembly, and function of transmembrane channels and pores. Stemming from these findings, his lab also develops engineered protein nanopores for applications in biotechnology including stochastic sensing, ultrarapid biopolymer sequencing and single-molecule covalent chemistry. More recently, the Bayley lab…
Find out more »Prof. Maria Jesus Vicent “Designing Personalized Polymer-based Combination Nanomedicines for Advanced Stage Breast Cancer Patients”
Prof. Maria Jesus Vicent Polymer Therapeutics Lab, Prince Felipe Research Center (CIPF) Valencia, Spain Abstract Breast cancer, the most prevalent tumor in women worldwide1, still lacks effective treatment approaches that increase survival rates and reduce side effects. The implementation of polypeptide-based polymer-drug conjugation strategies represents a promising approach2. The physico-chemical parameters of a polypeptide-conjugate, and hence its biological performance, are defined by an intricate interplay of multiple structural factors. This highlights the need for detailed structure-activity relationship studies to develop…
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Jean-François LUTZ “The Languages of Synthetic Polymers”
Jean-François LUTZ Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7006, France. Abstract It has been shown in recent years that information can be stored at the molecular level in synthetic polymers . To achieve such a property, different comonomers are used as a molecular alphabet and assembled together into a defined information sequence. For instance, an alphabet based on two different monomers allows writing of binary information in a linear polymer chain . But, of…
Find out more »Prof. Bettina Lotsch “Optoelectronics meets optoionics: energy conversion and light storage in 2d carbon nitrides “
Prof. Bettina Lotscht Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and University of Munich (LMU) Abstract Utilization and storage of intermittent energy resources such as wind or solar power is a cornerstone of a renewable energy infrastructure. To meet this challenge, new material concepts are vital. Using the light and dark reactions of natural photosynthesis as a blueprint, we have identified a new generation of “light storing” molecular materials that can both convert and store solar energy via trapping of…
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Prof. Massimo Baroncini “Tutorial introduction to photochromic molecules” POSTPONED to a later date
Prof. Massimo Baroncini University of Bologna
Find out more »Prof. Baroncini “Tutorial introduction to photochromes”
Massimo Baroncini Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences Università di Bologna
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Prof. Jonathon E. Beves “Visible-light-responsive supramolecular assemblies”
Prof. Jonathon E. Beves UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia E-mail: j.beves@unsw.edu.au | Twitter: @jonbeves Abstract "Visible-light-responsive supramolecular assemblies" Keywords: Self-assembly, photoswitch Some of our recent work developing visible-light-responsive molecules and assemblies will be presented. Using photoswitchable ligands and palladium(II) ions we self-assembled structures that can be manipulated using visible light to control their composition and recognition properties. We have also developed merocyanine photoswitches to generate the largest reversible bulk pH changes, including from basic to acid conditions, and used these to control self-assembly…
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Prof Jonathan Clayden “Dynamic Foldamers: Controlling Molecular Motion for Biomimetic Function”
Prof Jonathan Clayden School of Chemistry - University of Bristol Abstract Biology presents many challenges for the chemist to tackle, and 20th century synthetic chemistry made great advances in building the molecular structures of nature. A new target for synthesis is the mimicry of biological molecular function – for example the ability to manipulate and communicate information using complex molecular interactions and induced conformational changes, or to induce reactivity through fine control of molecular orientation. This lecture will describe…
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