Events
MRL Seminars for 2002
IRG1,December 11 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Markus Deserno
"Elastic deformation of a fluid membrane upon colloid binding"
IRG4,December 10 at noon, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Andre Moreira
"Kinetics of polymer fluids: a field-theoretic approach"
MRL-Wide, December 9 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Matthias Scheffler
"Present status of ab initio electronic structure calculations: From the earth core to quantum dots to mad cow disease"
IRG1,December 4 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Joan-Emma Shea
"Simulations of Protein Folding"
IRG4,December 3 at noon, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Scott Sides
"Self-consistent field theory simulations of block copolymer structure: Parallel algorithm development and comparisons with experiments"
IRG1,November 25 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. François Bardou
"Ultracold atoms, time and randomness"
IRG1,November 25 at 1PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Marc Pauchard
"Polymer Lasers: Concepts and new Developments"
IRG1,November 20 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Tsvi Tlusty
"Protein-DNA assembly - a cellular device"
IRG4,November 19 at noon, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Takashi Taniguchi
"Shrinking dynamics of the volume phase transition of gels"
IRG1,November 13 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. William Gelbart
"Can We Measure the Pressure in Viral Capsids?"
IRG2,November 11 at 5PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. K. Rezwan
"Protein Adsorption on Colloidal Oxide Particles"
IRG1,November 6 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Raymond E. Goldstein
"Twirling and Whirling, Twisting and Writhing; Form and Motion in Cellular Biophysics"
IRG4,November 5 at noon, MRL Room 2053,
Craig Maloney
"Molecular Simulations of Shear Flow in Amorphous Systems"
IRG1,October 30 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Niels Gronbech Jensen
"A Rigid Molecular Model for the Assembly Characteristics and Optimal Structure in Molecular Monolayers of Alkanethiols on Au(111)"
IRG1,October 16 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Deborah Fygenson
"Characterizing Biological Nanofibers as Conduits: Travels through Tiny Tacky Tubes"
IRG1,October 9 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Eric S.G. Shaqfeh
"Do we really understand the coil stretch transition and extensional stresses of polymer solutions?"
IRG3,August 29 at 11AM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Hironubo Kunieda
"Phase Behavior of Surfactants, Copolymers,and Their Mixtures in Solutions"
IRG1,August 21 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Herbert Waite
"The mechanical consequences of biopolymeric gradients in natural fibers"
IRG2,August 7 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Ralf Riedel
"High Pressure Synthesis of Advanced Nitrides with Unusual Solid State Structures and Properties"
IRG4,August 2 at 2PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Jasna Brujic
"Jamming in a compressed emulsion: 3-d confocal microscope measurements"
IRG1,July 31 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Patrick Davidson
"The outstanding magnetic properties of the nematic suspensions of goethite (FeOOH) nanorods"
IRG1,July 24 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Avi Halperin
"Concentration Dependent Flory Chi Parameters: Origins and Signatures"
IRG3,July 24 at 1:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Anne-Valerie Ruzette
"Impact resistant nanostructured acrylic polymers"
IRG1,July 22 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. David Andelman
"Controlled Patterns in Block Copolymer Films"
IRG1,July 11 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Olivier Mondain-Monval
"Magnetic emulsions: what are they used for?"
IRG2,July 11 at 11AM, MRL Room 3014,
Dr. Caroline Mellot
"Generation of open-framework inorganic structures by computer simulation"
IRG2,July 8 at 2PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Jens Norskov
"Materials by Design: Alloy and Catalyst Optimization by First-Principles Calculations"
IRG1,June 19 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Didier Long
"Heterogeneity of the dynamics close to the glass transition and yield stress behavior of glassy polymers"
IRG1,May 29 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Sarah Keller
"Lateral Organization in Membranes Containing Cholesterol"
IRG3,May 23 at 2PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Atsushi Hotta
"Dynamics and Relaxation of Nematic Liquid Crystaline Elastomers"
IRG2,May 17 at 4PM, MRL Room 3014,
Prof. P.G. Bruce
"New Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries"
IRG1,May 15 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Sriram Ramaswamy
"Hydrodynamic Fluctuations and Instabilities in Ordered Suspensions of Self-Propelled Particles: Living Liquid Crystals"
IRG1,May 8 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Michael Rubenstein
"Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes"
IRG2,May 6 at noon, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Shin-ichi Hirano
"Chemical Processing and Features of Nano-crystalline Functional Ceramic Particles - Organic Hybrids and Stacked-layer Films"
IRG4,April 23 at noon, Broida Room 3033,
Dr. Koji Uenishi
"Universal Nucleation Length for Slip-Weakening Rupture Instability underNon-Uniform Fault Loading"*
IRG1,April 10 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Carlos Marques
"The receptor, the ligand and its tether: when polymer kinetics controls specific binding"
IRG2,April 8 at 10AM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. J. Paul Attfield
"The Chemical Control of Electronic Oxides - Order/Disorder of Cations, Charges and Spins"
IRG2,March 20 at 4PM, Chemistry 4606,
Prof. Abraham Clearfield
"Metal Phosphonate Chemistry, A Versatile Tool for Materials Research"
IRG4,March 19 at noon, Physics Dept. Trailer,
Robert Spatschek
"Fast Crack Growth by Surface Diffusion"
IRG3,March 18 at 3:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Prof. Takashi Taniguchi
"Introduction to OCTA Project Platform for Designing High Functional Materials"
IRG1,March 13 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Pierre Sens
"Lipid membranes under electric field - Equilibrium deformation and dynamical instability"
MRL-Wide, March 11 at 9:30AM, MRL Room 2053,
Yukio Yamaguchi, Shinya Maenosono, Takafumi Uematsu, Tatsuya Okubo and Manabu Shimada*
"Nanomaterials Program in Japan - A Japanese Approach"
IRG1,March 6 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Eric Weeks
"The Dynamics of the Colloidal Glass Transition"
IRG3,March 5 at 2:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Haris Retsos
"Compatibilizing effect of block copolymers added to the polymer / polymer interface: Effects of additive molecular weight, architecture and composition"
IRG4,March 5 at 12:30PM, Physics Dept. Trailer,
Prof. Robert McMeeking
"Crack propagation in porous matrix ceramic composites"
IRG1,February 27 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Jeffrey L. Hutter
"Control of Crystallization by Kinetic Inhibitors"
IRG3,February 26 at 2:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Janne Ruokolainen
"Supramolecular Concepts for Self-Organized Polymeric Nanostructures"
IRG4,February 26 at noon, Physics Dept. Trailer,
Scott Sides
"Molecular dynamics simulations on adhesion: Effects due to end-tethered polymers"
IRG1,February 20 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Sam Safran
"Physics of cells as and on elastic media"
IRG1,February 13 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Professor Rudi Pogornik
"Microscopic interactions and mesoscopic elasticity in flexiblepolyelectrolytes"
IRG3,February 12 at 2:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Raffaele Mezzenga
"Hyperbranched polymers as modifiers for thermoset resins"
IRG3,February 11 at 3PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Denis Bendejacq
"Morphological Phase Diagram of Polystyrene-Polyacrylic acid Diblock Copolymers from a Controlled Radical Polymerization. Model Systems for the Study of Polyelectrolyte Brushes"
MRL-Wide, February 5 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Rüdiger Iden
"Nanoscale Materials– Design and Application Controlling Functionality and Morphology"
IRG3,February 5 at 2:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Seung-Heon Lee
"Microphase separation in bulk and thin films of blockcopolymer/homopolymer mixtures"
IRG4,February 5 at noon, Physics Dept. Trailer,
Prof. Anthony Evans
"Pattern Formation in Compressed Thin Films"
IRG1,January 31 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Gary S. Grest
"Frictional Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers"
IRG3,January 29 at 1PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Haipeng Zheng
"Design and Assembly of Patterned Polymer-Colloid Composite Microstructures for Photonic and Biological Applications"
IRG4,January 29 at noon, Physics Dept. Trailer,
Lance Eastgate
"Fracture in Mode I using a Conserved Phase-Field Model"
IRG1,January 23 at 4PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Avi Caspi
"Diffusion and/or Directed Motion in Cellular Transport"
IRG3,January 15 at 2:30PM, MRL Room 2053,
Dr. Ralf Seemann
"Structure formation upon dewetting: probing nanoscale properties of complex fluids"

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