AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
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Invited Paper BP+NS-SuA3
Designing Next Generation Nanoparticles for Self-Assembly and Reconfigurability

Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3:40 pm, Room K

Session: Nanoparticles: Advances in Fabrication, Characterization and Regulatory Challenges
Presenter: S.C. Glotzer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Nanoparticles comprise a new generation of materials building blocks because of their diversity of shape, material and size, and because they can now be patterned and functionalized down to molecular scales with tailored and programmable interactions. The ability to create designer particles opens up exciting opportunities to create building blocks designed for self-assembly and even reconfigurability, in part through biomimicry. We show how, in the absence of a predictive theory, computer simulations play a critical role in elucidating how particle shape, interactions, and programmability can be exploited to achieve a high propensity for self-assembly into complex structures, including sheets, wires, helices, shells and other biomimetic structures.