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SoftComp Topical Meeting on Self-assembly and Biomimetics 2009
Deadline January 10 approaching ... !
The time is approaching for registration for the topical meeting of
areas 2 and 3 of the SOFTCOMP Network, on Self-Assembly and Biomimetics
to be held on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
There are a limited number of rooms on campus and the registration
deadline is January 10, 2009. We urge you to register before that date
since the rooms will be given on a first come first served basis and hotels in Tel
Aviv are about 45 minutes from Rehovot by
taxi (outside rush hours) or train. In addition, we will organize the conference
program after the registration deadline of January 10.
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The next topical meeting of
areas 2 and 3 of the Softcomp Network, on Self-Assembly and Biomimetics
will be held on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of
Science in Rehovot, Israel with arrival on Tuesday evening of March 10 and
departure Friday morning of March 13. The conference will
begin at 9 am Wednesday March 11 and end at 6 pm on March 12
The meeting will include lunches and dinners on March 11 and 12.
as well as a welcome reception Tuesday night March 10.
The meeting will be
a chance to hear the latest scientific news in areas 2 and 3 by the SOFTCOMP
members (including senior members, postdoctoral members and students) as well as
an opportunity to hear and meet Israeli scientists working in self-assembly
and biomimetics.
You can also take this opportunity to tour the country over
the weekend that follows the meeting; March is a
particularly nice time of year in both the North and South of Israel.
We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the Weizmann Institute and Israel.
We have reserved a limited
number of single rooms in our guest house and a limited number
of shared rooms for students in campus housing. (Hotels in Tel
Aviv are about 45 minutes from Rehovot by
taxi (outside rush hours) or train.)
Airfare and local expenses must be
funded by the SOFTCOMP grants of the senior and postdoctoral members
of SOFTCOMP. However, we have
received limited funding from SOFTCOMP for the air and local expenses
of student members. This funding will pay a maximum of 50% of these
expenses for students who should obtain matching funds from other sources.
All the talks of the SOFTCOMP members will be chosen from the titles
and abstracts submitted.
Preliminary information:
Date: 11-12 March 2009
Location: Weizmann Institute, Isreal
Meeting registration
Nir Gov
Sam Safranv
...more information at the meeting page
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TOPICAL MEETING ON “Synthesis and Surface Modification of Nanocolloids”
BAIONA (SPAIN)
February 18-20, 2009
The aim of the workshop is to create an opportunity to discuss research and future work perspectives in the field of colloidal synthesis of nanoparticles and tailored polymers for surface modification.
The workshop program will include three keynote lectures on:
1. Organometallic nanoparticle synthesis
2. Polymers for nanoparticle functionalization
3. Hybrid colloids
The number of participants will be limited to 60 The number of oral presentations will be limited to 30
Abstracts for oral communications can be submitted by email to:
colloids@uvigo.es
Deadline for registration and abstract submission:
December 31, 2008
Fees (including lunch and social dinner): 50 €
Students may apply for grants
Organization: L.M. Liz-Marzán (University of Vigo)
http://webs.uvigo.es/coloides/nano/workshop.html
Confirmed invited speakers:
Bruno Chaudret (LCC-CNRS, Toulouse)
Wolfgang Parak (Univ. Marburg)
Jürgen Allgaier (FZJ)
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Jülich Soft Matter Days 2008
11-14 November 2008
Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Germany
E-mail: jsmdays@fz-juelich.de
Link to JSMC
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Softcomp Workshop on Nanocomposites and Polymer Dynamics 2008
POLYMER WORKSHOP DEADLINE IS APPROACHING !!
Please check on our lab website
http://www.lcvn.univ-montp2.fr/ http://www.lcvn.univ-montp2.fr/ (middle, bottom, 'lire la suite')
for hotel reservation, which is in general difficult in Montpellier!
Rooms are prebooked only until 1/10. After this date it will be your own
responsiblity to find a room.
Please consider sending an abstract as well by that date.
Thanks for your understanding.
Julian and Caroline
A European workshop on ‘Nanocomposites and Polymer Dynamics’ will be held at the University of Montpellier on 27th and 28th of November 2008. It is organised as a Softcomp topical meeting, but registration is open to anyone.
The scope of the workshop is to bring together scientists working on nanocomposites from physics, chemistry and material science, as well as from industry, with a particular look on the relationship between polymer dynamics and reinforcement. The workshop program will include two keynote lectures on polymer dynamics (A. Arbe, San Sebastian), and reinforcement (F. Lequeux, Paris). Abstracts for oral communications can be submitted by simple email to the organizers. Deadline for registration and abstract submission: 1st of October 2008. A limited amount of student grants will be available.
Caroline Genix
Julian Oberdisse
Flyer  (PDF 0.193 MB)
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MRS Fall meeting, Boston December 1-5 2008.
MRS Fall meeting, Boston December 1-5 2008. MRS Symposium CC:
Design, Fabrication, and Self Assembly of “Patchy” and Anisometric Particles.
Dead-line for registration: June 24 2008
http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=13669&DID=208271&DOC=FILE.PDF
CALL FOR PAPERS
New “patchy” particles and anisometric colloids form a novel class of building blocks that is poised to create a new class of functional materials. Particles are beginning to be engineered at nanometer and micrometer scales with anisotropic shapes and multivalent interactions that promise to yield a spectrum of crystal polymorphs, gels, and assembled structures unprecedented in colloid science. Functionalization by organic molecules to sticky sites adds additional complexity that can be exploited for assembly. Computer simulation methods are demonstrating exciting possibilities for particle design and assembly through control of thermodynamics and kinetics, and analytical theories are being developed to predict equilibrium structures. These new building blocks will be the “atoms” and “molecules” of tomorrow’s materials, self assembling into molecular-mimetic and unique structures, fluids, and gels made possible solely by their design. This two-day symposium aims to bring together experimentalists, theorists, and simulators in this new and rapidly developing field of materials research.
Abstracts are solicited on the following topics:
Theory, modeling, and simulation of patchy particles and anisometric particles
Synthesis and fabrication of patchy particles
Shape control of particles
Protein-mimetic particles
Assembly of patchy particles into ordered structures
Anisometric particles as liquid crystals
Functional materials from patchy and anisometric particles
Symposium Organizers
Erik Luijten
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Depts. of Materials Science
and Engineering & Physics, 1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801-2920
Tel 217-244-5622, Fax 217-333-2736,
luijten@uiuc.edu
Sharon C. Glotzer
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Depts. of Chemical Engineering &
Materials Science and Engineering, 2300 Hayward St., Ann Arbor,
MI 48103-2136
Tel 734-615-6296, Fax 734-764-7453,
sglotzer@umich.edu
Francesco Sciortino
Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza,” Dipt. di Fisica,
Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
Tel 39-06-49913799, Fax 39-06-4463158
francesco.sciortino@phys.uniroma1.it
For additional meeting information, visit the MRS Web site at
www.mrs.org/meetings/
or contact:
Member Services, Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7573
Tel 724-779-3003 • Fax 724-779-8313 • info@mrs.org
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